I understand this may make sense to some users, but the whole concept of subscribing to games just makes me... Very uneasy. You stop paying, and suddenly your console is an empty paperweight - eviltoast

cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/475688

Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers will get access to a small selection of the games available with the regular/higher tiers of Game Pass, starting with more than 25 games

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2 years ago I had to move to a temp place. First evening, I unpacked my PS3 which I hadn’t had time for for a long time. Lots of games on it (and on discs), so I could just sit and play Journey.

Had all my games had been this subscription sort, I’d have nothing.

Now I know you can still buy games - for now, anyway. But since these companies make you pay for multiplayer anyway, it’s an easy upsell for them. Just pay a bit more and you can play so many games… Just pay forever.

  • Bobert@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When compared to the rental service it’s absolutely superior. Selection is limited, but it’s cheaper for sure. Before you payed per day per item, or had a subscription not unlike what we have now and still likely payed after renting so many items in a month’s time.

    And in terms of paywall for multiplayer, they’ve been doing that since the original days of Microsoft consoles. It’s nothing new, you know it when you purchase an Xbox. I don’t like it, so I don’t buy Xboxes. I stopped buying PlayStations when Sony started. That said I do pay for Xbox Game Pass because the value I get is worth the cost.

    I’m not gonna argue over the digital/physical divide and artificial scarcity. You’re not wrong, but that doesn’t have much bearing when you’re talking about $15 a month to play a rotating catalogue of games for as long as they’re on the service.