• dill@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Gamepass has me endlessly conflicted. It’s unironically a really good value for a lot of people. However I can’t help but feel this is fueling the pump and dump release cycle.

    Edit: typing this out I realized my thoughts on this are far less organized than I expected. I would love to see some deeper analysis in what is going on behind the scenes

    • KillaBeez@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I subscribed to it but never used it because for me personally, I realized I’m only interested in games I want to play.

      Searching for something to just play (like Netflix) to kill time doesn’t really appeal to me.

      I think you make an interesting point and this is my fear as well. Publishers will no longer have the incentive of the game having to be great to get sales if they’re paid just to have it exist in a sea of options on Game Pass

    • Master@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m against it. Microsoft has for years been trying to move everything to subscription based. This is how they kill standard game ecosystems. Its like a walmart going in. They function at a loss until they kill all competition. Then they corner the market and dramatically raise prices. They want office 360 for games and in the end we all suffer because they get to decide which games are on the pass and how long.

  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Good. I’m tired of this “you will own nothing and be happy” ecosystem we’re quickly falling into. Screw subscription services. Let me buy my copy for life.

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        1 year ago

        For now. But if they the majority of market share things will change.

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      1 year ago

      Bro what??

      …they actually already let you just buy the game.

      • TXinTXe@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Well… you buy a license normally. The only online service that I know that give you a real copy of the game and it’s yours forever is gog, and they don’t sell too many modern games…