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
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
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.
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
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
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.