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[Will0827]

If nintendo can do this for the switch and sony find gawd level engineers to crack PS3 emulation video game heaven will be here.

 

[black070]

So far, this sounds awesome. Need more details of course, but I may hook plug the xbone back up if it works out.

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[shandy706]

Instead of giving us new games, they give us new options (BC, EAA, GWG, now this) to play old games... But it seems consumer friendly enough so there's that I guess.

Yeah, basically.

Guys, this is a really cool addition. Stop trying to make a negative out of it...it looks ridiculous.

They have new games. I'm finishing Gears 4 up this week, and I need to get back into Halo Wars 2 as I've only finished 3 missions. I'll probably put those on hold though as Horizon: Zero Dawn will be waiting for me to start this evening (woohoo).

Don't crap up the thread.

 

[Defect]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

I have pretty much all of those games already :/

 

[BeforeU]

Sweet

 

[RedFury]

I think this is really cool, but at the same time isn't this kinda double dipping. It's good enough that you want to spend the extra 10 bucks a month on top of gold but you get free games with gold. I can only imagine many of those games will have been free or be free in the future. It also raises the question what happens to gold? Does it lose its value? Decrease game releases, value of games being offered decreases, etc to favor a new paid service. I think this is a great value proposition if you already didn't have to pay for gold. If you really think about it it's already more than a gold sub. If they asked you for 180 bucks for the year for gold with this "open" library you'd be ok with that? That's what they're asking of you is it not?

 

[gofreak]

Heh, I was just wondering to myself which of the big platforms would do a subscription service first. Microsoft wins.

There were content subscription services since last gen...

Between this and the PS Now references it feels like some completely misunderstand what these models are, and are for. (Although sometimes it feels like these companies also don't understand that, so perhaps that's not too surprising!)

 

[Floody]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

There's some quality there, can definitely see me subbing to this when it's in full swing during the dry months.

 

[Coffinhal]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

The 360 has a sweet launch line-up!

 

[LNBL]

The fact that they didn't announce this at E3 is weird.

It's releasinf before E3 most likely

 

[Wollan]

The fact that they didn't announce this at E3 is weird.

It's likely a two-phase announcement.

Online-multiplayer gaming will no longer be behind a subscription. That's the E3 announcement.

 

[pastrami]

I'm just explaining the words you quoted to you. I'm not trying to divine unstated intent.

It's just logic. Why wouldn't you be able to use the DLC you paid for? Because you can no longer access the base game that the DLC requires to run.

Seems like a pretty awesome service though.

 

[LifEndz]

Really smart idea for a very reasonable price. Kudos to MS.

 

[Conrad Link]

How many of them are XB1 titles? Three?
Could be worse.

5, but one is a remake of a 360 game heh.

 

[ScaryShark]

Fantastic idea at a very compelling price. I love aggressive Xbox.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

Yikes.

 

[Maximilian Kolbe]

What about new games though?

I don't want to play old games

Buy it full price, come on man you expect 10$ to play new games?

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Just signed up for the Alpha, only about 5 Xbox One games the rest are 360 ones.

Seem to be mostly games that we've been given free through GWG so far in the test. A few other ones though.

Where do I sign up?

 

[Max_Po]

Well, PS+ suck ass and PS Now don't exist in Europe so Yes, Sony, your move.

rofl......

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Whatever they do with PSNow, it's worse.

But wait, doesn't MS have some leverage here since these are BC titles that can be played locally on the XB1 compared to the PS4 not having BC which means that PS Now would be the only option for PS3 titles?

 

[Lucky Seven]

Finally, my Xbox has got it's trump card. I knew I would get a reason to undust it eventually (and I'm not talking about just one game).

Edit: Never mind the list is shit lol.

 

[RoKKeR]

This and Scorpio at the end of the year.

Maybe I'll Jump In.

Saw this post and it does bring to light how great of a deal this is for new purchasers in the ecosystem... pick up an XBO, shell out ~$13/month and you get this + EA Access...

 

[Vital Tundra]

Sony won't even try to match this

 

[LukasTaves]

Sweet, hope I get selected for that.

It's opt in, if you are on the alpha ring go to the Xbox Hub app, it's already there the option to participate the preview.

 

[goonergaz]

Not a huge fan of what are now essentially 3 different tiers of service

XBL Gold - you get multiplayer, cloud saves, and 4 games a month but now will those games be as good?

EA Access - you get your EA game pass sub service

XBox Game Pass - ok, now you get some different games


I'd frankly rather collapse all 3 into one tier, $10/mo or $70 (?) a year gives you access to all of it. Or at best two tiers - XBL Gold gives you multiplayer/cloud for $20/yr and pass gives you everything for $10/mo.

Many years ago when MS launched live - an online service you had to pay for (when PS & PC etc were free) - I said it was the thin end of the wedge....I was right.

I could swallow when Sony started PS plus because of the free games, but as you say - then EA access came along and now this (or with Sony PSNow - although that reaches further than the console market so can sort of understand that).

I don't like the way it's going.

 

[shanafan]

Sony won't even try to match this

I'm still surprised that they don't have EA Access.

 

[jrDev]

The Netflix of videogames!

Spoiler

I already sold my XOne for a Switch :/

 

[JayWood2010]

It's not a complaint, it would actually be outrageous if they let people keep them.

But so many are assuming they do keep them. And the same for the 20% discount. That's for game pass titles only.

I did not say it was a complaint, but it is obvious what you have been trying to do.

As I said. People dont tend to read much of the time.

 

[c0de]

But wait, doesn't MS have some leverage here since these are BC titles that can be played locally on the XB1 compared to the PS4 not having BC which means that PS Now would be the only option for PS3 titles?

To be clear: PSNow is worse, not this subscription model

 

[Gurish]

Damn this is good.

I would even say that this is a dream service for guys like me who mainly play single player games once.

I say damn cause I only own a PS4, Sony plz offer a service alike.

 

[Okami Haundo]

I don't think this is a answer to anything, just MS seeing a market and making a move. My point was Sony don't need to make a move as they already have comparable services.

I honestly see it as a mix of both. This is definitely Microsoft doing their own thing, but there are too many similarities to PSNow to believe that they didn't take inspiration from there.

As for your second statement, I fully reject the idea that Sony has no need for improvement here. Microsoft took their idea and improved upon it, so they would be wise to make a move of their own. I'm not saying that they will, but it'd also be silly for them to just ignore this without at least thinking of how they can improve their own offering.

 

[Conrad Link]

Where do I sign up?

I just did it through the Xbox Insider Hub, but I was already a test member thing.

The bulk of the games in the test are just games from GWG so far, so not that exciting but the real one will probably be better.

 

[TimeEffect]

Is the difference here that sony streams the content and MS allows you to download it?

Im assuming they wont be able to offer newer games

 

[MrMatt555]

I have pretty much all of those games already :/

Same. Right down to The Maw lol

 

[Rocketz]

I'm in when QB shows up

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Sony won't even try to match this

I would see how it goes. If it's all old shit and gwg games plus a few Xbox one games that are deeply discounted anyways what's the point? It's great for new customers and casuals though.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Yikes.

This is why the alpha test is free.

 

[InsaneTiger]

rofl......

He hates everything

 

[Jmille99]

Seems like an awesome idea. But it all depends on the list of games. And based on the provided alpha list...its gonna have to be much better.

Hopefully this provokes Sony to do something.

Spoiler

It wont

 

[cackhyena]

It's likely a two-phase announcement.

Online-multiplayer gaming will no longer be behind a subscription. That's the E3 announcement.

That's letting go of way too much money.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

what's a bit unclear to me is....let's say they add Halo 5 to Game Pass. I will be able to play it as long as i am a Game Pass member, right? But if they remove it from Game Pass, i can not play that game anymore? Even though it's downloaded and installed?

 

[Kill3r7]

Microsoft has clearly done an excellent job hiding the fact that these games are only playable while they are part of the play pass service, subscribed or not, downloaded or not, judging by the reactions assuming otherwise.

It really is like netflix- when something is removed from the service it's gone. You would have to purchase it to play that game.

It is like Netflix. I don't think there is any confusion on that front. The public is pretty well versed on how this stuff works now that Netflix allows you to download shows and movies.

 

[spekkeh]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

So it's basically like GwG but it costs $120 per year instead of $60 (and doesn't offer online)? errrrr. Not what I was thinking when I heard it.

 

[Trago]

Quick and dirty list from the alpha test:

- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Banjo 1
- Comic Jumper
- Defense Grid 2
- Gears Judgement
- Gears Ultimate
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Hexic 2
- Jetpac Refuelled
- Kameo
- Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
- Monday Night Combat
- Ms. Splosion Man
- OF: Dragon Rising
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Sacred 3
- Sam & Max
- Sunset Overdrive
- The Maw
- Viva Pinata

And that's not all either.

You see?? You see why building your catalog and having your games accessible on future hardware is important? I've been saying this for years. Now switch that list out with a bunch of games from the PS1, PS2, PS3( not possible because Cell lol), and PS4. Or Virtual Console games from NES, SNES, N64, GCN, and WII, and WII U. This would give the platform holders incentive to actually BUILD a lasting catalog of games that they can continue to make money off of.

But hey, that's just my opinion.

 

[Forearm Star]

Man, I love gaming competition! Last place console always brings it.

Anyway I won't be able to play all these games. Serious first world problems

 

[c0de]

Damn this is good.

I say damn cause I only own a PS4, Sony plz offer a service alike.

Not enough value.

 

[7DollarHagane]

I did not say it was a complaint, but it is obvious what you have been trying to do.

As I said. People dont tend to read much of the time.

Clarifying misconceptions? What am I trying to do?

 

[Ricerocket]

Definitely think Live Gold sub is going away in favor of this as a bomb drop announcement.

 

[shandy706]

Why are we reacting to an Alpha Test list quality wise?

It's an ALPHA TEST for a reason, lol.

 

[Capella]

Yikes.

It's still early...if the service does well you'll probably see more games with more publishers getting on board. EA will probably continue to stick to their own service though.