LordBaztion
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They should add a Game Pass + Gold for $140 or a discounted price.
Bundle, $400: console plus both services.
Bundle, $400: console plus both services.
Quotes from you
"Seems like kind of a waste for $120 a year.
Especially if you need gold to play multiplayer on top of this, no thanks. I'd rather just buy games when they hit sales for $5-$10.
Womp womp.
Depends how quickly they rotate out games I guess.
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,"
Yeah it just seems to me like you have had an agenda coming in here. Its not that you have been clarifying misconceptions, it is your overall tone and attitude towards the subject.
Everything about this post is wrong.
When a movie I like is about to leave the service, Netflix will warn me about it. You can assume Microsoft will announce which games are leaving ahead of time.
Also, where are you getting $70 from? There is a 20 percent discount so you would only be paying $47.99 plus tax.
now..
if only sony would give us something like this for ps2 games...
if only...
This isn't aimed at those of us that have hundreds of games that we bought or those of us that are there day one (or the first few months) for games.
It's for those that want access to a large library and are happy to pay $10 for it. I have teen cousins, friends, and family that don't have a lot of income...they'd love this.
PS Now has the ability to run on PC and Smart TVs as well as the PS consoles. Game Pass does not do this.
However, being able to download the games is also a massive positive.
The cycling out of titles *really* puts a damper on this for me. I wouldn't mind this selection starting out, knowing that there would only be more games added upon it. But Sunset Overdrive aside, this would honestly be a "lackluster month" for me (putting it into a GWG/PS+ perspective).
Might be worth it for families with low income. Dad and kids can pick different games and max the value. Core gamers are never going to care about playing old games from a limited list.
I wonder how often someone is playing a game gets rotated out to be greeted with a buy now page? I suspect this program is great for publishers with a library of games which no longer sell.
Might be worth it for families with low income. Dad and kids can pick different games and max the value. Core gamers are never going to care about playing old games from a limited list.
I wonder how often someone is playing a game gets rotated out to be greeted with a buy now page? I suspect this program is great for publishers with a library of games which no longer sell.
People in the thread who are jumping for joy over this are amusing. They probably have 20+ games in their backlog that they actually wanted to play vs a list of games they passed on for years which are now to rent.
Not for me, the limited amount of first party games are already in my collection.
i hate that subscription services are becoming even more prevalent on top of the core XBL and PSN services. EA Access, Xbox game pass, PS Now..
This seems like the type of thing that you don't subscribe to every single month, but rather hop in when they add a game you want to play.
The discount only applies to games in rotation.Ah yes, very very EA Access like indeed. I have one month of EA Access now and i saw i can get Andromeda for a discounted price via that. Not nearly as much as MS is offering though. But i assume that 20% off is only via their digital store? WHere Halo 5 is still 60 bucks i think.
No way I see this. That is a lot of revenue gone and one that is more guaranteed. At most i see it replacing GwG.Definitely think Live Gold sub is going away in favor of this as a bomb drop announcement.
Might be worth it for families with low income. Dad and kids can pick different games and max the value. Core gamers are never going to care about playing old games from a limited list.
I wonder how often someone is playing a game gets rotated out to be greeted with a buy now page? I suspect this program is great for publishers with a library of games which no longer sell.
People in the thread who are jumping for joy over this are amusing. They probably have 20+ games in their backlog that they actually wanted to play vs a list of games they passed on for years which are now to rent.
Isn't this mostly the same as Games with Gold?
I have an opinion, sorry about that.
My opinion is a lot of people are going to wind up paying $120 a year to play comic jumper and gears of War judgement.
We will have to wait and see though.
I think with this MS will reduce the cost of Live. So I'm thinking the Live will now be a $30 membership now or even $20 tbh
This totally makes sense why they would do this. If this is also for Xbox Play Anywhere or Windows 10 games...that's how they would get PC gamers to have a subscription and not pay for online.
EDIT nvm. it says Xbox One and 360 games.
Don't know if this has been said, but it doesn't include the ability to play online with all those games.
PS Now has the ability to run on PC and Smart TVs as well as the PS consoles. Game Pass does not do this.
However, being able to download the games is also a massive positive.
Don't really get the PS Now comparisons. It's more like an expanded version of Sony's Instant Game Collection offered on PS3.
Might be worth it for families with low income. Dad and kids can pick different games and max the value. Core gamers are never going to care about playing old games from a limited list.
I wonder how often someone is playing a game gets rotated out to be greeted with a buy now page? I suspect this program is great for publishers with a library of games which no longer sell.
People in the thread who are jumping for joy over this are amusing. They probably have 20+ games in their backlog that they actually wanted to play vs a list of games they passed on for years which are now to rent.
This is my main concern. I think it's great when it's value is good to the consumer, but I'm dreading the day every big publisher has their own service. EA in, MS in, my guess Sony follows suit but not before Ubisoft.i hate that subscription services are becoming even more prevalent on top of the core XBL and PSN services. EA Access, Xbox game pass, PS Now..
Actually PS Now will no longer work on Smart TVs. Only PC and Ps4 from now on, all other versions discontinued.PS Now has the ability to run on PC and Smart TVs as well as the PS consoles. Game Pass does not do this.
However, being able to download the games is also a massive positive.
People in the thread who are jumping for joy over this are amusing. They probably have 20+ games in their backlog that they actually wanted to play vs a list of games they passed on for years which are now to rent.
The trend for games seems to be people sticking with single games for a longer period of time: overwatch, rainbow six siege, Paragon, world of tanks, rocket league, destiny, etc.
This kind of sampler subscription with tons of older catalog games seems a little ignorant of that.