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.

  • @jetsetdoritoEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Gamepass also gives you a 20% discount if you decide to purchase the games

    • @WhoRogerOPEnglish
      -7•1 year ago

      Oh great, paying for an opportunity to pay. How generous.

      • @jetsetdoritoEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        So it costs less if you decide to keep a game you like and cancel gamepass? The discount works for gifting games as well

        • @WhoRogerOPEnglish
          -3•1 year ago

          Help me with the math. A typical game costs 70-80 €$£ if I’m not mistaken. 20% of that is 16. This subscription is between 10 and 17 (so it says anyway, I don’t know the details).

          So at best you can save 6 and get the subscription. Okay, I guess, but to me it sounds like a ploy to get you hooked to the subscription.

          Or, we can take as a given that the 70 price of a game is just the basic tier and a “proper” version costs 100+. Fine, we can take that with the sub it can get cheaper, but then the user gets fucked either way.

          Or we can buy multiple full-priced games a month. Ok fine, but then the rub is that some months you may not buy any games at all, and then if you forget to cancel, there go the savings.

          What am I missing? As I said, I get that it may make sense for some people, but overall this whole thing smells like a scheme where the company creates a problem and is selling you the solution.