Comment on Microsoft layoffs are reportedly underway, with ZeniMax and King employees losing their jobs

billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m honestly surprised anyone still has it.

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  • aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If it fits your gaming profile, it’s a pretty good deal.

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just think it stopped being a good deal the moment they implemented their first price increase. That signalled that they’re willing to do what every other subscription service does and raise prices as arbitrarily high as people are willing to pay, with the enticement being that you can’t unsub or you’re left with no games.

      If you have copious time for gaming and are always on the hunt for sometbing new, is it still a better deal than buying every game at release? Sure, at least for now. But the patient gaming strat at least gives me a backlog of affordable titles too long to finish them all, and I can also return to it at any time without worrying about titles eventually disappearing from a subscription catalog.

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      • aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you go for subscription, you accept that the stuff is temporal. Or at least you should. So it should make no practical difference if a game vanishes because it gets pulled from the catalog or if you decide to cancel the subscription because you consider it too expensive.

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