Comment on Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed

zanyllama52@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I justified it as a games rental. I mean I easily paid $5 to rent a game for the weekend in the 90s. Paying 12 bucks to rent games all month long wasn’t bad (for PC).

  But the price they’re charging now, I may as well buy the games I do play, rather than paying for the subscription. The problem for Microsoft is that money is gonna be going to steam instead of them.

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  • sadfitzy@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Your justification is exemplary of how useful idiots operate.

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  you wouldn’t? not if the cost and convenience was right? just out of principle, regardless of value?

  I could see doing it if I had more time to game

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  • zanyllama52@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t feel good about not having the ability to do what I want with my games; the idea of games being “mine” goes away if I cannot buy, sell, resell, loan, copy, backup, modify or destroy it.

    I’m not sure how a digital gaming subscription service can compete with that no matter how cheap or how good the library is or how long the service is proposed to exist.

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    • TommySalami@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I definitely see this. I think, at least the way I’ve used it, it’s replaced rentals for me (I miss video stores). I’ve picked it up 2-3 times, each time to play a specific game and cancelled at the end of the month. I’ve absolutely saved money that way, and didn’t really care about owning the content I was getting it for.

      Don’t take this as an endorsement though. I don’t think that’s the intended use, and I doubt it would last if everyone did the same. Besides the price hike takes it out of that reasonable territory for the rental idea, at least for me.

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• killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  same boat. as soon as that service was announced it never made sense to me.

  i play a lot of games, but its never at a consistent pace, just makes more sense to buy.

  same goes for shit like netflix. im not constantly watching something, so why wouldn’t i just buy the movie when i have a movie night.

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