Submitted 2 days ago by Jeffool@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
Linked the story for anyone who wants context. It’s about a list computer by Twitter user x.com/Crusader3456
Here’s a direct link to a list of the games in a Google Sheets spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/…/edit?gid=1739673…
Game pass business model needs to fail because if it succeed we’ll be buried in post capitalism dystopian reality where we don’t own anything.
I have different reasons I hate MS and Game Pass specifically, but I was never convinced by this argument.
It works on the argument of “We would like to stop offering direct purchase models, and require consumers to play by subscription.” But no one has done that. No one has really come close to doing that.
People argue the price will steadily go up; and that’s one of the reasons I don’t play Game Pass anymore. I knew that I wouldn’t maintain access to the games on there, which is why I bought the ones I wanted to keep playing - not very many.
They have started doing that though. No company is going to stop selling individual games. They are going to continue raising the prices, specially of games in high demand, to price out most people.
Same result for us. But they get the ideologue whales who keep buying individual games to virtue signal, and also get to exploit gamers. It’s a win win.
Capitalism needs to die if you want change.
That’s fair. Game Pass definitely has perks, but I get your point subscriptions are great for trying stuff out, not so much for long-term ownership. Prices creeping up makes it harder to justify, and like you said, actually buying the games you care about ends up being the safer move.
“This is what you will play today”
Same as netflix.
Why can’t we realize most people are dumb as shit being herded like sheep?
Until "This item is unavailable"
That'll be $110/month!
No worries, enshittification and endless price increases are just a matter of time with any subscriptions service.
I wouldn’t give Microsoft any money if they were selling last drops of oxygen on Earth, not fucking video games
And Microsoft is compiling lists of all Palestinians on behalf of israel
I really hope the subscription model for games falls flat.
Shit live services, don’t give them money for it or say goodbye to owning games.
Some really nice games on that list too!
I mean, a lot of the games on that spreadsheet (I would even guess more than 50%) contain licensed material, music, or other intellectual property that is not owned by Microsoft, ActiBlizz, or any of the resulting studios.
If someone was going to actually make a really list, those games should not be on the list that anyone would reasonably expect to come back, probably ever. It would require renegotiation of the licensed content with the license holder, if they are still easy to find, who would absolutely demand more money than originally agreed upon at the original game’s release (thereby making the effort immensely expensive), or it would require developers to alter the artistic vision and integrity of some of those games that they can, while others like “Bee Movie: The Game” would require so much reworking it would be better to make it an original game instead.
I mean, imagine if Square Enix decided to remaster Omikron: The Nomad Soul. They would have to either renegotiate the soundtrack license with David Bowie’s estate and the record label company that publisher the album, or they would have to destroy the legacy of the game by replacing the music with some other artist that would be guaranteed to be genuinely worse than David Bowie. Honestly, I am surprised but also overjoyed that Square Enix is still selling the game on Steam.
Oh I thought it was gonna be a list of games that they announced and never released yet.
The oligopolies rarely buy out smaller companies and keep to promises, or let those companies do what they did best.
They buy them to control competition.
Not putting these titles on their service isn’t a tactic to control competition, but it is indicative of their lack of giving a shit about what they have hoarded.
Man, I wish they’d make marvel ultimate alliance 1&2 available for download again. I swore I had 2 purchased digitally, I have all the dlc available on my account but not the game
*cries in PS Plus Game Catalog*
zrst@lemmy.cif.su 9 hours ago
I always lost respect for people whenever I saw them shilling gamepass.
Jeffool@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I can’t go that far. I can’t be upset at people for looking at deals and NOT thinking “but what about the companies?” Granted this hits differently as a field I love, but still, I get it.