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Counterpoint: I bought a Xbox Series S for 380$CAD and 3 years of Game Pass Ultimate for 240$, both before taxes. I could have paid 400$ for a Switch and then
by simlevesque 6y ago
Counterpoint: I bought a Xbox Series S for 380$CAD and 3 years of Game Pass Ultimate for 240$, both before taxes.
I could have paid 400$ for a Switch and then buy 3 games at 80$ and play the same games all the time and I'd be bored in less than a year.
I used to love renting games as a child. My family wasn't well off and if it wasn't for renting games I would have missed many gems.
Now with Gamepass I have almost 300 great games to play, I finished 3 games already and I'm currently playing Hollow Knight. After that, I'll play FF7 original and then all the Kingdom Hearts.
I won't have to spend a penny on games for the next 34 months, legally.
- jdgoesmarching 6y agoI’m also enjoying Gamepass, especially when the alternate trend that’s been making buckets of money for the industry is microtransactions. Yes, I absolutely wish that the model of just making a really good game and selling it directly was the standard. But hey, we live in an economic system that demands unlimited revenue growth and out of all the options that preserve the creation of games that I like to play, subscriptions are by far the best option. If you don’t like it, take it up with capitalism.
- simlevesque 6y agoYeah, you get it. I'm a Stallman fanboy, all about GNU, ownership etc... but I'm also pragmatic.