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Game pass was never viable at its original price: it was always going to increase in price, just like subscription services that didn’t has big acquisitions (Ne
by benced 1y ago
Game pass was never viable at its original price: it was always going to increase in price, just like subscription services that didn’t has big acquisitions (Netflix) have.
I don’t think this acquisition helped gamers, I think it just didn’t matter. Microsoft is welcome to waste their own money.
- ksynwa 1y agoYeah I don't see what the acquisition has to do here. Both Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard were pretty predatory before the deal. I can't imagine what they would have done differently being separate from each other. The biggest "concern" I can remember of was Call of Duty coming to Game Pass or leaving PlayStation but I don't know what came off that. I am guessing it didn't come to pass seeing how the console department at Xbox has imploded.
- garbthetill 1y agocall me naive, but I thought game pass was going to be used as sort of a loss leader and gives them the avenue to build out other things like in the azure side of their business or cloud gaming etc
- vachina 1y agoI’m going to sell my series X. Thought of keeping it for the odd moment of family time to play Overcooked but at $30, might as well go for a buffet lunch.
- surgical_fire 1y agoIf you enjoy playing old retro games, I think Xbox can run Retroarch pretty well. I may buy a used one later on for that reason, specifically.