Gamepass is like early Netflix. It's a good value now. But once it reaches a large enough subscriber base, it fundamentally takes over publishing. Everyone copies the model because consumers are trained not to buy, and you wind up literally unable to buy things outright anymore.

Don't think it happens? Try watching the Willow TV series on Disney Plus.

I hate paying perpetual rent in items I should own. I recognize gamepass is a good value, but still would rather own a game forever than see Nintendo and Sony take this same approach.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep, I've seen this film before - and I didn't like the ending.

Played this game with Netflix. It kills be because all of these kids think I'm stupid for not buying game pass. That I'm old for wanting to own my games. Except it's just a teaser, it's obviously a loss leader for Microsoft. They want it on all screens because that's how monopolies work. As soon as it's everywhere they'll jack up the price and start removing content - but by that point there's no where else to get the content. You either end up paying twice (or more) for the game you wanted - or you just lose it forever.

[–] devious@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah it won't be like that - in future you will get to subscribe to multiple services Sony, Microsoft, Epic, Ubisoft, EA, etc to play the games you want!

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You forgot, DLC 1 is exclusive to Epic and DLC 2 only on Microsoft store. If you buy on Sony you however get the exclusive Marvel Quest which everyone says is the best in the whole game but only available if you bought the prequel on Sony store too.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 8 points 11 months ago

Piracy is important to protect the legacies of material for exactly this reason. It used to be just that items physically degraded, now they're being deliberately removed.

Since I've started routinely pirating shows I no longer have to ask the question, "is this show available?" Because if I've heard of it then someone has uploaded it.

[–] TheEntity@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Even if we stick to the games, it's already literally impossible to buy the mobile Into The Breach. It's available exclusively within the Netflix subscription.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And when it grows the games will only be on game pass and you will buy a thin client and own no games. They dont need to worry about anti trust as you can access it on any platform.

This is why I stick with steam and emulation