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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 62 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

LuL

Buy console

Subscribe to internet

Subscribe to Xbox whatever

Subscribe to game

Buy in-game content

[–] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, it just says they’re including it with Game Pass. So you have the option of not actually purchasing the game for $70 (every year!) but you still get to play. There’s a lot of good games for both Xbox and PC so it’s a decent value proposition for a lot of people.

I don’t buy AAA games, so it’s kind of nice to have the option to play some of them without a big upfront investment. The real stars are the smaller and indie games.

It’s not for everyone, but for the cost of a Netflix subscription I can play a shitload of games on my PC and my kids get a huge library on the console.

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is why I like GamePass. There's a bunch of games on there that I probably wouldn't play otherwise. And yeah, they're not all great, but I've found some that I really enjoy.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

GamePass is still early in the enshittification cycle. It will get worse.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Can't wait for game pass games to show an ad on each death

[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pretty soon it will be subscribe to console as well

[–] zelifcam@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Didn’t they do that already? I thought Microsoft offered low end Xbox with a subscription when they first launched gamepass?

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you're thinking of Xbox All-access, which allowed users to buy Xbox + Game Pass Ultimate and pay them all over one year (or three, can't remember).

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago

Cod players be like: noice

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

How long until we get Microsoft teams up with Mountain Dew to release xbox ~~verification cans~~ 2FA devices?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Not quite.

Buy Xbox and then either subscribe to gamepass ultimate or buy the game and then subscribe to gamepass core (just renamed XBL gold) to play online. Its still dumb that you have to pay to play online but you still have the option to outright buy any MS published games.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The point of paying to play online is to pay for the features and infrastructure to support it.

Otherwise you end up with PS2 Online or Nintendo WFC. Both rampant with horrible lag and cheaters.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Now those online services are supported by digital sales, like on PC storefronts. Digital makes up the majority of console purchases now too, but they still continue to charge for online, so it's no wonder PC market share grew in the interim.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Steam exists