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cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/475688
Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers will get access to a small selection of the games available with the regular/higher tiers of Game Pass, starting with more than 25 games
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2 years ago I had to move to a temp place. First evening, I unpacked my PS3 which I hadn't had time for for a long time. Lots of games on it (and on discs), so I could just sit and play Journey.
Had all my games had been this subscription sort, I'd have nothing.
Now I know you can still buy games - for now, anyway. But since these companies make you pay for multiplayer anyway, it's an easy upsell for them. Just pay a bit more and you can play so many games... Just pay forever.
Dude, stop turning me into your strawman.
I'm not arguing that the game industry isn't awful or that game pass is the best, or the Activision merger is good. Collectively, we already spilled so much ink on those things and inevitably it doesn't matter because they're happening anyway and all these arguements are only used to further divide gamers into "sony" or "MS" camps fighting over which multi-billion dollar company to hate or stan.
What I'm arguing against is your belief that you're going to be required to pay for game pass to get games. That has not happened. It will not happen for the reasons I already outlined above. This is a made up argument to drum up fear and hatred of MS (presumably in favor of Sony).
Name a single game, existing or future, that is solely exclusive to game pass without any other ways to get it. I'll wait.... ... ... ... ... And when you can't - then you should examine why you believe so strongly, without evidence, and despite evidence to the contrary, that this doomsday scenario will happen. And who it could benefit to make you, and others, believe and fear and argue with such emotion that MS is taking games away from you.
I already said it twice: if in 5 years there will be fewer than 20 AAA games exclusive to Game Pass, you can come back and call me stupid. And I'll even be happy about it.
Frankly it can be any service for what I care. If Sony does it first, I'll bitch about it just the same. Crap is crap. MS is well poised to get there first, but this whole trend of "you won't own anything and be happy" of subscriptions is larger than even MS.
So... Deal?