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Who is subscribing to Game Pass, PS Plus and Nintendo Switch Online, and why?
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this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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I have gamepass and I'm happy with it. I tend to dabble in a lot of games instead of playing one game for a long time.
One new game costs $60 to purchase. For me personally there is little chance I will be playing it 4 months from now.
Alternatively I can pay for gamepass and play any of those games for $15 a month. The only situation where this ends up being a worse deal is if I only play one game for more than four months, which so far has not happened for me.
I realize that doesn't make sense for everyone, though.
The issue for me is that most games I buy are way cheaper, (because of steam sales) and the games I enjoy are rarely on gamepass. So I'd be barely saving money and be playing worse games.
Also its not available on Linux so there's that