It sounds like Game Pass pricing will drop soon
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The solution, obviously, is AI.
Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo
Submitted 2 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/tech/911182/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-too-expensive-leaked-memo
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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 2 days ago
quack@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Somehow it’s always AI. Just like it was blockchain before that. And “the cloud” before that.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
You say “the cloud” like that isn’t the exact business model of gamepass. Instead of buying it once for a slightly higher up front cost, they’ve convinced people to just rent it and have been raising prices ever since.
Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 2 days ago
My Queen!!
FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
$30 a month. I stopped paying that. That’s like 4 games a year in subscription fees. I’d rather just buy 4 games. I don’t need endless games for that price.
Whitebrow@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Are there even 4 90$ games worth purchasing in any given year?
Most of my library is in the <30$ range
FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Good point. I just bought Fallout 3, New Vegas, and FO4 for under $16 total.
eli@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I dumped it when it went from $5 to $10 a month for PC gamepass.
$120 a year gets me A LOT of games on Steam sales.
I know I’m not the target audience, but it was pretty nice playing tons of games for $5 a month.
At $30 I don’t think I could even justify that. It’s absurd. Even as a one off to play everything I could…I’d rather use that $30 for literally anything else.
FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, and the games keep getting worse and worse. It’s like phone app quality games called “King’s Realm 3” or some shit that no one asked for.
amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 2 days ago
That’s insane. It really shows how little they think of the customers that are naive enough to pay it, especially seeing as it’s clearly not necessary to charge that much.