Six weeks after Microsoft canceled its £1/$1 game Pass trial in the run-up to the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the deal has now been reinstated as part of Microsoft's Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. the company, but only for PC. . As was the case before the offer was removed,
My biggest problem with the Xbox app is it blocks you from modding the game by default. It’s up to the developer to enable it. And from my perspective I think many of these developers don’t even know it exists.
I had suggested the GamePass style subscription thing for Steam years ago. This is one thing someone else actually does that Steam does not. I’ll just use both. Because gaming is one of my only hobbies, I play a lot. The subscription model access to an entire catalogue is more economical than buying every single new game for full price. And if I do want to buy them, they’re still usually sold on Steam too.
But you don’t get every single new game with GamePass, either. You get a mediocre set of stuff published by Microsoft with some occasional AA games and a random selection of indies, some of which are actually good, but also aren’t that expensive to just buy and own instead.
That means stuff they publish. Which, despite all their acquisitions, is consistently very mediocre. And because of the day one “free” status, almost always has bad extra monetization on top of it.
It’s an incredibly far cry from the “all” he mentioned, and it isn’t close to the best or most desirable.
I’m well aware of what it has available, and it’s genuinely not good enough to get me to install Windows if they provided it for free. But the entire reason Gamepass exists is because they know it makes them more long term than buying your games.
The subscription model access to an entire catalogue is more economical than buying every single new game for full price.
This is what I said. I never implied they had all games. Only that it’s cheaper in the long run to subscribe and get access to the new games on GamePass than paying full price for each one.
I have to say, PC version of Game Pass is far more cheaper than their console edition, so it’s can be worth it for sure. But I definitely agree you need to game a lot for it to do so,
I had PC game pass as part of my game pass ultimate to your subscription that I got with my Series X, and honestly despite their diverse catalog that they had, I found most of the games that they offered I either already had because they had gone on sales or already given for free through other services(epic or Humble choice usually), or just didn’t interest me.
I love how many Indie style games that they would but, it was very rarely that they actually offered a game that was interesting despite the fact that they cycle through their content constantly. And their AAA titles, at least at that time not sure if it still is the case was definitely lacking in the availability department. It was very clear that the primary focus point of Game Pass was Indie style titles over the primary Studios, but I never really wanted to play them due to the fact that since they’re cycled out so frequently I would start a game and then two or three weeks later I would get a message saying this game is leaving Game Pass.
Plus it also was hard for me to swallow spending $240 for a subscription to Ultimate yearly(or whatever the pc gamepass sub price is yearly) , and then having nothing to show for it when that subscription ran out because you lose access to all the games. I would much rather spend that money on actual games and then not lose access to it when it’s done.
Honestly, I found Humble Choice being a good alternative to paying that sub, roughly 120-140 a year, and you get 8 titles a month that’s yours to keep
The company also has a vested interest in keeping PC players on their OS, while simultaneously treating the platform like a second class citizen for years. Anybody remember the abortion that was Games for Windows Live? And it isn’t like Windows Mixed Reality or ‘this is now a tablet OS’ are doing them any favors either.
God am I happy I didn’t buy any software on the Microsoft store.
Still desperately trying to get us to leave steam I see
My biggest problem with the Xbox app is it blocks you from modding the game by default. It’s up to the developer to enable it. And from my perspective I think many of these developers don’t even know it exists.
I had suggested the GamePass style subscription thing for Steam years ago. This is one thing someone else actually does that Steam does not. I’ll just use both. Because gaming is one of my only hobbies, I play a lot. The subscription model access to an entire catalogue is more economical than buying every single new game for full price. And if I do want to buy them, they’re still usually sold on Steam too.
But you don’t get every single new game with GamePass, either. You get a mediocre set of stuff published by Microsoft with some occasional AA games and a random selection of indies, some of which are actually good, but also aren’t that expensive to just buy and own instead.
Most AAA games with even a tangential relation with Microsoft get released on Game Pass on day 1
That means stuff they publish. Which, despite all their acquisitions, is consistently very mediocre. And because of the day one “free” status, almost always has bad extra monetization on top of it.
I really think you’re underestimating how much and what kind of content they offer, but you do you.
It’s an incredibly far cry from the “all” he mentioned, and it isn’t close to the best or most desirable.
I’m well aware of what it has available, and it’s genuinely not good enough to get me to install Windows if they provided it for free. But the entire reason Gamepass exists is because they know it makes them more long term than buying your games.
This is what I said. I never implied they had all games. Only that it’s cheaper in the long run to subscribe and get access to the new games on GamePass than paying full price for each one.
Their catalogue is dogshit and has a very small selection of games that are even worth considering on a steep discount.
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I have to say, PC version of Game Pass is far more cheaper than their console edition, so it’s can be worth it for sure. But I definitely agree you need to game a lot for it to do so,
I had PC game pass as part of my game pass ultimate to your subscription that I got with my Series X, and honestly despite their diverse catalog that they had, I found most of the games that they offered I either already had because they had gone on sales or already given for free through other services(epic or Humble choice usually), or just didn’t interest me.
I love how many Indie style games that they would but, it was very rarely that they actually offered a game that was interesting despite the fact that they cycle through their content constantly. And their AAA titles, at least at that time not sure if it still is the case was definitely lacking in the availability department. It was very clear that the primary focus point of Game Pass was Indie style titles over the primary Studios, but I never really wanted to play them due to the fact that since they’re cycled out so frequently I would start a game and then two or three weeks later I would get a message saying this game is leaving Game Pass.
Plus it also was hard for me to swallow spending $240 for a subscription to Ultimate yearly(or whatever the pc gamepass sub price is yearly) , and then having nothing to show for it when that subscription ran out because you lose access to all the games. I would much rather spend that money on actual games and then not lose access to it when it’s done.
Honestly, I found Humble Choice being a good alternative to paying that sub, roughly 120-140 a year, and you get 8 titles a month that’s yours to keep
The company also has a vested interest in keeping PC players on their OS, while simultaneously treating the platform like a second class citizen for years. Anybody remember the abortion that was Games for Windows Live? And it isn’t like Windows Mixed Reality or ‘this is now a tablet OS’ are doing them any favors either.
God am I happy I didn’t buy any software on the Microsoft store.
I fell in for mixed reality, and I should have known better. They just killed the entire ecosystem. Standard Microsoft behavior