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Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by CatZoomies@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17448835

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Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less

"Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month 'Ultimate' tier."

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Cheap online codes are the way to do gamepass. I agree at 20 a month it’s not really a great deal anymore

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yea, if you look at your purchases you probably spend less than 20/month on average for games. Plus many of the "big" games aren't on game pass, so you are paying even more.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’ve done the math; for what I currently pay if I play two full price games on gamepass a year I come out ahead. Now that’s only because codes are cheap on cdkeys and eneba but once that changes I’ll jump ship

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

That also assumes you benefit from playing them day one.

There are plenty of games that I would play day one if it's available. But if not, then I would happily wait and buy it when it's cheaper. Also, the ownership adds to the value if I'm not keeping it all the time.

So if I would have waited until the game is $40, I'm saving $40 max. But also, I'll still have it 2 years from now when it's worth $25, assuming I want to play it again. So it maybe saved me $15, depending how you look at it.