Game Pass is (was?) good for some gameplay patterns and bad for others.
It doesn’t fit my preferences, but I can see why it is appealing to others.
That’s a valid opinion if you want ownership over everything else, fair.
But to blanket-label Game Pass as “shit” right from the start really isn’t fair to all those people for whom it was good value, and gave access to a lot of games they probably wouldn’t have been able to justify otherwise.
Personally it wasn’t for me, because I too don’t like subscriptions, but for some of my friends it was and I respect that.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It definitely was awesome if you were someone who gets bored of games easily and moves on. I think I get a high from the whole new game thing then it dissipates after a few hours.
whereyaaat@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
Those people should just learn to pirate and stop being useful idiots.
They should also get into emulating so they can play all the better games that they missed out on.
But let’s be real: it was about consumption for the sake of consumption.
whereyaaat@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
isn’t fair to all those people for whom it was good value
Yeah man, same argument for the people getting ripped off by their drug dealers.
Who cares if the dealer is making 500% profit? If the loser junkie thinks it’s a good deal, then it must be!
tobz619@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It was good value in the short term…but anyone capable of forecasting longer than 36 months knew instantly it was an awful deal, even compared to someone who had Playstation Plus and its free games + discounted games since the Sony hack in 2011 and doubly so compared to someone who bought Humble Bundle instead.
Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
*laughs all the way to !freegames@feddit.uk*