Well, it just says they’re including it with Game Pass. So you have the option of not actually purchasing the game for $70 (every year!) but you still get to play. There’s a lot of good games for both Xbox and PC so it’s a decent value proposition for a lot of people.
I don’t buy AAA games, so it’s kind of nice to have the option to play some of them without a big upfront investment. The real stars are the smaller and indie games.
It’s not for everyone, but for the cost of a Netflix subscription I can play a shitload of games on my PC and my kids get a huge library on the console.
This is why I like GamePass. There's a bunch of games on there that I probably wouldn't play otherwise. And yeah, they're not all great, but I've found some that I really enjoy.
Buy Xbox and then either subscribe to gamepass ultimate or buy the game and then subscribe to gamepass core (just renamed XBL gold) to play online. Its still dumb that you have to pay for online but you still have the option to outright buy any MS published games.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
LuL
mark3748@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Well, it just says they’re including it with Game Pass. So you have the option of not actually purchasing the game for $70 (every year!) but you still get to play. There’s a lot of good games for both Xbox and PC so it’s a decent value proposition for a lot of people.
I don’t buy AAA games, so it’s kind of nice to have the option to play some of them without a big upfront investment. The real stars are the smaller and indie games.
It’s not for everyone, but for the cost of a Netflix subscription I can play a shitload of games on my PC and my kids get a huge library on the console.
CharlesReed@kbin.social 11 months ago
This is why I like GamePass. There's a bunch of games on there that I probably wouldn't play otherwise. And yeah, they're not all great, but I've found some that I really enjoy.
havokdj@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pretty soon it will be subscribe to console as well
zelifcam@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Didn’t they do that already? I thought Microsoft offered low end Xbox with a subscription when they first launched gamepass?
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 11 months ago
Cod players be like: noice
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 11 months ago
How long until we get Microsoft teams up with Mountain Dew to release Xbox
verification cans2FA devices.NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not quite.
Buy Xbox and then either subscribe to gamepass ultimate or buy the game and then subscribe to gamepass core (just renamed XBL gold) to play online. Its still dumb that you have to pay for online but you still have the option to outright buy any MS published games.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The point of paying to play online is to pay for the features and infrastructure to support it.
Otherwise you end up with PS2 Online or Nintendo WFC. Both rampant with horrible lag and cheaters.