Of course it is. First of many. The price will keep rising, since currently Microsoft is losing money on it. The number of games will decrease, the price will keep going up, the users will cancel, rinse and repeat.
It truly is Netflix for gaming.
Xbox Game Pass might be getting a price hike
Submitted 1 day ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to games@lemmy.world
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QubaXR@lemmy.world 1 day ago
MoreZombies@lemm.ee 1 day ago
First? Didnt we have at least one increase lately?
QubaXR@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I never used game pass, sorry. Only makes sense they have been hiking it for a while.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not might be. Will be. They could charge $50 a month and get away with it. That’s what the Nintendo fanbase has proven. For me. Ultimate is worth $25 a month. Once it goes over that I’m out. I’ll stick to ps plus on its own.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Then there is me, who has only had it when it was on $1 promo and I used it to get a 10% discount to buy a game, and then immediately cancel the pass.
I guess if it stayed $1 indefinitely I’d keep the sub, but beyond that, nope.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Again? Didn’t they just raise the price in September?
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Hurr durr $100 games cause Nintendy is doing it
dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At some point, it will only be worth it, if you either finish games at an alarming rate, or play so many different games, that buying them separately would make no sense
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Probably
But right now it is 20 bucks a month. Even at 30, that is “worth it” if you play two or three newly released games a year and random library games beyond that.
The issue is if people have multiple consoles or are in the PC space and also have access to steam sales and bundles and the like.
overload@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
I think if you’re playing 1 new release game every month or two, you’re getting the value. I’m enjoying Avowed and Doom the Dark ages recently, but I’m very glad I didn’t pay for Doom.
Xbox has kind of been on a roll lately with the games they’ve added.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 40 minutes ago
Downvoted for no reason. Like, Clair Obscur was free on Gamepass. I ain’t hearing shit about how it isn’t worth the price tag
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
If it weren’t for me getting three months for free, I wouldn’t use it at all.
For me, the problem is that there’s not enough games, and of the games that are there, they disappear too quickly.
It’s just easier to look for deals on Steam, GOG, or EGS and keep those games indefinitely. Hell, sometimes games are given away for free.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The bestest deal in gaming!
lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You will own nothing and love it
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 36 minutes ago
Hot take: gamepass is preferable to a digital storefront. Any game you “buy” digitally is only somewhat less temporary than gamepass. At least gamepass doesn’t fool you into thinking you own the games you’re playing
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, I enjoy PS+, it’s just a matter of whether you’re okay playing a bunch of games on a known rental basis for the price point.
I enjoyed playing Texas Chainsaw while it was on there. Now the game’s dead. To me, not much lost as I move on to other games (and I do buy games too)
DarkMetatron@feddit.org 20 hours ago
There are not much possibilities to legally own games left. Physical releases are nearly full gone on PC (physical boxes only containing Steam Keys), and even on Consoles they become less and less common (or turned into something like the Switch 2 Game cards). On the digital release front only GOG comes to mind as as store where one could say that one owns the game after purchase and download. Everything else only sell licenses that can be revoked or removed any moment.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Oof. On the one hand, I’ve found games that I wouldn’t have bought that I really enjoyed. Like Avowed. I loved every second of it. Hi-fi Rush was like this for me too. I’ve barely heard any talk of both of these games.
Plus tons of Indy titles I’d never heard of. Can’t tell you how much time I spent in Power Wash Simulator
On the other hand…I hate buying games. It’s a big commitment when you don’t know if you’re going to like it. Most the time I end up not even playing half the game.
And, I go months without playing my Xbox as it is. Right now I’m finding myself getting back into WoW (I haven’t really played since wotlk …it’s a whole different game now). Why should I keep game pass?
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
A price hike, after the new Xbox PC relabel launch?? Absolute shocker I tell you
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
nice. I just cancelled mine.
johlits@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Blame speedrunners I guess xD