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.
First? Didnt we have at least one increase lately?
I never used game pass, sorry. Only makes sense they have been hiking it for a while.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Indeed. I think the last 6 months have been great value for PC game pass. Of course it goes against the OP/thread sentiment that Xbox is ripping everyone off.
I buy on steam/key resellers at heavy discount most of the time, but game pass allows me to play new release games that are in the “looks interesting, but I’m not dropping full price to try this out” category of games.
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.
Again? Didn’t they just raise the price in September?
Well color me surprised. Here’s my surprised face:
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.
Hurr durr $100 games cause Nintendy is doing it
A price hike, after the new Xbox PC relabel launch?? Absolute shocker I tell you
nice. I just cancelled mine.
It’s already overpriced, but they will keep doing this as long as enough people tolerate it to make the numbers go up.
If people are paying that means it’s not overpriced though
Blame speedrunners I guess xD
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. So I end up going full PatientGamer, and wait for a good sale. (Still want to try Luigi’s Mansion some day…)
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?
GamePass is an awesome plan for people like me – casual gamers who don’t get a lot of replay value out of most games. Honestly I’d love to see similar or competing services.
A bit pissed at this possibility. Games that I bought many years ago require me to be signed in to use my unlocks, even during solo play.
Lol I haven’t paid my game pass subscription in years but I still have all the access
Lol sire about that?
