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How many of you actually bought Sea of Thieves vs Game Pass.
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There is very little reason for me to buy games anymore. I mean, I haven't bought an album in 10 years, and the same goes with movies.
There is no reason to pay 60€ for something as consumable as video games.
Now I only need a Sony sub system, for exclusives and I'm good.
There is no reason to pay 60€ for something as consumable as video games.
Now I only need a Sony sub system, for exclusives and I'm good.
I had the physical edition on preorder, but I needed the money for other things, so I cancelled it (I still bought the Tales from the Sea of Thieves book, though, and I'll also be getting the art book). I used to prefer collecting physical editions of games, but it's becoming more and more pointless each day, especially for something like Sea of Thieves, and I'm not paying the inflated price for the digital version. I'll probably still buy it later, when it's discounted, but I have two free months of Game Pass, so I'm in no hurry.
don't those work only for the first month? Since if you use one then you can't use the cheap keys again.
Game pass. That is not because I think the game is bad. It isn't. It's fantastic. But who can resist a deal like game pass? With it, Games with Gold, and EA access, gaming on Xbox is so cheap it blows my mind. [And when I want to get physical, I just use Best Buy's Gamers Club (mostly do that with the Switch tho.)]
Game Pass. I fully support this subscription model and wish all the console makers had it.
Well I guess Citi Skylines was their big one. But they could always add Forza Horizon 3 for people between State of Decay 2 and Crackdown 3 ;)
Well I guess Citi Skylines was their big one. But they could always add Forza Horizon 3 for people between State of Decay 2 and Crackdown 3 ;)
Gamepass for sure. I bought a year of it when it was 5 bucks a month to get this, State of Decay and Crackdown for the cheap. I literally only own an Xbox to play exclusives and with this I can do that for less than a price of one game, and XBL Gold to supplement that? There's no contest.
Reddit Xbox One has always been 50/50 on the game even way before release. They game is just unique in its way and some people will hate it and some will love it.
Mind you, r/XboxOne was pissed at the game even before it came out, at least in the threads I saw.
It's a game that's going to be constantly updated, and being able to play it for the small price of a monthly Game Pass subscription, I see no reason to be upset.
Gamepass and I am pretty happy I didn't spend 60 on it.
Its a good game to have on gamepass since you can just check up on the game every now and then whenever they add some much more needed content.
Its a good game to have on gamepass since you can just check up on the game every now and then whenever they add some much more needed content.
Thats why everything the game does in way for free updates and horizontal progression and being in gamepass is great. If you decide i jump in in 3 months. Nothing is lost and you are not crazy underleveled and cant play with anybody or are missing a DLC pack.
A game about pirates and sailing was never going to appeal to a good portion of r/XboxOne's subscribers no matter how much content it had, so one has to take that subreddit's response for what it is. That doesn't mean all of the criticisms are illegitimate, but the more childish overreactions found there are best ignored.
I get GamePass for free(thanks Bing Rewards), so I didn't buy it initially, but assuming I'm still playing it in a few months, I'll definitely buy it for the 20% GamePass discount, because it's one I'll want in my collection.
Something with game pass though is that they take games away after like 6 months or something
I got it on Gamepass although my Gold expired the day it came out soooo I'll need to re-subscribe.
Oh nvm.
Wasnt there a kefling game on there and aint that 1st party?
I've purchased but I'm beginning to regret it. Couldn't play it last night because of the server issues and I'm seeing A LOT of people complaining about the same things that I've complained during the beta - lack of content and repetitive stuff to do. It's a problem when the game has less than two days of being released and the audience already find it boring. I know the game might improve later, but right now I regret the purchase.
I had it preordered, but when they had the stackable $5 for a month of Game Pass deal it just made no sense to pay $60 for one game when I could pay $60 to get all the first-party games for a year. And in a year who knows how cheap it will be on the used market?
(Also for some reason Best Buy still sent me the exclusive pre-order coins despite me canceling ages ago so I basically got the best of both worlds OWAH)
(Also for some reason Best Buy still sent me the exclusive pre-order coins despite me canceling ages ago so I basically got the best of both worlds OWAH)
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Yeah, me too. The NPD threads with Microsoft exclusives will be "fun".
I hope the other two hardware companies soon follow Microsoft's lead and come up with their own service models.
Game Pass. It helps that I share with my brother, so we'll just go halves on the cost. Can't really complain for that price, not to mention we've essentially got 4 months of it free thanks to having an X each which came with 1 month codes (+1 extra month if you turn on auto-renew, even if you disable it immediately.)
I used my free month's Gamepass trial from buying my 1X. Wasn't sure if Sea of Thieves would be my type of thing and, based off a couple of hours with the game, it's not.
Seems like it'll be a whole lot of fun for multiplayer people though, who enjoy teaming up with their friends and stuff.
Seems like it'll be a whole lot of fun for multiplayer people though, who enjoy teaming up with their friends and stuff.
Nice.I hope gamepass takes off and more publishers jump in. it's a nice model. same with EA Access.
I'm going to have lots of fun with Sea of Thieves the coming months. Can't wait for the extra content. But for me as a PC player, buying it seems a clever thing to do. So I'll pick it up for the 20% discount or some other deal. Currently Gamepass on PC only offers 8 titles and some aren't even AAA-games.
The day Microsoft officially launches Gamepass on PC (Age of Empires 4?) I'm the first to pay for a whole year. I can add it to my Netflix and Spotify subs.
The day Microsoft officially launches Gamepass on PC (Age of Empires 4?) I'm the first to pay for a whole year. I can add it to my Netflix and Spotify subs.
