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Is Game Pass enough value for you to buy Xbox Series X?
- Thread starter Mack
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When it was cheap I cemented myself in gamepass ultimate for like 3 years I think
so I'm definitely buyingXSX
so I'm definitely buyingXSX
I know but using an Xbox to use XCloud on a TV + playing GP games that aren't on GP for PC + playing some games with a few friends still makes it worth it to me.
I don't care a shit about Gamepass so, they had to deliver me the games that would interest me.
Money saved with Gamepass provides more time; no more looking for discounts/sales or trying to reason why $60 for 10h of entertainment is a good value instead of $10 to subscription and $50 to investments.
You might change your tune when you see some of those non exclusive games with bumped up frame rates and ray tracing turned on. Maybe.
I'm waiting for more into on the Series X and PS5 before I make a decision. It's going to be hard to convince the wife we need 2 brand new consoles this Fall so I'm thinking I'll have to pick one.
Game Pass is a huge factor in that decision for sure. At a few dollars per month over the next 2 years it's a no brainer.
Game Pass is a huge factor in that decision for sure. At a few dollars per month over the next 2 years it's a no brainer.
But for some of us we are just going to buy what we like and what we know we have the time to put into them. I only have time for a few games. I try to limit it to a couple a year.
And even those are very particular. I haven't even played the a lot of the new fighters that came out this gen. Street fighter was the only one outside of injustice 2. Still havn't played FighterZ, MK11, or even tekken 7.
Just don't have time to put into those.
The thing about Gamepass is even if, given time constraints you played one indie game from the service in a month or one AA/AAA over two months in any given set of months it still represents value compared to purchasing the games.
What does this have to do with the insinuation that people are lying about how many games they buy or play lol
I honestly don't know how you say no. At the moment, even if you pay full-price, for the price of two full-priced games you get Xbox Live, all of Microsoft's first-party games at launch, and whatever 3rd party deals they're able to bring to the service for both PC AND Xbox. That value proposition is only going to get better as Microsoft's current stable, and whatever new developers they acquire, begin to make games under the Xbox Games Studio umbrella.
It's probably the biggest no brainer in gaming.
It's probably the biggest no brainer in gaming.
If it's on PC then no. Buying a $400+ console with a $14 a month subscription doesn't make sense to me anymore. 80% of the games on Gamepass I don't even care about, 10% I try and drop, 5% I keep and say I'll come back and the other 5% I actually play. Id rather just buy the games I know I'm going to actually play rather then have a Netflix more is better approach.
Totally understandable and these services are not for everyone; when your aim is to master one game then buying is better option.
But Gamepass does provide easy way to try MK, Tekken, DB, KI and bunch of other fighters before buying.
Of course, no problem with that. Personally, prior to Game Pass I had bought at least two Microsoft games every year, so Game Pass simply replaced that with the additional benefit of other games along the way. With my kids requiring a family Gold account as it is, it doesn't cost me much (if anything) over the games I would have bought even if I didn't have Game Pass. Guaranteeing I have the digital versions of the games is also a benefit since we have multiple consoles in the home so they don't need to worry about transferring the discs around.
PS4 is similar for me with PS+ and various sales, to the point where I could probably make it through next gen with my backlog if I didn't buy anything else (but I certainly will occasionally).
On PC? Didn't see those on the service when I had it this past November?
Just looked those are locked to XBox console Gamepass only. Which blows for those of us who would rather use PC for Gamepass.
I have it on my PC and the library is good for what I need it for, but if it's really that much more expansive on console, I've genuinely been thinking about it, yeah.
Whether or not it's over a PS5 is one thing, but the Xbox ecosystem has a way better chance of roping me in at the moment.
Whether or not it's over a PS5 is one thing, but the Xbox ecosystem has a way better chance of roping me in at the moment.
Gamepass might save me enough money to consider waiting to see if Lockhart pans out and get a PS5 in the meantime. Owning multiple next gen consoles early on would be new territory for me. I'll pad the power of Series X if Lockhart brings the value.
Whatever the case ends up being, I will definitely be getting MS next console, in part because of GP.
Whatever the case ends up being, I will definitely be getting MS next console, in part because of GP.
The Series X lies between a Xbox One X and a powerful PC, cost and performance wise. Microsoft is aiming at that market.
Nah...
GamePass is on PC and MS has been showing they are porting their titles to it. I'm playing the Halo Collection now, will probably try and finish Hellblade later.
The new consoles won't match my system build when I rebuild it later this year/next year.
I'll pick up PS5 if they announce a good exclusive though. I need to see more out of the XBSX for me to pick one up.
GamePass is on PC and MS has been showing they are porting their titles to it. I'm playing the Halo Collection now, will probably try and finish Hellblade later.
The new consoles won't match my system build when I rebuild it later this year/next year.
I'll pick up PS5 if they announce a good exclusive though. I need to see more out of the XBSX for me to pick one up.
As I've gotten older I more appreciate being able to try games I was on the fence about without any real commitment or extra cost. That way if I don't end up liking the game, I don't feel obligated to waste a bunch more time playing it because I didn't just drop $60 on it.
Wow, damn near ever split on yes/no, with only 5% coveting physical games. Who would've thought this at the Xbox One launch?
True, but at least the PC-only Gamepass is much cheaper.
I have both PC and X1X and GP Ultimate up to 2022Q4, so X1X to XSX upgrade is just to improve console side experience.
But who cares? If your not getting games that you would like to try on you preferred platform then whats the point? But, MS has 2 different library's of Gamepass. Which to me makes no sense, especially with their whole strat going forward of a hardware agnostic platform. If you can't share the games across PC, Xbox one x, xbox Series X, then whats the point?
Their goal should be to keep me glued to it. Like they just announced past year yakuza 0, kiwami, if they were to announce the whole series coming to gamepass for PC/Xbox, then I would bite.
Same goes for DMC V being only on xbox not PC. In a way they are curating two different library's when their goal has been to play the same library where ever you are.
So I guess we shall have to see how they fix this issue.
I mean, if it saves me money in the long run to play 3rd parties on the X and exclusives on PS5, then why not?
I wouldn't have subscribed to Gamepass PC in its current form, as the GP value for me comes for support of both PC and console. It might improve in future, but sounds like in your case the GP is not worth for only PC. But "Is Game Pass enough value for you to buy Xbox Series X?"
You can still buy the game(s) on sale down the track. At 20% off too.
What if someone doesn't have a One X or a PC?
What if there motivations extend beyond assumptions about how MS' first year of first party will stack up, qualitatively, against Sony's?
It really doesn't make any sense to suggest that MS should allow Sony to have exclusive access to the next-gen consumer market for an entire year. Even if you think it's a mistake for MS to hold onto their Next-Gen first party games for upto a year, the bigger mistake would be to allow a situation where Sony is the only next gen option gamers .
Dont like the concept of not owning my product so the value from the start isnt there. Dumping money into something i have no rights to once i miss a payment is not good for things traditionally known for ownership of the consumer.
I always end up buying all the consoles, but Game Pass has cemented the fact that Xbox will get the vast majority of my play time.
Are you talking on Steam? I tend not to buy fighters anymore, as like I said I don't have a ton of time, but if they were available on a service, I could play the campaign maybe play some arcade modes and survival.
Again this is a issue MS needs to figure out.
Well I did because I got 3 months for 10$ on CDKEYS. I played gears 5 when it came out and outer worlds. But that was about it, the rest of the back catalog available on PC is not super great.
And with the releases like DMC V, fighter z, tekken 7 being on xbox and not PC for gamepass, it's kind of a turn off. I like the fact they are bringing the Yakuza series to gamepass, and that the first 3 games will be available on both.
Hopefully the rest follow.
But again having 2 different curated library's defeats the purpose of their strat.
That and the bigger issue is when they choose to take the game off the service or rotate the game out. PS+ has this issue, and it's why after a while I stopped subbing. Because down the road teh majority of games they were putting on there were on sale all the time.
Games are so cheap now on PSN at a monthly basis. I mean CDKEYS had Horizon complete edition for 6$.
I'll just own it.
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I mean, they already had me. There's usually barely anything on sony platforms for a good 2-3 years after launch so my choice of primary cosoel is effectively made.
But having 3 years of gamepass banked only makes that decision an even bigger no brainer. I've already saved money from not having to buy GTA, metro or witcher and that was just this year. So going forward that is going to hugely subsidize the cost of the series X. More powerful platform with like 75% of my favourite exclusives AND I only ahve to pay fro games if I really want to?
Easiest decision I ever made.
But having 3 years of gamepass banked only makes that decision an even bigger no brainer. I've already saved money from not having to buy GTA, metro or witcher and that was just this year. So going forward that is going to hugely subsidize the cost of the series X. More powerful platform with like 75% of my favourite exclusives AND I only ahve to pay fro games if I really want to?
Easiest decision I ever made.