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Okay, this thing with Game Pass is getting ridiculous now.
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It's all relative. Compared to the intro price, the regular asking price isn't a great deal. Compared to paying for everything separately, it obviously is. All I'm saying there will undoubtedly be people who think it's overpriced once that initial offer expires.
I also think its most avid users will likely reach a saturation point where they've played everything in the "100+ games' that interests them and they end up counting on the new stuff hitting the service to give them their money's worth. So landing the big titles will be key for it going forward.
You also have to realize down the road, yes many people will be subbed to Game Pass, but they will likely also be subbed to other subscription services. I mean, we already have several - like Ubisoft's and EA's - and the choices could eventually be as overwhelming as the streaming TV and movie services now. And if those other services have some of the same games as Game Pass (which I think they inevitably will), that can also hurt Game Pass's perceived value.
So again, for now Game Pass seems great (and it is!), but I think it will seem less great as it gets more competition, the intro price expires for many users, and the library starts to stagnate a bit as people play most of what it has to offer, and games on it start to cross over with other subscription services - i.e. Assassin's Creed might appear on it, while also obviously being on Uplay+.
No. Most third party games coming to the service are announced only a few days or weeks beforehand. All first party stuff (Besides Battletoads) is coming to the service day one.
So, Age of Empires 2:DE, Halo Infinite, Age of Empires 4, Minecraft:Dungeons, Wasteland 3, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, etc.
Loving Game Pass, I knew I'd get Gears 5 and Outer Wilds. Played Mutant Zero, Forza and Metro already. Made back my money on it already methinks
There was a really interesting chapter in... Brain something? Brain Games? I think it was Brain Games. In which they stated that our brains are more comfortable and relaxed when we had less options, for example, when you go into a new icecream shop and they have 50 flavours, and you cannot decide what to pick next. But when the icecream had less choices, let's say about 3 to 5, we were really relieved.
In this case is the same, I've paid 1 euro yesterday just to play Gears 5, but now I've find myself downloading the Blair Witch, Forza 4 and Dead Cells, and since then, I haven't played any of them.
I wish I just could kage bunshin.
In this case is the same, I've paid 1 euro yesterday just to play Gears 5, but now I've find myself downloading the Blair Witch, Forza 4 and Dead Cells, and since then, I haven't played any of them.
I wish I just could kage bunshin.
It was a great deal before the trials. Will be a great deal after...especially once these studio acquisitions get rolling.
How do you play all the games that interest you when there is new shit added regularly? You got a time traveling Delorian?
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Buying games for $50 is starting to feel like a really bad deal now that every new game could be just around the corner to arrive on gamepass.
I don't have Gamepass but aren't games withdrawn from Gamepass after a certain period? That would be something I would seriously dislike because I would like to build a catalogue and not have the pressure to play a game before it's deleted. That would be my only gripe with Gamepass.
You can purchase the games on gamepass for a reduced price before they leave. Not sure how much of a discount they give you off the top of my head.
Same here. It's been incredibly liberating to be able to delete games left and right if they don't grab me in the first few hours.
I'm not smart enough to do that with games I buy at anywhere near full price, so game pass has done a lot to save me from my own stupidity.
dont start a new game if you haven't finished one you want to. or: buy it if you want to return to it later. will stop you from doing it every single time.
brains are going to have to adapt to the reality of having so many games at their disposal.
I never liked the idea of playing every big or even mid-tier game release. just like how i don't watch every movie that gets nominated for oscar season.
brains are going to have to adapt to the reality of having so many games at their disposal.
I never liked the idea of playing every big or even mid-tier game release. just like how i don't watch every movie that gets nominated for oscar season.
They aren't swapping out 50 games at a time. One could easily binge the games on the service and get through most of the existing library in a couple of months.
There's plenty of time to sleep when you're dead. Seize the carp and game on!
...coming from the old fart who's in bed by 9:30 every night to be up at 5am for work.
...coming from the old fart who's in bed by 9:30 every night to be up at 5am for work.
Yeah, for real. I don't even work full time and I still struggle to find the time to play all the games that interest me. Now Bloodstained was added, and I haven't even started Dead Cells yet, or finished Gears 5. Maybe I should just sleep less or not at all lol.
The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, Ori 2 and Psychonauts 2 on GP is the real deal imho.
I will end up buying Wasteland 3 and Ori 2 regardless of Gamepass, but still.
I will end up buying Wasteland 3 and Ori 2 regardless of Gamepass, but still.
I've actually gone the other way. I *was* buying games digitally on deep sales, but I got into some sort of mad gamified thing where I was just amassing title after title and barely playing them.
Now, I'm buying a game, having it physically, playing it to completion, and then moving on to the next one. I don't overwhelm myself with games as the actual process of buying a game puts a bit of barrier in the way of impulse.
Yeah, it is more expensive, but I feel like I am actually getting greater value.
Oculus DK1 launched like 8 months before PS4. I would put that in gen 8, unless you believe Nintendo invented VR
For me at least, I feel I have no desire to play a game I am not enjoying. Like if I would have bought Blair Witch I know I would have played through the whole thing because I invested in it. Instead I just uninstalled it after an hour and moved on to something else.
50 games in a couple months? You've just described the gamer who needs Game Pass. They bring in about 8-10 games a month.
Buying games for full price has been feeling more and more like a bad deal this whole gem due to sales and the fact that publishers have been quick to lower prices. Game Pass just kicked it up another notch.
Lol. Game Pass definitely adds new meaning to backlog!I'm sitting in front of my TV with no idea what game to tackle next, do I finally load up Dead Cells, do I carry on with Gears, Bloodstained is going to be out tommorow, i need to remember to download THAT game now? Oh for god sake now Outer Worlds is coming out next month?
Being an adult with responsiblities and Game Pass is a grueling trial of self restraint, im beginning to dread every Game Pass announcement because its on the verge of ruining my life.
Okay im being obviously hyperbolic, but the fact i might not be buying another game until my subscription runs out in 2020 (apart from Links Awakening on Switch) is pretty darn amazing. Let me BREATHE.
No one's going to like or even try everything on the service, and a lot of the games people only have a passing interest in they'll play for like 20 minutes and never touch again. Point being once they get through the games they like, they'll just be waiting around for new stuff to be added, thus the huge library they're paying for access to kinda becomes moot since they're now essentially just paying for access to 8-10 games a month, which they may or may not like. And if they pay for other subscription services in addition to Game Pass, some of the games being added may be redundant, diminishing the perceived value of GP even further.
You're trying...so...hard. Admire the effort.
On one hand, the service doesn't interest you because your games can last you 3 to 4 months. However you could see people easily firing through the 50 of 200 games that might be worth a shot plus another 10 a month that will enter the service.
If the average consumer finds a game a month, they've got their money's worth. It's the price of a movie ticket.
It's a great service. Unfortunately that dread is why I don't have a sub like that. As an adult with responsibilities, I can't get away from that feeling that "oh man I have so many games to play when I'm done with important stuff" and then I end up playing instead of doing responsibilities. It sucks. Great service, wish I was a kid again
I'm just replying to people replying to me, many of whom seem strangely defensive. The perceived value of GP compared to what it is now will inevitably diminish over time. Whether it be due to the price increasing, more competition, or whatever, it's gonna happen. I'm also saying if you find it hard to keep up with now, wait until every platform holder and major publisher has subscription services of their own.
I rarely finish stuff any way and I'll buy multiple games at the same time. This isn't any different for me than life before game pass.
It is saving me money though so huzzah for that.
It is saving me money though so huzzah for that.
I have a huge backlog and finished only 7 Game Pass titles this year, with another 22 already installed just waiting to be played (on console and PC). My only wish is that they don't leave the service before I find the time to play them, cause I know new games will be included and some of them will jump to the top of the "play now" list, like The Outer Worlds.
Will wait on Jim videos about the fact that 'Gamepass is increasing obesity due to many games on it'...