vaibhavpisal
Member
I don't have enough time to play it all.
Even Soul Hackers 2 is dropping out of nowhere.
Even Soul Hackers 2 is dropping out of nowhere.
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IGN: "Xbox Game Pass Is Having its Best Stretch Ever"
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Topher
Identifies as young
Between Game Pass and Gamefly disc rental, I very well may not buy another game on console for quite some time. After I finished Hogwarts on PC, I'll have Octopath Traveler 2 (Gamefly) waiting on me. I still haven't tried Atomic Heart. Also Wo Long (both Game Pass). In April, Jedi Knight Survivor (Gamefly). May Zelda: TotK (Gamefly) and Redfall (Game Pass).
That's just the first half of the year.
That's just the first half of the year.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Between Game Pass and Gamefly disc rental, I very well may not buy another game on console for quite some time. After I finished Hogwarts on PC, I'll have Octopath Traveler 2 (Gamefly) waiting on me. I still haven't tried Atomic Heart. Also Wo Long (both Game Pass). In April, Jedi Knight Survivor (Gamefly). May Zelda: TotK (Gamefly) and Redfall (Game Pass).
That's just the first half of the year.
My man. You do almost exactly the same thing I do.
90% rentals or GP, 10% buy to own. RE4 remake is the next game I'll buy and own and it'll probably be the last one until late summer or even autumn.
BrutalTruth_
Banned
Topher
Identifies as young
Throw in Microsoft Rewards in the mix and that makes for some pretty frugal gaming, I'd say.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It's a gold mine for my kids smaller purchases.
JimmyRustler
Member
Having Starfield day 1 on Gamepass is such a huge mistake. MS will loose so much money yet won’t increase their subscriber numbers long term.
In Cold Blood
Banned
Mods are pretty good at keeping an eye on trolls.
I make no doubts that I play on Xbox, and I will defend things that I think people are wrong on, but I don't go into Sony or Nintendo or PC threads just to shit on them. Infact, I doubt I even comment in those threads, and if I do it most likely will be saying something positive about it.
Its like clockwork with some people around here. You can almost guarantee that if there is a thread about Gamepass, Xbox or Phil Spencer, within a couple of posts you will get some comments like "xbox need to concentrate on trying to get their existing studios up to speed" or "Phil Spencer can't stop lying" or "Xbox has no games" or "no one wants to buy an xbox".
Certainly isn’t poorly received on Steam or Twitch.
Didn’t realize there were so many Microsoft shareholders here. That changes everything!
Adding quality to a service usually results in increased subscriber count. They’ll sell millions at retail and Steam, so no real issues.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
mrmustard
Banned
I bet you needed this comment more desperate than Microsoft needs anything.
TexMex
Member
Love the drive by snark - adds a lot to the discussion. Looking forward to your next post!
geary
Member
People will subscribe to play it, but i bet that afterwards they’ll by the game on steam for the modding community. This game is not a one and done.
JimmyRustler
Member
perhaps... but I still think that it's going to massivly cut into their initial sales and don't think the new subs are going to stay, hence there will be no payoff.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
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recma12
Member
Same here, 2023 has been crazy on GPU. Props to Xbox.
Played Pentiment and High on Life, downloaded P3/P4 remakes and MH Rise.
Then they release Hi Fi Rush, now I have Atomic Heart and a 10h demo of Wild Hearts lined up.
Now they have Soulhackers and Wo Long coming.
You are looking at this the wrong way.
Of course they would make more if they sold Starfield for 70€ initially.
But what is the alternative to attract subscribers? Yeah, discounts, marketing and other shit that also costs money.
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Rien
Jelly Belly
Maybe you shouldn’t take it so seriously. It’s a trillion dollar company. They don’t care about you
mrmustard
Banned
Exactly. All that worry and concern about the money or success of a trillion dollar company. Right now Game Pass is the undisputed price-performance winner in the gaming industry and if it ends someday who cares. By that time i will have saved thousands of Euros while others only wasted their time and tears.
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TheGodfather07
Member
Its literally free too with Microsoft rewards, which is the best thing. All you gotta do is gather the points everyday. Only takes a few minutes.
Schmendrick
Member
Wo-Long and Atomic Hearts.
Time to take MS up on their 1€ /Month offers again.
Time to take MS up on their 1€ /Month offers again.
TheGodfather07
Member
does that offer reset? i keep getting it even though i used the offer multiple times before.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Hey look, after last Friday's Phil Spencer thread the bingo came up with your usual 'Game Pass is the GOAT'.
If you buy it Day 1 at full price that is. Which people almost never do. The game will be on sale in 8 weeks.
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Don’t forget to Like and Subscribe!
Why would the new subs not stay?
Starfield is a massive RPG that quite a lot of people will play for years…just like Skyrim. The service itself is pretty sticky. Use big games to bring subscribers in, and then retain a large number of them.
Don’t get misled by all the forum talk about dipping in and out with $1 subs. That’s the minority. Most People aren’t dipping in and out of Netflix or Apple Music subs either.
Chukhopops
Member
Game is still the #1 most wishlisted game on Steam, it’s going to sell gangbusters even with GP day 1.
Bethesda games have incredible longevity as well, with decade old games still more active than some new launched games. Then there’s expansions, paid mods, etc.
Dr.Morris79
Member
Same here. Once the game opens up it's pretty damn good. I dont think I've played such a weird and brilliant game.
I've been doing a few of those test chambers, I didnt expect them to be that trippy, infact the whole game is a strange breath of fresh air. If this is what we can expect from Russian developers then I'm all for it. It beats most of the stagnant shit AAA publishers have been putting out.
We need this type of game more than ever.
systemr123
Banned
I think gamepass gets some pretty good games lately, like High on Life, Hi-Fi Rush and Atomic Hearts. So that's nice for covering my sub costs I guess. However they are non comparable to any Sony or Nintendo big hitters and the games will be forgotten about in a few months if you're honest. It's a shame MS really makes a mess of it's own releases because they actually do have some awesome memorable IP's, that unfortunately we don't get to see more than 2 years after Series release, or the games actually published are mediocre at best "looking at you Halo Infinite". MS really needs to step up a loooooot to become competitive again, and it won't come from buying publishers. It should come from within the own development teams, creating great games once again, like on the OG xbox and 360.
Halo Infinite is rated as one of the best games of 2021, and its problems largely stem from extremely slow drip of multiplayer content and some delayed features. ‘Mediocre at best’ is a stretch from leaping on bandwagons.
Aside that, they’ve put out multiple very well received games.
You can argue that these games don’t have the market impact of something like HFW or GoW Ragnarok, but that doesn’t translate to dismissing well reviewed games like FH5, Flight Sim, Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment or Grounded as ‘mediocre at best’.
systemr123
Banned
Not having market impact is exactly the problem MS has right now. I know Halo is rated highly, but c'mon, the game is nothing special, content starved, there's only 1 biome blehblehbleh craig. The other games you listed are actual good games I'd say, but yes they are mediocre from a mass people view, and that's why it has no market impact. Games can review as 99/100 on Metacritic, and maybe even the user reviews get the same number, but then you can just see with Pentiment e.g., it does only appeal a very small amount of people. Yes those people will have the time of their life with that game, but from a mass people view, it's just not it. MS needs to publish more (or at least 1 to start with) IT games that the big audience actually wants to play to start recovering their swindling support at the moment.
systemr123
Banned
To be fair, it's MS itself saying no one wants to buy an Xbox and even posts percentages vs some other system.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Game Pass takes me back to when I was poor and pirated all the games, gives me the feel that I'm scamming someone by playing all this shit almost for free. 
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The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Are poorly received games games that are not 10/10, or games just not published by Sony?
Not really. Games sells the most during the first few months.
Including sonys.
PropellerEar
Member
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
If the journos don't say the game is a 10/10, gets 100+ GOTY awards and sells over 20 million units, then I'm sorry but your game is shit.
Are poorly received games games that are not 10/10, or games just not published by Sony?
Not really. Games sells the most during the first few months.
Including sonys.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Biased reviewers confirmed who would have thought that
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DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Game Pass ultimate is always on point.
That’s win win
