Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier.
      • Delusional@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        Yeah I pirated a lot when I was younger, then things became more easily available and cheaper so I started buying all my games and movies again. And now they’re going in a backwards direction and making things sorta expensive again and there are a dozen different subscription services so now I’m back to pirating again.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      Cheap online codes are the way to do gamepass. I agree at 20 a month it’s not really a great deal anymore

      • Frozengyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        4 months ago

        Yea, if you look at your purchases you probably spend less than 20/month on average for games. Plus many of the “big” games aren’t on game pass, so you are paying even more.

        • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
          73·
          4 months ago

          I’ve done the math; for what I currently pay if I play two full price games on gamepass a year I come out ahead. Now that’s only because codes are cheap on cdkeys and eneba but once that changes I’ll jump ship

          • Omega@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            4 months ago

            That also assumes you benefit from playing them day one.

            There are plenty of games that I would play day one if it’s available. But if not, then I would happily wait and buy it when it’s cheaper. Also, the ownership adds to the value if I’m not keeping it all the time.

            So if I would have waited until the game is $40, I’m saving $40 max. But also, I’ll still have it 2 years from now when it’s worth $25, assuming I want to play it again. So it maybe saved me $15, depending how you look at it.

    • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      Agreed. I guess it’s that value proposition: if you have the time to play, and you play their whole catalog and have a blast, that’s $16.99 well spent.

      As for me I love owning my games (where possible due to licensing and DRM), so the value isn’t there. But my spouse and I certainly took advantage of the heavy discounts they offered like the $1 month. I planned it so that I could try as many games as I could during that period and ended up buying them on GOG or Steam if I really loved them.

      If their whole catalog is refreshed and they have another heavily discounted offer for 1 month, I’ll pick up a month just to try those games. But I definitely would never be a long term customer, I’d be a parasite loss-leader lol.