Xbox Live PC free and console gamers are not happy

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oniyide said:

Kerotan said:

What about the games we get that makes the 5$ a month seem like they are paying us.  I understand you are not in our position but you can't diss gold and plus when they offer us gamers the best sub services in gaming.  

1. I dont know about current XBL but with PS+ you stop subscribing you lose the games. 

2. MS only just started doing that. It hasnt been the case for a long time, so what were people paying for prior to that?

Yes you lose access to the games if you unsub. But if you get value from the service through playing the games to the extent that you wanted to play them then it is good value and you lose nothing really when you unsub. If you look at the PSN+ "free" games as long term rentals, rather than ownership then the cost/benefit still stacks up extremely well. especially if you have a PS3 and PS4 and / or Vita. The value from getting a bunch of "free" games for 2 consoles each month is ridiculously good. I'm not sure how long I'll keep PSN+. I am accumulating games at a faster rate than I can play them, and the only way I am likely to get through the PSN+ games is if I stop buiying games. But if I don;t get through the games I already have from PSN+, then I neeed to keep the sub in order to play them, which means I accumulate more games. There hasn't been a month yet when at least one of the games (and usually 2 or 3) available for PS3 or 4 hasn't been a game I wanted. I think The Order will have to be my last game purchase for a few months so that I can work through my PSN+ catalog.