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BMaker11 on 24 March 2016
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Bandorr said:
BMaker11 said:

XBOne getting Sunset, meanwhile, I'm told to "stop bitching" and I should "be happy I'm being exposed to newer styles of games" when PS+ gets nothing but 2D side scrollers and I ask "why isn't a game like KZ: Shadowfall on there yet?"

Indies are sweet and they do diversify the library, but let's not forget why people actually got PS+ prior to it being mandated for online: for the AAA games.

Good job on MS for raising the bar this month. Maybe it'll force Sony to react properly. Doubt it, since PS4 keeps selling more, but maybe if people get vocal on social media, Sony will stop BSing. And that, in turn, will force MS to keep releasing AAA games on GwG, and everyone ends up winning. 

I mean, would it really be so awful to put, say, Need For Speed: Rivals up? A launch game?

I got it / get it for games I do not have. Triple a games several years old? I either have them - or don't want them. Hey look at this month - I have all of those games. If I had GWG - this month would be a 100% wash.

Need For Speed: Rivals is almost three years old. If you wanted it - why didn't you get it? Do you really want an almost three year game simply because it is triple A?

Need for Speed was just an example. But even still, I think saying "too old" is making excuses. "Oh, you want a 3 year old game? You can get it for $15. Whoever wants it, has it already".

But when people want a newer game: "you're asking for too much. That game just came out! You really expect them to give it away for free?".

So, basically, we shouldn't get any games, then. Even though that's a major selling point of PS+ (not so much GwG because Xbox owners have been paying for online for over a decade). Unless you see games like Shadow of Mordor or LBP3 coming soon (both about as old as Sunset).

But to answer your question, yes I would want a 3 year old game just because it was AAA. When we've been getting 95% 2D side scrolling games that are damn near the same, just with different stories.....a AAA would be refreshing, no matter how old. It's not a matter of "want" or "you can just go buy it in the bargain bin". IGC promised a mix of games (indie and AAA) and it's been pretty lopsided in the indie direction this whole gen so far. I may not have an XBOne, at the moment, but it's great to see that they're taking some initiative with the showing this month.