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goopy20 on 27 July 2020
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KiigelHeart said:
goopy20 said:

As I said, GP offers good value, but its not like GP replaces the need to ever spend money on games again. A and AA games are cool and all, but in the end we're all still way more excited about next gen versions of the AAA franchises like BF, COD, AC, GTA etc. All games that either won't come to GP at all, or will come years later.

I get that people are comparing it to Netflix, but it really isn't. The difference is that games are very time consuming. For example, I downloaded Monster Hunter World and basically stopped playing anything else for like 3 months. I would have spend $45 playing MHW, while I could have just bought the game from the bargain bin for $20. I would have physically owned it and never had to worry about it being pulled from GP. 

GP isn't always the best value. It kinda depends on what games you're into. Personally I'm just scrolling through those 1000 titles thinking "I played this 2 years ago already" or I'm seeing games I never even heard off thinking "nope, nope, nope". I just don't have the time and interest to play every single game ever released. I would rather spend $60 on a single game I really care about playing. Or waste my time on the VGchartz forum ;)

Nobody has claimed GP replaces the need to ever buy games again. And not a single game is exclusive to GP, you can still buy them if this service doesn't suit you. 

All that drivel but you didn't bother to explain how focusing only on GP at the expense of sending a next-gen isn't consumer friendly at all.

And you still tried to make it sound as if all GP games are A or AA.. goopy plz. 

How can you not see it lol. After all the stuff MS's has said and shown, can you give me 1 single reason why anyone should be excited to buy a Series X? Everything they showed will run fine on either the console you already own or is years away from release. They don't want games on GP that are designed for a 12Tflops beast of a console. They want games on there that everybody can play, even if you have a Xbox or weak sauce pc (compared to next gen specs).

Also, from all those AAA games on GP, how many of them didn't you play already 1 or 2 years ago? RDR2 came out on GP like 1,5 years after release. Are people who are dying to jump into Rockstar next masterpiece really going to hold out and hope it'll show up on GP, 2 freakin' years later? 

Smaller titles that slipped under the radar and MS's day one exclusives are obviously the main draw of GP. Unfortunately, games like Gears 5 simply aren't a good fit with their business model. I mean when Gears 5 came out, I immediately signed up for a $1 GP trial, finished the game and then cancelled my subscription. I'm sure a release like that boosted GP numbers but I'm sure that's not how MS plans to make money with GP. They need episodic or GAAS games that'll keep GP users engaged. Not the AAA blockbusters (that we all want) because they take too long to make, are too quick to finish and are just too risky. 

Last edited by goopy20 - on 27 July 2020