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KiigelHeart on 27 July 2020
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goopy20 said:
KiigelHeart said:

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. 

More and more goopy-drivel yet you didn't answer how focusing on GP is anti-consumer. To bolded question, "we're all excited to play those next-gen AAA games like CoD, AC, GTA etc" your own words. On top of that you get to play the better version of Halo and whatever games were planned to be cross-gen in the coming year. And despite what you claim, there will be GP games designed for the beast of a console.

Metro Exodus, Doom 2016, Shadow of War, Prey are just some of the 3rd party AAA games I played on GP. 

Gears 5 is GaaS that keeps people engaged. It's also a AAA blockbuster. There's over 10 million subscribers so yeah, I'd say these games do a good job keeping users engaged. Main draw of GP is the diverse selection of games from A to AAA. Pretty cool, huh?