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the-pi-guy said:
CptYellowPants said:

I've probably spend over 300 hours playing Skyrim. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy games like that instead of paying a monthly fee?  

If you are only playing Skyrim, buying the game is cheaper.  If you're buying Skyrim, Doom, Battlefield, Halo, Gears, etc.  The monthly fee is cheaper. If the service has 4 games every year that you want to play, the monthly fee becomes the cheaper option. 

But there won't be 4 exclusives per year that you"d want to play,  Especially from bethesda. So monthly fee isn't worth it. But a lot of people will just join and cancel when ever an exclusive they want releases. So I wonder how long it will take for them to make their investment back. Maybe they expect 60 to 70% of new members to remain connected monthly.