Gamepass and live on Switch - A repeat of the past or something new?

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sales2099 said:

Cerebralbore101 said:
Gamepass on Switch would be the ultimate combo, but Nintendo won't allow for it. They want people buying Nintendo games, and that isn't going to happen as much if Switch owners have hundreds of free games on Gamepass.

I don’t think that will be an issue. Nintendo 1st party games have a certain quality, whimsy and charm that can never be replicated by their competitors. A Switch owner can use Game Pass to play the next Elder Scrolls sure, but will still also buy the next Zelda and Smash games regardless. 

Things are not that simple. Playing a game like Elder Scrolls takes time; and even if a person does complete it in 50 hours, that still means that person used a time they could've used to play a game they bought from Nintendo. To put it in simple terms: More time playing games in Game Pass = less time playing games from Nintendo's store.

The only way I see this happening is if MS agrees to give Nintendo a REALLY big cut.