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SvennoJ on 26 April 2021
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Wman1996 said:
kenjab said:

Being in a family with 3 gamers, each with our own gaming tastes, Game Pass has been great. We got a Series X for Christmas and since it was our first XBox we had no games from past systems. Game Pass gave us hundreds of games to play from day 1. All for $31 for the first 7 months so far ($1 for first 3 months, then converted a year of EA Play to 4 months of GPU).

Your story is something some people fail to realize. So many people are all like..."I don't want a gaming subscription! I have so many games purchased from the past and present anyway that it's waste of money!" Or "I've owned an Xbox or PlayStation for years, so the services are worthless because I've played most of the games."

If I got an Xbox Series X, I would get GamePass without hesistation. I've played almost no first-party Microsoft games in my life due to way less exposure to Xbox than Nintendo and PlayStation.

So for people that think GamePass is a waste or not for them, wonderful. But there's millions of people who think GamePass has plenty to offer.

At the 'other side', we got a console for Christmas when we were young and only one or two games to play at first. So we all played together as a family, taking turns, having fun together.

Nowadays, everyone is in their own space, with their own screen, watching/playing there own things. It's great...


The poll results are quite interesting, 50/50 on a gaming site. Game ownership is doomed. But it is a great deal for how long it can last. It's still an unproven business model mostly relying on the vast library of past games that were made for full price game purchases.