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LudicrousSpeed on 29 April 2021
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Cerebralbore101 said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

You don't need a sub service to kill off physical media, the progression of technology will do that for us. Before GamePass was a thing, digital sales were climbing and climbing. The PC market has been dominated by digital for a long time now. Consoles are going that route. Next time you're in Walmart or Target or Best Buy, check out the tiny tiny music CD sections. Games will hit that mark eventually.

The difference between GamePass and physical or buying a digital copy is that I don't expect to be able to play the game forever. I'm aware it can go away. When I buy DLC for a GamePass game, I know if the game leaves the service, I'll have to buy it or lose access to that DLC. It's part of the package.

Regarding chopping up games to sell in chunks, that's another thing that started long before GamePass. And GamePass doesn't make it easier to do this or anything, GamePass games are all available outside of the service. Why would MS allow publishers to put incomplete games on their service? Doesn't make sense.

@Bolded No, it just makes it monetarily necessary. People spending $120 a year on Gamepass can't replace the revenue from people buying their own games at $60 each. That revenue has to come from somewhere, so if Gamepass winds up completely changing the industry you can expect GaaS and MTX to be pretty much be all there is.

"Why would MS allow publishers to put incomplete games on their service? Doesn't make sense."

MS releases incomplete games themselves. Look at the sorry state that SoT launched in. Look at how much Gears 5 is a GaaS mess. Look at grounded, which is still in early access. Of course they're going to allow other publishers to put incomplete games on the service.

And how many DLCs has Sea of Thieves and Grounded put out? It must be a lot, since you said it’s “monetarily necessary”. I know you’ll need to check a wiki or something since you don’t play the games, I’ll wait.

Gears isn’t a GaaS mess. If you want to see a GaaS mess, look at Evolve, Avengers, Division 2, Destiny, Last of Us multiplayer, Forza 5 or 6, etc etc. You have this weird obsession with Gears having skins you can grind for or buy. You don’t understand what GaaS is, clearly.