Machiavellian said:
After reading your reply, I see where the problem is in your thinking. Lets be clear about something first, GP is a game service that allow gamers to play games on a subscription basis. Most of your points do not make any sense because you are comparing the service to F2P games or talking about console hardware and other things. You seem to be trapped in the old console war or Sony vs MS which is clouding your viewpoint as you filter everything based on that world view. It does not seem like you are paying attention as to the aim of GP. The Xbox hardware is just one piece of hardware that can use the service. You do know that there is a PC side to GP. Also with the new browser extension MS now have the ability to stream games onto any hardware that can run a browser. That includes Android and Apple hardware. The reasons why your points make absolutely no sense is because you are looking at GP today and totally ignoring the future plans for the service. MS has even stated their next step is a dongle for GP and it would not be a stretch if GP can be run as an app on smart TVs soon. The fact that you seem to tie GP as only being delivered based on MS console shows you have no clue the aim of the service. This is the reason I am not comparing Sony vs MS or Playstation vs Xbox because GP is not part of any of those things. Its a game service which MS is looking to put on any device that can play games. Lol, gamers prefer ownership over renting, just like in the past, people enjoyed ownership of music, TV shows and movies over renting and streaming but look at those industries today. The new gamers today, do not care about what you care about. Also, why do you have this impression that you cannot purchase a game just because its on GP. Nothing stops you from owning a game if anything, GP lets you try before you buy. TO your last point, so what. Unless you have a crystal ball, you really have no clue on the growth of GP, or where it will be 5 to 10 years from now. So that point is worthless. | 
