EricHiggin said:
Ryuu96 said:
The issue is, as Ludicrous has pointed out, Game Pass has both high quality/low quality, high budget/low budget titles, I don't see this "quality ratio" trending towards (as you would call them) 'fast food' experiences. In fact there's more Game Pass titles which are in the Green than Yellow + Red, although this graphic is about 5 months old.
As for the price argument, as I've said, I don't think it's a good argument, Gaming in general can quickly become very cheap if you simply wait a few months for prices to drop, food on the other-hand rarely (if ever) drops in price, that Chinese/Pizza will cost me the same as it cost me 2 years ago, heck, sometimes food will increase in price, Lol. Meanwhile games often receive price cuts and not that long after launch, you don't have to buy games at launch, they will become dirt cheap eventually too, it isn't specific to Game Pass.
For those reasons I would say Gaming in general is closer to 'fast food' than 'luxury dining', how much for example would a Michelin Star restaurant cost per head? Likely significantly more than a singular game. Do you think general customers of these high end restaurants have much overlap with gamers? Hardly I would say, we are already the fast food consumers, when you say Game Pass is like fast food, I think those same arguments can be used to say that the whole of gaming is like fast food.
I don't think your post is that controversial, it is simply a poor comparison, you're comparing two vastly different markets to each other, the reason why it's often compared to Netflix is because the markets are 'similar' as they're both in the entertainment sector, they're both subscription services, both compete for peoples time, Netflix in the past was a lot cheaper than it is now, the reason Game Pass has these cheap deals is to lure people into the ecosystem, they won't exist forever (also it's not $1 per month, it's $1 for new customers).
However, I will say even comparing to Netflix isn't an exact comparison, Netflix and Game Pass will require different subscriber counts to achieve profitability, both will have different budgets in mind (in terms of how much it costs to make games versus tv shows) but it is a hugely better comparison than comparing it to the culinary industry, Lol.
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As I pointed out, fast food chains also have higher quality, healthier meals as well. Though as I said, that's not the norm and not what most people come to order though.
As for the game scores, how many people think those scores are close to where they should be, or even matter whatsoever? There's been some huge controversy over some games and their far too high, or to low scores. Which scores are accurate enough, and what exactly are we comparing those scores to?
I've only been to a few palatable/fancy restaurants in my life that didn't have a special. If you want the special, it's cheaper, though not fast food cheap. Fast food tends to have an even cheaper menu like the "Dollar Menu". Just a dollar for what they're offering.
Didn't a console brand increase the price of it's games this gen? Did it do that because of the high quality AAA experiences they're known for? Can some of those games be AA, or A, experience? Do more palatable/fancy restaurants offer some lesser sized, lesser quality meals, though far pricier than a fast food meal?
You at least are onto the fact I'm not saying console gaming is like a Michelin Star. Console experiences are for the masses. Michelin Star is not. That's why I said more palatable/fancy. Not exquisite luxury dining.
Isn't entertainment consumed? Isn't food consumed? That argument can easily be made. Just like how Netflix is 'let us entertain you', while gaming is, 'let us help you entertain yourself'. Sony Interactive Entertainment vs Sony Pictures Entertainment. That's not just coincidence.
GP is also being marketed by MS as, "the full Xbox experience", where as their competitors require many different offerings for the full experience.
I have to agree here. Bringing food into the conversation, especially fast food, was unthinkably, foolish..
  
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