Why Do People View the MS Acquisition of ABK as a "Good Thing?"

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LurkerJ said:

gtotheunit91 said:

Are you sure? Because I count 3 sub tiers on MS and Sony's.

Xbox Live Gold does still exist if that's what you're wanting.

You mean this service? https://www.vgchartz.com/article/457686/xbox-games-with-gold-for-july-2023-announced/

Just check xbox fans comments. The basic Xbox essential tier is now an embarrassment compared to PSN Essential, but even in an empty vacuum, it's an embarrassment to what it was few years ago before MS chose to neglect it on purpose, it's on life support to push users to pay more expensive tiers. A quick look through the monthly announcements tells you just that; https://www.vgchartz.com/articles/?category_story=All&btn_submit=Search&q=games+with+gold

In what way the service is remotely the same compared to what it was or compared to PSN essential? to suggest Gold offers the same value as PSN Essential is disingenuous. 

So you're head over heels for Essential because of the free games? I mean, that's completely fair, but isn't that the whole reason diehard Sony fans hate on Game Pass for? Because all Xbox fans want are "free games." Which is an idiotic stance since you're literally still paying for those games lol. 

To each their own though. You're not wrong though that GWG is utter garbage lol. At least Xbox doesn't charge for cloud saves. I was shocked when I found out Sony did. I thought it was just Nintendo pulling that.