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LurkerJ on 12 July 2023
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gtotheunit91 said:
LurkerJ said:

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.

I am head over heels for Essential because it's an excellent service, with the monthly games, I also go 20 games when I bought the PS5 just because I am a PSN essential subscriber, and the fact there is no alternative to this service on competing consoles, which is relevant to the point I am making. 

The suggestion that I was responding to was that only SONY needs to be more competitive when it comes to subscriptions offerings, which is false, evidently, we both agree GWG is utter garbage now when it wasn't before, the degradation in quality is purposeful to push users into subscribing higher subscription fees on Xbox, this is definitely not pro-consumer behaviour. 

Your SONY diehard fans comment wasn't necessary here because you're making assumptions about me, let's not go there and derail the discussion with "x fanbase thinks this and z fanbase thinks that".