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EricHiggin on 14 February 2024
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twintail said:

I feel MS is too invested in GP to drop day 1 for their games.

And while there is more to GP than day 1 MS games, I feel that this is the feature that people keep propping up as the definitive reason GP is the superior gaming subscription model available.

And so, I feel losing it is a massive blow to GP and I feel it'll have a massive negative effect. Just how many ppl who have currently been conditioned to getting these games day 1 are now going to buy said game day 1? I just don't see it being a big enough crowd.

Best I see is that that higher (or highest) subs get day 1 releases, and other subs have to wait.

I agree. If they keep GP, and don't want to change much to keep things simpler, then they can just adjust the tiers and charge more for the higher tiers.

Top tier get's everything including all AAA exclusives day 1.

Mid tier get's a select few AA or AAA exclusives day 1, plus all multiplayer live service games day 1 (gotta get them MTX bucks).

Low tier has to wait 1-2 years to get those AA and AAA exclusives, but also get's all multiplayer live service games day 1 (gotta get them MTX bucks).

As for pricing, PS Plus got a fairly significant price hike not that long ago, so GP prices increasing wouldn't be that big of a shock I don't think, and probably wouldn't get too much pushback if the lowest tier remains close to the existing cheapest sub price. MS can just make their extra profits through the mid and top tiers.

This would make me chuckle because I've been thinking SNY should've done this with PS Plus ever since they added the tiers. A 4th tier at the top with all day 1 AAA exclusives for quite a high price. Even if it's not a great deal in terms of savings, you're at least potentially locking those subs up for the future.

With some saying that PS should or will try and put COD into Plus Premium, it wouldn't be crazy to see MS do something like this with GP. Have a more expensive top tier where COD and everything else AAA can make a reasonable profit. Warzone could be on all tiers though.



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