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Imaginedvl said:
konnichiwa said:

If steam is available I would curious about the online paywall and....well steam has great deals, do you want to spend +10/25$€ to get the play anywhere version or the steam version one..

Xbox has deals too... Maybe not as much but I do not think you would end up paying more for the same games (available on both) at the end of one year...

And then, there is the bombshell, you can get MOST (if not all) play anywhere title on GamePass and they work on Xbox too (and the Xcloud)...

So in term of price/value; I do not see how this is even a question :)

1) If you want to play on more than one platform, nothing beats Play Anywhere

2) If you want to play on PC and the game is on GamePass..

3) Then, yah, if the game is not on GamePass, Steam may be the best option for some games.

I mean, I said that because you especially mentioned Play Anywhere titles; which to me is a no brainer...

Well the xbox deals aren't that great, just go forums like Trueachievements and check the bargain bin thread but it happens rather a lot that deals are better on pc or other consoles , I mentioned it a few weeks ago how Crash 4 on switch was like 15$€ on sale while on xbox 20$e and that's an first party IP. Or how FFXIII on PC will go on sale while the xbox square enix deal has no FFXIII on sale (go to xbox.com and it is 7.49 for the MS store version while 15.99 for the xbox, steam version is 5.49 version).   

Play anywhere is obviously great but if the xbox handheld has steam, maybe the series get steam, the next console also gets steam then the steam version also becomes an play anywhere version..   

@ice I like your purchases :)  I just get everything digital tho but annoyed how many bc games are not going on sale, I want SE infinite undiscovery aswell but it never goes on sale...