With so much news about Xbox Game Pass and how Sony will respond to it, I really got thinking about video game subscriptions. I feel like I’m the odd one out here, where I don’t really care about them at all? I mean strictly these “Netflix“ styled services. I don’t mind paying yearly for PS+ or Xbox Live, even if it’s not super ideal.
It’s undeniable how much value there is based off of the sheer quantity of games on Xbox Game Pass, plus you get to play all of Microsoft‘S first party games on the same day, without paying the same amount outright. Coupled with that, you get a bunch of indies and third party games as well. For me however, it’s just not compelling considering how I play through games and how much time commitment I have to play games.
I had Xbox Game Pass for almost a year before I realized it wasn’t ideal for myself. It’s a couple of things, like I mentioned above — I don’t have the same amount of time to play games as I did in my teens. This means that I’m more particular with the games I buy, and that I actually try to get the most out of them when I pick them up. I’m more selective because my time is more limited, so even with Xbox Game Pass I was finishing games at mostly the same rate as before. Secondly, I personally prefer buying a game outright for (on sale or regular price) maybe 2-3 times every few months as opposed to having a persistent subscription.
I’m not sure if anyone else feels similarly...? I also think Xbox Game Pass has the same kind of problems I have with Netflix, in that it’s usually quantity over quality, but it’s not really ideal as I don’t have the time commitment I mentioned above — so I’d rather pick “higher quality” games than playing a plethora of them available on a services, if that make sense?
Am I crazy?
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