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Microsoft announced Xbox Game Pass subscription service
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Hockeymac18
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Also, it's coming out this spring, before E3, so it wouldn't be something that would be announced at E3 anyway.
Agreed, it might be the only way to get a game-related subscription from PC gamers.
If they're trying to get more 3rd-party publishers to make Play Anywhere titles then it seems like this would naturally carry over to PC / Window Store eventually.
Yes.
Okami Haundo
Member
I definitely appreciate that feature, but I only really like to use it for demos and betas. The new approach just seems awesome all around to me.
THANK YOU MICROSOFT! <3
But yeah, as I stated above I absolutely love this. Nice and easy way to separate what I own from what I "rent". Definitely nice if I ever choose to stop subscribing to one service or another and then wonder where X game went.
I assume that is part of their aim as well. I think at the very least they can gauge how much interest there is for their console franchises on PC.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
This is admittedly a pretty interesting deal on MS's part. The bit about being able to buy the games you downloaded at a special discount if you stopped using the subscription is pretty cool too. In theory, it's a far better sight IMO than the "play a NES / SNES VC game for a month" Nintendo's planning to offer with their Switch online subscription and whatever the heck Sony's doing with PS Now (and PS Plus to an extent). Let's see if they can land the execution.
VincentMatts
Member
Nice rental service. 10$ and you get 100+ games for a month. I like it.
Gonna be hard to do it on PC though
Unless..... they get 360 BC aswell.
Even if that happens, Steam might follow suit and the Win10 pass is dead in the water
Mass Effect
Member
They are? I guess I've missed that. Haven't really been following gaming news as much recently.
At this point, I'm pretty sure that the service isn't used much at all by anybody. And their bad prices don't help.
Not really. There isn't a vault like EA and it seems like you only get to play the games as long as they are in the catalog.
PS+ and GWG have been doing just what I said. The only difference being that their libraries built up over time. I really doubt this service is going to be cycling between hundreds of new titles every month. It'll likely start with a big base and then swap about a dozen or so titles. and it costs twice as much as a Gold or PS+ subscription a year.
So yeah, I'd say I'm actually being realistic here when comparing it to similar offerings not only from competitors, but MS themselves. If you add a game from this service to your library and download it, you should have access to it as long as you have an active subscription.
And before someone argues PS Now. That is inherently different. You are literally accessing an active PS3 when you're playing a PS Now game. This service is more comparable to PS+'s IGC and XBL's GWG.
AmuroChan
Member
Don't a lot of PC gamers play MMOs that require a subscription?
Agreed. Especially when parents See this so that they dont have to buy any games anymore. This is HUGE.
Yes, XBOX ONE and Windows 10 PC.
As per usual Nintendo did this first: a rotation of 1 game to play for the month with your subscription.
Just using this quote as a reminder to everyone that if you pay more than like $39 for a year of Xbox Live you are doing it wrong.
Sorry, should have specified that for the last year or so since Microsoft said they would unify Xbox and Windows 10 gaming many people said good luck selling Live subs to PC gamers. This isn't Live, but it's a Microsoft gaming-specific subscription PC gamers may actually accept.
Any of the play anywhere games will work with windows 10 as part of this subscription, however there are not a huge number of Play anywhere games out just yet, let alone any in the position to end up in this program
This is giving me flashbacks to the BC announcement people are gonna dogpile this list just like they did the BC one. then its going to get better just like BC did
Very cool idea but in execution, I am seeing it being used mainly for older games of the current generation or games that didn't exactly set the sales world on fire.
Great value for a new Xbox owner though.
I am not personally interested in it because I feel like I am balls deep in great games already and I would also be a bit worried that once the rotation of games begins, you would probably not have access to a game that was rotated out anymore. I mean, it happens in streaming services anyway but I feel like it'd be particularly annoying with videogames.
Great value for a new Xbox owner though.
I am not personally interested in it because I feel like I am balls deep in great games already and I would also be a bit worried that once the rotation of games begins, you would probably not have access to a game that was rotated out anymore. I mean, it happens in streaming services anyway but I feel like it'd be particularly annoying with videogames.
RecRoulette
Member
Pretty awesome. This plus a year of gold is pretty awesome for people that buy and sell their games a lot anyway.
Too bad if you're a person with a data cap though
Too bad if you're a person with a data cap though
Iva Demilcol
Member
EA Access was pretty interesting as a games as service program when it launched, the problem was that I'm not fond of EA games in general. At that time I was thinking someone else would follow; i thought Ubisoft would be the next one who'd do something like this, but it was MS who actually did it.
I still think that companies like Sega, Namco or Nintendo would benefit a lot if they make available their old catalog of games in a service like this one + discounts for digital versions of their new games.
I still think that companies like Sega, Namco or Nintendo would benefit a lot if they make available their old catalog of games in a service like this one + discounts for digital versions of their new games.
Definitely, it's definitely going to be the home for Games with Gold titles before they become games with gold.
Hopefully like games with gold they will extend out the value to new release games and gives trials and further discounts for preorders etc.
People are seriously paying that? Been a member since 6 years or so and never paid more than $35.
Same with EA ACCESS. Who buys monthly instead of yearly?
You seem to be very sure as you are using "definitely" twice. Do you know more than us?
Because looking at the ALPHA List: there are a Lot of games that were never games with Gold so you are kinda wrong here.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
£8 per month in the UK.
A tad expensive if you ask me.
A tad expensive if you ask me.
Agreed on BC, without it the service is dead in the water. STEAM is easily the biggest and most powerful storefront for PC gaming. So of course they can undermine the competition but so far they have not reacted to EA or Ubi's offerings. I guess things could be different this time.
Well it's 59 direct from Microsoft and major retailers.
I've never bought a year card without it being some deal on slickdeals for like cdkeys.
So for the price of two games a year you get access to 100? cool. Ill wait to see what the games offered are first but sounds like something that would interest me.
apples and oranges in this case. Further, ifyou want to say thar came first, sony and MS were doing that before the reveal of the switch, and they let you keep the games after that month too
apples and oranges in this case. Further, ifyou want to say thar came first, sony and MS were doing that before the reveal of the switch, and they let you keep the games after that month too
Classic Brit on a game forum
"RIP OFF BRITAIN!!!!"
"It's cheaper than the US price....."
"GAME ARE SHIT / I REFUSE TO PAY MORE THAN £26.99 FOR FIFA FROM TESCO!!!"
And bring it on I say. The people that cried about this in 2013 can get fucked.
Sure I could do that, but that's what makes EA Access so great is I don't have to think about it because its such a great value. Also the time required to download games is going to make it a hassle drop the service ever other month, because you'll have a terabyte or more worth of games on your hard drive taking up space. Which you probably don't want to delete because you going to resubscribe again in the future. Just saying a cheaper price like $60/yr would have made it a no brainier. $10/month makes a bill you have to judge ever month its usefulness.
DC1
Member
This is good!
This is why competition is good!
Sony! Respond by making PSNOW Better!
What do you suggest? Sending discs in the mail?
Absolutely. There are always sales/cheap cards around for Live and PS+.
The last 3 years and next 2 are free for me from various Microsoft things
KampferZeon
Neo Member
not sure I really like it
1) 120 a year is a hit expensive for a rental service. we don't get to own the games.
2) Why games have to be rotated out? how long does a game last in the list. very shady imo
3) would ms now give out a lesser game for its xbox gold subs? because it now has to serve a higher tier subs?
1) 120 a year is a hit expensive for a rental service. we don't get to own the games.
2) Why games have to be rotated out? how long does a game last in the list. very shady imo
3) would ms now give out a lesser game for its xbox gold subs? because it now has to serve a higher tier subs?
AmuroChan
Member
Ok I see. I think it's going to be a long uphill battle for MS. PC gamers are almost instinctively skeptical of anything MS is trying to do with PC gaming after so many years of unfulfilled promises and half-assed efforts.
The conspiracies never end with these people lmao .
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