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[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

they did that with the previous Xbox,called it the all access pass. It was the unit combined with gamepass ult which you had for the duration of the two or three-year payment plan I understand their thought process on it because it does do a good job at forcing the consumer to have a subscription they normally wouldn't have, but in reality, the only thing it did was make it so I didn't purchase any actual games for the unit, so when their overpriced subscription finally ran out, I had no reason to continue using the console, and it's basically collected dust since because all of the games I would have purchased, I had already played via Game Pass Ultimate, and I had no hard copy games to play.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

To be fair, it would’ve helped if they had compelling games worth playing. There was a brief minute when X / S users were feasting, but a lot of the studios MS bought turned into dud factories.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

but a lot of the studios MS bought turned into dud factories.

but MS turned the studios they bought into dud factories.

--ftfy

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

yea that's fair as well, I just didn't see the point in playing a console that I didn't have anything left to play on.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I can relate. Mine basically just became a Destiny 2 box. And that’s only because that’s where I first bought and downloaded the game. I could play that game on a number of platforms.

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