this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
66 points (83.7% liked)

Games

16785 readers
847 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
66
Report says Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass added over $8,700 worth of new games in 2023 (www.neowin.net)
submitted 10 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Misanthrope@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago (24 children)

Does that mean they can't delete the games you download and install? If not, the "value" they provide can be restricted at any time.

Seems like they acquired a lucrative cholepoint to milk. Fuck them. Subscription-based ownership is not ownership or "value".

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about any other users, but I use game pass knowing I don't own the games and they can be taken away whenever. I've used it to play games to see if it's worth buying to own, or games I'm interested in trying out but not interested enough to buy it until I try it

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's exactly how it is and always has been. And games on Game Pass usually have discounts if you want to actually purchase them. Nothing in Game Pass says you own the games, it explicitly makes it clear you do not... it still has a purchase button right next to the Play/Install button.

Game Pass means being able to give a ton of games a try or even play through entirely without having to purchase every single one. It also means a fairly steady stream of new titles to play.

load more comments (22 replies)