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Report says Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass added over $8,700 worth of new games in 2023 (www.neowin.net)
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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Physical copies do not come with ownership anymore. Some physical copies of games are incomplete and require additional downloads and patches before they are even playable.

In this event, making backups or piracy is your only recourse in maintaining the copies of something you own.

Game Pass is an unsustainable business model and is only supported at a loss by Microsoft because they can afford it. Enshittification to follow.