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The fact that some people are ok with, "subscriptions taking off" in this very post is troubling.
The future, where you own nothing, pay a subscription for everything.
I'll be perfectly honest.
I love and strongly prefer physical media games.
However, I also love Game Pass at least as a concept.
I've had it for several years now thanks to Live Gold conversion and VPN...
That said, regardless how much "value" it may provide, I will NEVER pay full price for it... I just don't feel like it's worth the price they're asking to me personally.
It's great for trying out the occasional game I'd never have bought or played otherwise though... And sometimes it introduces me to games that I feel like are worth buying that I hadn't heard of anywhere else.
For example, I bought Aragami 2 because I tried it on Game Pass and enjoyed it but I wasn't finished with it yet when rumors appeared that it was leaving the service.
I also played and thoroughly enjoyed Cocoon and High on Life thanks to Game Pass and feel like they're both worth buying at the right price.
I personally don't enjoy watching YouTubers and I rarely read reviews so I wouldn't have known much about most of those if I didn't have the chance to try them.
It's almost like it's replaced the demos that used to be so common but we can play the whole game now if we want.
Editing to add:
Also, fuck this Ubisoft exec... Subscription models should NEVER become the default way that we are expected to "consume" games (or any other entertainment really for that matter) and it's arrogant as hell for this prick to presume that we'll all just be okay with it.
Holy shit are you me?
Damn... You're also commenting on a thread about shit going on in Georgia and separately about DRSing GME?
Maybe?!? 😂