• Andrewskyy1@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Microsoft wants gamepass to become ubiquitous, be on “every screen” and then they will jack up the price 300% when there is no longer competition.

    • SBR404@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Why would having GP on every screen eliminate all competition? Because it’s a better service? Sony is still free to create their own service and bring it to all consoles.

    • c9IceCream@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Microsoft doesn’t even let us play solitaire on windows without ads or paying to remove the ads. they can go fuck themselves.

    • Kinglink@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Nah…

      They’ll just raise it 100 percent because of activision games causing “More load on the server” another 100 because it’s now on the Playstation and another 100 percent because of all the great value on the system according to the players.

      Oh wait that’s actually x2, x2, x2… so it’s 700 price increase, Fuck you -Microsoft.

    • Hidefininja@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Miraculously, the folks over on the Xbox sub would deny any increase in Game Pass price if you said exactly this while the torturous ATVI acquisition was underway.

      Then Microsoft announced their intention to raise Game Pass prices in June.

      Some folks don’t realize that corporations are only as generous to their consumer base as they are required to be for continued profit and increased revenue year-over-year.

      Sony also increased their prices recently and curtailed the sale of PS Plus subscriptions by third-party sellers. We’re definitely in a race to the bottom.

      It seems all of the streaming services are just betting on being the last one we unsubscribe from while the bombs they’re riding like cowboys rapidly approach the ground.

    • SeedFoundation@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Mark my words. Gabe Newell vs Microsoft will be the final battle and it will be the saddest day in history when the OG industry titan decides to retire from being CEO. Appreciate steam while you can.