Xbox users booting up their console today were greeted with a large splash screen prompting them to buy it now that the new campaign is out, and some of them aren’t too happy about it.
Xbox users booting up their console today were greeted with a large splash screen prompting them to buy it now that the new campaign is out, and some of them aren’t too happy about it.
I’ve paid for an Xbox gold subscription since it’s been available, but when it expires early 2024, I’m done.
The video game industry pushed me away from wanting to play video games. Microtransactions, console ads, “seasons”, standard/gold/platinum editions, “online-only” single player, freemium garbage, pay-to-win, the paid Xbox Game Pass which removes games from the library on a regular basis… everything about modern gaming is just so off-putting.
The enshitification of the gaming industry is just another good thing that’s gone to shit because of greedy assholes.
I’ll be perfectly fine with my <$50 retro gaming system, where there isn’t a single hint of what the modern gaming industry has become.
This isn’t a fault. It’s a subscription service. It’s not an ever-expanding library of games you keep forever and it was never supposed to be. Many games are only there for a period of time.
Right. But if you are a paying customer, and you’re about to beat a game, and MS removes the game from GP, that’s super fucked.
Best thing gamers can do right now is not buy Xbox.
Of course, it’s designed like that, but unlike a movie, some games take dozens of hours to finish. Some games hundreds of hours to explore them in full.
If I’m only paying to play demos, fine, they can market it that way. But this give and take model fails to work for someone who’s life doesn’t revolve around gaming.
I have enjoyed Games with Gold, which is no longer offered, but even those “free” games hinged on a subscription. It was a better model than the game pass, since those games remained in your library for as long as you have a subscription.
Playing mostly Sony first party games, I haven’t encounter most of the issues listed. Maybe standard and deluxe edition in some games