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Fraser Gilbert writes, "Perfect if you're not a subscriber already. It's no secret that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting more and more expensive as the years roll on, but today we've seen the return of the $1 offer that's proved so popular in the past — an entire month of access for less than a coffee"
It's good they still have this deal going on at times. You have to admit $1.00 deals is a great way to get people in the door. Even though it never worked as well as they'd hoped in the past. Clearly. But if people are interested, this is still a great way to try it out and realize that Gamepass is simply not worth $30 a month.
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depends on how much you game I guess. You could get someone to subscribe to Netflix for a dollar and then realize it's not worth $20 per month if you don't actually sit and watch stuff.
It is worth it depending on the type of gamer you are. If you are very young with tons of free time, enjoy single player games but see them as one and done experiences, then Game Pass Ultimate would be valuable to you because you are basically getting games from not only Xbox, but from EA and Ubisoft as well. If you are new and have no library, you may see some value in the service.
For people like myself, though, who are a bit older with limited time to play games, Ultimate is not worth it since I am lucky to play one game to its completion per month. For me, it is better to buy the games upfront unless the service has a few I want to try before I buy.
If you are very young with tons of free time, you're probably also broke and can't afford $360 per year on a gaming subscription.
Didn't even work for me, shown the £1 bit on the link provided then they went and tried to charge me full price, thankfully my bank flagged it and asked me to authorise the transaction which shown them trying to take the full £22.99
Yeah I'm pretty sure that if you've ever subscribed to GamePass in the past, then this deal won't work for you. It's for brand new subscribers. 95% sure
Yeah, that’s great, but what about the loyal subscribers? We get the price hike and no offer. They also need to focus on retention. You can’t even use reward points anymore to convert to GamePass.
Sweet, I'll be getting that if I can and quickly going through latest COD campaign and then letting it laps.
It clearly is a hit game right now, but I still think it's trash. I just can't figure out the appeal.
I dont think this really counts as an exclusive though does it? Playstation have been fairly firm on early access games coming to the store and the developer has expressed interest in bring this to the PS5.
If Palworld counts as an Xbox exclusive then Baldur's Gate 3 was a PS5 exclusive. Same logic.
is it an exclusive tho?
i feel like we use the term so loosely nowadays that we dont even know what it means anymore haha.