Noone can name 1 thing about this that is truly bad for the gamer. This is actual action that is "for the players", not some empty slogan from a pr campaign. MS have obviously done the math, and can obviously make enough money to sustain the 1st party content they will need to release into game pass on a monthly basis to keep people subscribed. 3rd parties are already on board with putting their games into game pass after a certain amount of time. If the service becomes even more of...
I swear, you guys love to rewrite history, 1 day at a time.
You have no idea what you are talking about. It's been confirmed that they have been pumping money into 1st party content since early last year, and they have said they are buying and creating new studios to create 1st party games. Xbox as a division has been taken out of the windows sector, and Phil Spencer has been promoted to the head table at Microsoft, which has given them a much bigger budget. They see game pass as the Netflix of gaming, and as such, they know it needs a steady stre...
U ppl do realise that most retailers are going to stock the 6 month game pass cards? If 1 tiny Austrian store chain is the only 1 that could be found that are doing this, that's a good sign.
I've never seen Xbox fans flood Sony article comments sections with the sort of bile that Sony fans do in Xbox articles. It's like there is a section of Sony fans that will accept nothing less than every person they encounter being converted to being as much a fan of Sony as they are. Like the Borg, only much, much less interesting.
Never b4 have I seen so many Sony fans so worried about ms' profit margins. NEWSFLASH, if ms had any doubt about this move making money they wouldn't do it. Say what you will about ms, but they know how to make a profit.
"as a publisher this is bad"? You do realise ms are the ones doing this WITH THEIR OWN I.P'S? If game pass wasn't already a success, they wouldn't be doing it. And if they thought this wouldn't make them tons of money, they wouldn't do it. Say what you want about Microsoft (and many on n4g do, whether true or not), but they know what makes them money and what doesn't. This is a win win all round. THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE, no matter how hard people try to find 1. ...
Are you insane? Do you really think if it wasn't making money for everyone involved already, that they would even consider doing this? Keep reaching for negatives though stretch Armstrong.
I see the media is scrambling to look for a downside to this. Trouble is, there isn't a downside, the consumer wins, and if game pass wasn't viable and already making them money, Xbox wouldn't do this, so they win too. It's a great move for everyone involved.
Best......Gaming....... subscription....... service........EVER. Nearly everyone would agree that EA Access is good value, but it now pales in comparison to what game pass is offering.
No, but in terms of trolling/reaching for anything anti xbox, your comment definitely is.
They wouldn't be doing this if game pass was anything but an unqualified success and was making them money. This move only makes the service even more attractive and consumer friendly, especially to parents.
LMAO at the people saying "I'll just get game pass on my p.c". Game pass isn't available on p.c you Muppets.
All we want as fans is a game that does what colonial marines promised it would do. A true videogame representation of "aliens". Aliens is the most fps videogame-like movie from the franchise. Gearbox fucked it up, but as a few of the AVP games prove, you CAN make a good shooter with xenomorphs as the enemies. Just please, don't touch on anything Ridley Scott did in Alien covenant. He singlehandedly, in only 1 film, ripped the heart and mystery from the series.
LMFAO! The top exclusive games they cite as "coming in 2018" are lou2, which hasn't a hope in hell of coming out this year, death stranding, which is a 2020 game, and God of war, which is the only 1 that actually will release this year. Talk about the exception that proves the rule. But don't let the truth get in the way of giving Sony props huh? Put it another way... Xbox has 3 AAA exclusives coming in the next 6 months, if Sony destroys them, as many of you say, how many m...
Thank you m8, I was worried it was just me. Pop ups masquerading as chrome system warnings, claiming you've recently visited a site that has given your phone a virus have become commonplace.
Really? That would be the same as me saying "I wonder how many times PSN will be hacked this year". You all really need a new song. Instead of celebrating the games that are (possibly) coming to your preferred platform, the first thing you do is attempt to shit on someone else's preferred platform. It screams of insecurity, and is very, very sad.
Yeah I bought it at launch, got to novigrad, and just stopped playing it for some reason (it could of been because of the cabaret quest), but earlier this year, I made a conscious decision to go back and finish it, as everyone I know was raving about it, and boy am I glad I did. So much content, so many hours spent, and that was just the base game, and after I played hearts of stone and blood and wine, I can confidently say it's 1 my favourite games of all time.
And? If you want that performance on p.c, you would of had to of spent considerably more than 500 dollars. The X is delivering on what they promised, 4k at the existing frame rates. Other options are gravy.
You do realise GameStop have agreed to sell Xbox game pass cards? Why would they do that if they were going to drop Xbox? Btw, there is nothing anti consumer about this, if you want to buy a physical copy in the traditional business model, guess what? YOU CAN! It just means that for a modest monthly fee, you have access to a massive library of games, including the latest AAA exclusive games from ms. This lowers the barrier of entry to games which usually cost 60 dollars, which means more peop...