One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games

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      2 days ago

      Don’t microslop and friends peddle some game pass and similar subscriptions? Game rental with extra steps.

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          2 days ago

          Is it really that different though?

          Lets say you get the 1 month pass, play any games you want and are part of that “service” for the duration, once it runs out you lose access to the games (unless you crack the downloaded files for them which would be like not returning the “rented” game I guess)

          Personally just feels like the same scam cable tv was and now transforming into streaming services with ads.

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            1 day ago

            The difference is I got to choose the game I rented and the duration, not some preselected list of which 95% of it I am never going to touch.

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      2 days ago

      Remember Gamefly?

      Gamepass wasn’t a bad idea, and it was actually pretty cool when it first came out. It was basically Microsoft’s Gamefly.