(Rumour) Big changes to Gamepass, including a free/cheaper tier with ads

[Rekkapryde]

@Rekkapryde
Say less, I got you breh.

and you think this is fine?

PC Gamepass nikkaz was eating, so I know that gravy train was gonna end quick. But they are not paying 30 bucks a month.

edit: it went up 4.50 a month. They still eating, but not getting seconds


edit2: Aww shyt, they removed Day 1 games from PC Gamepass

 

[daze23]

I like how they try to justify a 50% price increase with Ubisoft games

 

[Fatboi1]

The PC game pass option now sucks because you no don't have day 1 games on there which was the biggest talking point for people preferring Gamepass.
Now you need to pay $30 just to play some games per month.

 

[Rekkapryde]

So let's recap

• Increased hardware prices TWICE in one year
• Increased gamepass prices to boot
• Releasing a 600 and 1000 dollar handheld
• Retailers starting not to carry your product

And Phillip W Spencer still gets to continue to keep his job.

 

[daze23]

The PC game pass option now sucks because you no don't have day 1 games on there which was the biggest talking point for people preferring Gamepass.
Now you need to pay $30 just to play some games per month.

day one still on PC

 

[HiiiPower]

So let's recap

• Increased hardware prices TWICE in one year
• Increased gamepass prices to boot
• PC Gamepass no long gets Day 1 games
• Releasing a 600 and 1000 dollar handheld
• Retailers starting not to carry your product

And Phillip W Spencer still gets to continue to keep his job.

Actually crazy lol, whole thing for gampass was the day 1 games and value right? Like @Kamikaze Revy said, the cost for GP has finally overtaken the cost of just simply buying games that are worth it at full price

Edit: ah ok, just seen what @daze23 posted, day 1 still there unless I’m misunderstanding

 

[Fatboi1]

day one still on PC

Oh okay I was looking at that graphic. Ehh, $16 is okay if there's a few games you want to play at any given moment but I can't see myself subbed to this for months on end. I have a feeling it'll round up to a clean $20 sometime next year.

 

[MurderToCassette]

PC Gamepass just going away? that doesn't make sense

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

If they really release a free tier then that's a good thing for console gaming overall, and Sony should follow suit.

Paying hundreds of dollars to play your games online is stupid as hell, and probably another reason why F2P games are so popular.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Won’t be long before the game streaming services get like the video services and we have ads on all tiers

Middle of a boss fight and they hit you with an add for Carvana

What'll happen much sooner is ads during loading screens and ads when you pause the game.

Also, Imagine getting washed by a boss and the game over screen says "watch this 30 second ad to stay in the battle and revive from here instantly with 80% health.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

What'll happen much sooner is ads during loading screens and ads when you pause the game.

We're already getting ads on the home screen and we pay for online.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

We're already getting ads on the home screen and we pay for online.

Home screen is a little different since all these platforms treat the home screen like a digital store front anyway.

 

[daze23]

Oh okay I was looking at that graphic. Ehh, $16 is okay if there's a few games you want to play at any given moment but I can't see myself subbed to this for months on end. I have a feeling it'll round up to a clean $20 sometime next year.

but now you can play all those "Ubisoft classics"

shyt definitely getting too expensive. Imma let it ride for now, but probably not forever

 

[Kingshango]

30 a month!?

 

[Scaaar]

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$30

See I told them that those day 1 releases were not going to always be on that $20 a month plan. Even reading the cloud gaming and you see that there is a waitlist to stream based on what tier you're playing. So you're getting booted off games if you're paying $5 a month or they'll be heavily advertising to push you too a higher plan.