Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that
2026-07-06 23:34 UTC
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@Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2026-07-07 00:46
Why? As if steam and co aren’t bad enough in the sense of renting-not-owning. This is literal renting. No mods Microsoft is so untrustworthy. Why subscribe to something that is probably gone tomorrow. They half-assed or killed so many projects… Pressure…when will the game vanish that I just installed?
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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2026-07-07 04:43
Game Pass was a mistake.
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@als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-06 23:50
It’s almost like raising prices while reducing the offerings is a good way to lower the number of paying customers
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@rafoix@lemmy.zip 2026-07-07 00:09
Spending 70 billion dollars for gamepass content never seemed like a viable strategy. There’s also the issue that I don’t think there are enough customers that would trust Microsoft in a pure rental situation. MS’s other money makers have all turned to complete trash. The only business strategy that MS understands is monopoly.
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@skozzii@lemmy.ca 2026-07-07 05:23
I had gamepass for awhile because of some glitch where I could get 3 years for the price of 1, and even at the heavily discounted price I didn’t feel it was worth renewing once it expired.
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@fonix232@fedia.io 2026-07-07 05:36
I actually liked the Game Pass approach initially. You could pick between PC, Xbox or both. You had the option for a cheap sub, or a slightly more expensive one, with appropriate feature parity. The included games - especially the early access for many of them - were a solid mix of AAA titles and indie games that deserved the recognition. And the funny thing is, Microsoft could've reached the target subscriber numbers if they didn't pricejack tbe service while fucking over the customers AND the plans. I understand the need of capitalising a subscriber base, but doing a "from tomorrow, this shit will cost 3x as much" bullcrap move ain't it.
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@BeUnique@lemmy.zip 2026-07-07 05:52
So many filler games I have no interest in playing! I still have it since I only game casually these days but really it’s holding on by the day 1 releases and that’s about it for me.
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@Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2026-07-07 06:38
THEY put all thier resources on AI/DATACENTERS, so every other department was NEGLECTED.