Current Events > Games as a service is a fucking travesty

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I went out of the loop of gaming with the ps4/gen 8's start and been playing catchup, but I should have nope'd out with the ps5 gen, because this is some legit bs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass

Sorry, but I don't want future games locked behind subscriptions and this is where the whole thing is clearly headed.

Then you've got Nintendo, the last people you want jumping in on new technology, trying to do stuff like what, sell N64 games for $50 or something? Utterly ridiculous.

Nintendo is already a company that doesn't really do deals, so them jumping on the DLC/online/modern business practices that Microsoft infected gaming with is just a combo for disaster. As overpriced as the Wii's virtual console was, at the very least once you bought those games you had them to play regardless of any subscription (losing on them once the Wii was gone does suck though)

Sony and Nintendo embracing games as a service more and more almost makes the nickel and diming of DLC seem like a nostalgic era
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I don't think it's headed where you think it's headed. Game Pass is literally "pay a subscription fee and you can get new games for cheaper" but you can outright buy the games yourself if you don't want that, since it's just a game rental service that rotates its catalogue. That's what Sony is going for.

Nintendo's the one that's overpricing the crap out of their service.

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This is not what games as a service refers to.

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BLAKUboy posted...

This is not what games as a service refers to.

This, regardless. Games as a Service is the BS like Anthem and Marvel's Avengers.

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