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0 pointsneogodless4y ago0 comments

> other companies are going to find it very hard to compete with Game Pass

I haven't really ever used it. I used to buy everything Blizzard made (OK that's an exaggeration, but I was all about WarCraft/StarCraft/Diablo...). Before Steam, I bought lots of games on disk. Now I buy most things on Steam. And I haven't bought anything Blizzard since Diablo III.

Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

(I'm just one person, but among the people I know that play PC games, I don't hear about Game Pass much. One person mentioned he's on a 14 day $1 trial - that was the extent of it.)

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dleslie4y ago

You know that ever growing library of unplayed games that all steam users have? Game Pass is that, but instead of paying for games individually you pay a low fixed rate, and it includes many hot new releases that are still full price elsewhere.

kevingadd4y ago

Many of them on launch day too, instead of waiting 6-18 months for a sale

joveian4y ago

But if you wait 6-18 months for a sale it might actually work...

krageon4y ago

> Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

Game pass is significantly cheaper, unless you buy very few games on steam (and/or only buy them on deep, deep sale. Which doesn't really exist anymore in any meaningful way).

neogodlessOP4y ago

Ah yes I don't buy a ton of games, and I see sales all the time for Steam, like seeing $40 games for $10.

agar4y ago

So imagine deciding to spend $10 on that game, then realizing it's on GamePass. You now can choose wither to spend that same $10 to have access to 150+ games (including that one that's on sale), or just that game.

Sure, that $10 gets you only 1 month, but will you buy a different $10 game next month? Will you play this game for more than a month?

Pretty soon the GamePass ROI becomes difficult to ignore. (This coming from someone that doesn't have GamePass but is very impressed by the business model and value proposition around it).

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ericd4y ago

The annual steam sales still feel pretty deep.

baud1472584y ago

> Game pass is significantly cheaper, unless you buy very few games on steam

or if you want to play games that aren't on Game Pass. Though then it's not exactly a fair Game Pass vs Steam comparison, more Microsoft vs Steam.

Noos4y ago

the cheapskate consumer really doesn't have much power here, though. Not many people will develop primarily for xbox if all they can hope is to have gamepass level money. Thats why despite it, Xbox is still very much a 3rd in the console wars, and microsoft has to resort to buying popular IPs to have a chance.

FanaHOVA4y ago

> Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

I paid like $5/mo for 1 year of the Ultimate version, I can play games on both Xbox and PC and carry over progress for most of them. It's great. Steam doesn't have anything like that, so not sure there's any comparison to do.

ssully4y ago

I would look at consoles first. Why would someone buy a Playstation, when you can now buy an Xbox + GamePass and get access to a large chunk of the biggest games?

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0 pointsneogodless4y ago0 comments

> other companies are going to find it very hard to compete with Game Pass

Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

(I'm just one person, but among the people I know that play PC games, I don't hear about Game Pass much. One person mentioned he's on a 14 day $1 trial - that was the extent of it.)

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dleslie4y ago

kevingadd4y ago

Many of them on launch day too, instead of waiting 6-18 months for a sale

joveian4y ago

But if you wait 6-18 months for a sale it might actually work...

krageon4y ago

> Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

Game pass is significantly cheaper, unless you buy very few games on steam (and/or only buy them on deep, deep sale. Which doesn't really exist anymore in any meaningful way).

neogodlessOP4y ago

Ah yes I don't buy a ton of games, and I see sales all the time for Steam, like seeing $40 games for $10.

agar4y ago

Sure, that $10 gets you only 1 month, but will you buy a different $10 game next month? Will you play this game for more than a month?

Pretty soon the GamePass ROI becomes difficult to ignore. (This coming from someone that doesn't have GamePass but is very impressed by the business model and value proposition around it).

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ericd4y ago

The annual steam sales still feel pretty deep.

baud1472584y ago

> Game pass is significantly cheaper, unless you buy very few games on steam

or if you want to play games that aren't on Game Pass. Though then it's not exactly a fair Game Pass vs Steam comparison, more Microsoft vs Steam.

Noos4y ago

FanaHOVA4y ago

> Why wouldn't Steam continue to be competitive against Game Pass?

ssully4y ago

I would look at consoles first. Why would someone buy a Playstation, when you can now buy an Xbox + GamePass and get access to a large chunk of the biggest games?

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