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0 pointstrymas4y ago0 comments

I guess it's just business at the end of the day, but IMHO this model in the end could not be the best for consumer after all.

For example tv streaming, where if your favorite movies/tv series maybe spread over dozen services and you need to pay subscription to all of them. Or it could happen that copyrights get bought by different providers and thus migrate from service to service. I will not be surprised if piracy will have a comeback for movies or tv-series.

So with gaming it will either be the same (too many providers to choose from), or reverse - if you'd like to play AAA title, you will be locked in with Microsoft.

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milkytron4y ago

I don't think we'll see a bunch of equivalent game passes like we see in video streaming, mostly because Microsoft can act as a de facto gatekeeper for what "passes" can be used, and they'd realistically limit it to only theirs, at least on Xbox.

On PC something similar may arise, but there would be much more competition and PC gamers may be more reluctant to use these services because there are more options when choosing where and how to buy/download/play games on PC.

baud1472584y ago

> I will not be surprised if piracy will have a comeback for movies or tv-series.

I'm pretty sure piracy numbers for movies and series went up with the number of streaming services

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