XboxEra Community Hangout |OT7| Define "AAAA"

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I want games in Game Pass, not demos. Hiding demos behind a paywall is just unnecessary.

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According to Tom, they will release info this sunday, so lets wait and see.

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It is not like they stopped adding games to Game Pass

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This is just nuts. Hope there’s some time in there to sleep a bit. Thanks! :slight_smile:

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They have a fixed budget for Game Pass. And I’m not paying my hard earned Microsoft Rewards for demos.

Nobody forces you in the first place :man_shrugging:

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Dunno, the more features they add - generally, the more subscribers they’ll get & keep. So adding value (and demos would cost a lot less than actual games one would imagine) - means they likely would be able to attract & keep more subscribers, meaning the pool of money for the service expands. Plus having good will with devs (from not saying do this or else and we won’t reimburse you for your effort) makes it more likely that the devs will keep wanting to do business with them. I wouldn’t worry about it that much, especially since - as others have pointed out - we really don’t know details. And if the value proposition somehow is lost, you can always stop subscribing like @TheBrightestSun said.

Which ironic considering that developers still flock to Playstation despite whatever Sony does

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yeah… probably for the same reasoning that people were mentioning regarding publishers accepting money hat deals - the assumption that the market there would be a lot larger which so far hasn’t turned out to have happened this time around. It’s definitely interesting.

We’ve already had Game Preview games drop on Game Pass. Not a fan of that. But let’s wait for the full info.

Just finished up this one, will push it live once it’s fully uploaded and rendered so keep an eye out!

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I’ve generally not been a huge fan of game preview either, but at the same time, it helps devs try to get stuff out that they might otherwise not be able to release, make sure that they’ll have people that want to play it, etc. So while it’s mostly not my thing, I’m still good with it. I think We Happy Few changed a lot for the better for being in it (sure, not going to argue that it couldn’t have been better still, but…), Grounded probably wouldn’t have been given the light to keep going if they hadn’t been able to prove that they were going to have a good audience.

Yeah, but Game Preview was already available outside of Game Pass and I believe they always have a trial as well. If it happens now and then I guess it’s not a big problem, but I mostly would just like full games on the service.

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Most marketing deals don’t preclude gamepass. considering all the AAA titles that have made their way to the service.

man… still an hour left on the upload. youtube is slow tonight. Might just save this for the morning? Was really hoping to have it live by now

I hope its xbox

Sony had a basic 30 min SoP and they showed 2 of their premier franchises on it. MS should get something at their own event too.

Really sad days gone died. The game had so much potential.

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