I’d by lying if I didn’t say I used Netflix weekly. It’s a strong choice when it comes to background noise and rarely apart from sitting down with my partner will I pay attention to an entire series. However, now and then a good film or series is released and I’m hooked.
With the recent growth of Xbox’s game pass following the 2019 E3 where it was advertised that a good range of titles were coming direct to gamepass, I bit the bullet and gave it a try. I was impressed. Lots of good titles, plenty to get stuck into and some major first party games which still retail at a high price. I initially found myself wanting to try as much as possible and was taken aback by the selection and potential hours I could spend.
I have a strong feeling that this is where gaming companies are heading. with Gamepass/PS now if your spending a rough amount of £15 a month towards a service rather than buying maybe 3/4 games a year on release at full price? It works out similar however I have felt that it’s taken away the excitement. Maybe it’s just the selection currently and it needs to be built on but certainly in this current age of subscription services. Why wouldn’t these companies at least see if it profits them. But will it destroy the excitement? Why save and buy when you can select and stream…
With lockdown now affecting most of the world, this now only seems the way forward. The 2nd hand game market is slowly dying and whilst this saddens me, the demand is dying, kids want things now, quick buys, downloaded onto the system direct. With consoles slowly moving away from disk drives, is this what the people want? or are we being forced with the ease and sometimes ridiculously cheap prices.
What are your thoughts?
TheSpaceMonkey 