• snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    I have gamepass and I’m happy with it. I tend to dabble in a lot of games instead of playing one game for a long time.

    One new game costs $60 to purchase. For me personally there is little chance I will be playing it 4 months from now.

    Alternatively I can pay for gamepass and play any of those games for $15 a month. The only situation where this ends up being a worse deal is if I only play one game for more than four months, which so far has not happened for me.

    I realize that doesn’t make sense for everyone, though.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      The issue for me is that most games I buy are way cheaper, (because of steam sales) and the games I enjoy are rarely on gamepass. So I’d be barely saving money and be playing worse games.

      Also its not available on Linux so there’s that