One of my takes that’s absolutely aged like milk over the past couple of years was that GamePass was a good thing. More and more often I keep coming back to that position and wondering why I ever held it. Not only has it been doing to gaming what Netflix and the like have done…
Tag: gaming subscriptions
Renting vs Subscribing
With each year that passes, it feels like the appeal of online subscription services fades just a little bit more. Regardless of the service and even the medium, everything about it just seems to get worse and worse. Not only have these services gotten progressively more expensive, but they’ve all also started making ads a…
Now SEGA is Considering Launching a Gaming Subscription Service
Now that publishers and storefronts are being forced to admit that we’re not really buy- ing our games anymore, it seems that they’re becoming more willing to go even further into the world of subscriptions and streaming. Xbox has already been doing it for years, and now it seems SEGA wants to get in on…
Amazon Lays Off Another 180 Employees From Its Games Division
Lays offs are nothing new in the gaming industry. I mean, the business has been infamous for its utter lack of job security for the better part of twenty years now, so it probably doesn’t surprise anyone to hear that people are losing their jobs. What is a little surprising though, is that anybody expected…
(Very) Late to the Party with Xbox Game Pass
In recent times, my household received a lovely gaming gift: a trial subscription to Xbox Game Pass. For a month, we had a great time perusing the app’s amazing selection of games and adding oodles of title to our “to-play” list. And we had just as good a time (sort of) agonizing over the lack…
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