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Microsoft just raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99/month, and fans aren’t happy. Many are canceling, some are calling for a boycott, and even Microsoft’s website is struggling to keep up.

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Today I purchased 4 games on Steam sale in one go: Elite Dangerous: Deluxe Edition, DOOM Eternal Standard Edition, Hades and Slay the Spire for 18,34€. I don't need to repay to play them and "own them forever"*****(big asterisk, i know!).

The part of Game Pass that gets me the wrong way the most is, if I stop paying monthly, then I loose access to all games I played so far too. Yes, that's the point of a subscription and I dislike it. To be honest, the price of Game Pass was really good in the past. But I usually focus at max a few games in a month anyway, including free to play, so having such a big library to choose from is not that big of a deal.

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some games on steam are actually DRM free and you do 'own' them once downloaded. I think slay the spire is one but I could be remembering wrong.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Eternal was fun, I only got to it a few months ago. Great deals! Slay the Spire is a favorite