I Don't Think Xbox Is Doing Too Well...

[@randehmarsh40689]

Ive said it once, ill say it again million times Subscription services are the death of entertainment

[@toyo8460]

​@_AUTTPno way a good bot.

[@TabathaTMartin]

FR, Services like Xbox live were around, even when the 360 came out....and servers don't cost shit

[@X61djdj]

THE FOG IS COMING

[@Alexander-nq8vl]

Why buy an xbox. Play steam instead.

[@ashtiboy]

if they where most mmos like WOW and eve would have died a very long time ago but they keep going so thats how most mmos need to do to pay the server bills. how else does eve online stay aflot thsie days ruing servers cost alot of mony you know to even rent let alone run youself.

[@VygoUwU]

another billion dollar company complaining about inflation

[@kgonepostl]

Try trillion. Microsoft is a trillion dollar mega corporation. It's not inflation, that ship has sailed. It's greedflation, and people need to wake up to that fact.

[@zaneheaston8254]

You mean Trillion dollar company

[@JerryXavierRedgrave_1999]

@@zaneheaston8254 yeah, how do they justify that

[@sansationalreaper7446]

T R I L L I O N

[@dragonslayer1223]

i just looked it up. There are no trillionaires

[@stevemaricar4350]

Gaming has become more about subscriptions and less about the actual enjoyment of playing. Companies seem to be moving towards making as much money as possible at the expense of gamers. It's becoming really frustrating.

[@sadpluslonely2775]

It's not just gaming companies, it's pretty much every company. This shit is getting out of hand, well and truly out of hand

[@dindunuphenwong]

As somebody who didn't buy a single StarCraft microtransaction outside of a WinterStarCraft supporter voice pack I take pride in knowing I'm among the very few who willingly waits until games are dead and irrelevant enough to play after they've come on sale for $20 or less because I know everything was bound to get worse after a single World Of Warcraft mount made more money than the entire of StarCraft 2 Wings Of Liberty. It's becoming more funny every day as payers continue to get what they deserve.

[@Quintessence4444]

Well yeah the primary focus of most AAA(A) developers is the ingame store.

[@Yakoaxxi]

ah yes, video platforms are sooo cheap

[@footballdesk4417]

Stop consuming!

[@skizecraft]

Its only a matter of time before we will be getting full screen ads in gamepass games and we gotta pay an extra $5 a month to remove ads

[@bannapeels]

pls report the UTubeTroll bot and dont reply to it!

[@bannapeels]

pls report the UTubeTroll bot and dont reply to it!

[@Swymco]

It is bad enough when I see ads on the dashboard.

[@TabathaTMartin]

a bit too late for thar

[@ProSynyster]

it's already dumb that some streaming services have ads included... looking at you ESPN

[@daneartis7040]

The handgun on the desk is a nice computer peripheral. Helps with the gamer rage

[@ianatkinson5509]

I saw that too!

[@BesttLuck]

Guess I didn’t have to scroll long to see someone mention it

[@alexreyes8749]

or he's juts a persona 3 fan.

[@VillageMonk44]

@@alexreyes8749if the cost of living keeps going up i might just summon my persona

[@connorogozalek1874]

Oh man what a nice monitor oh cool a steam deck And look its a......

[@Power2thePwnage]

“Discovery Plus? No thank you. I’m gonna go outside and watch squirrels in the real world” is the best take I’ve heard all day.

[@jonttu050]

Prices are rising, meanwhile salaries are staying the same and even dropping. People are not spending money if they can barely afford food.

[@SatchelChannel]

We Need communism i guess

[@StronkiTube]

Games really aren't that expensive, as long as you're smart with buying them. Just don't buy new releases and instead buy the ones lowered in price and the ones that are discounted. We literally have DECADES of videogames. You don't need to play just the brand new ones.

[@B3astByNatur3]

I cancelled my Game Pass a few months ago... Too many options left me indecisive on which game to play, so I would typically ended up not playing anything.

[@CaliJose209]

It's also not fun when you know you have limited time to play a game (if you don't get year long subscriptions)

[@TraumfresserBMofficial]

For me the problem with gamepass is that I own everything they offer that I would want to play. Doom, quake, fallout, elder scrolls I purchased all that stuff.

[@Civilixation]

I did as well for the same reason. Also my old Xbox crew separated as we became adults and had our lives to worry about more, so now what became my active intense hobby is now something I do maybe once a week, maybe twice on average. And I’m saving at least $10/month doing it. Actually I’m saving whatever ultimate costs nowadays, bc that’s what I had. And I had Xbox live since the Halo 2 online days. Gaming anymore is such a sham

[@alarictheredboi276yearsago4]

@@TraumfresserBMofficialI’m in the same boat. Occasionally something will pop up on gamepass I really enjoy so I’ll just buy it.

[@notreal5265]

@@CaliJose209it drives me insane they won’t even let you buy year long subscriptions they only let you buy one or three months

[@TheBeigeBox]

September 11th: A Day We Will Never Forget. September 12th: A Day We Can’t Afford Anymore.

[@bradclapp4022]

🤨

[@Ryuga117]

that dead stare had me deceased

[@marilynlucero9363]

Oh my god it is our one and only Xinnie the Poo! Pleaaaaaaaase tell me Overlord! How are the summercamps in Xinjiang going?

[@devizesolstice4617]

😂😂😂

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

We will see how bad the price goes up. Until then I’m still paying for it. Because I have lots of friends I play with on Xbox rather then on my pc.

[@Jokerwolf666]

The subscription Wars started about 5 years ago, and we're all going to lose.

[@joelhodoborgas]

Yes because yall keep paying even after they pull this crap.

[@victornonexistant4010]

@@joelhodoborgas ruh oh! Someone’s missing out..

[@EatThePath-7]

we? who is we? i'm not paying for any garbage sub service lol

[@CrittingOut]

@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO you have stage 3 canc and need to be "dealt with"

[@CrittingOut]

You only lose if you pay for this stuff. Lol.

[@WarlanderTV]

A year of GamePass Ultimate in Canada is now $319. After that year you own nothing. Let that sink in...

[@evillecaston]

Muta's so mad, he's about ready to switch to his secondary.

[@Therioumlocation]

He simply just wanted to show it off

[@ianm3536]

How is this not removed off yt yet lmao

[@tobywonkinoby8916]

@@ianm3536why would it be removed?

[@ianm3536]

@@tobywonkinoby8916 atleast age restriction KZbin weird with real guns

[@Existing_Echo]

Not the first time he’s had it on the desk.

[@mashpotatoes3694]

I cant believe the bots broke the 4th wall. Bots calling out bots for being bots is crazy.

[@Tundra.]

@GHOSTSTARSCREAM The stronger all the various AI chat programs get, the more likely that becomes true. It won't be long before we're having to do captchas to comment everywhere.

[@mochalavender9398]

Dead internet theory looks more likely with each passing day

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

bot on bot crime.

[@Joshpods]

Not that difficult for a bot to bypass a captcha. People create programs where real people can solve captchas for bots and earn a little money. So bots will not be stopped but slowed I think​@@Tundra.

[@Joshpods]

​@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO my conspiracy theory is that these bots are funded by a country that doesn't like us.

[@TRUEMIXEDBLOOD]

The problem is companies trying to change the market to suit their needs rather than changing to suit the market's needs.

[@praisejeebus7544]

My problem is that people dont know how to STOP. Its so easy to stop a subscription, and it hurts the company thats screwing you. It seems weve totally forgotten the art of boycotting and its biting everyone (not me) in the ass

[@PodofOrcas]

And my problem with your problem is companies are making it increasingly difficult to cancel subscriptions, so it's not as easy as it should be anymore

[@envytee9659]

It's still biting you in the ass whether you want to acknowledge it or not. The actions of the majority of consumers are making things worse for all consumers.

[@bullseyebulldog8001]

I believe social media censorship has something to do with this

[@terrafair3248]

I have a pc but i dont even use it to play games anymore since everything is pretty much ruined. Only games i played the last 2 years are killing floor 2 roblox with nephews(hate it) and palworld

[@promaycry]

for me it cost 100 euro to get 3 years of game pass ultimate(my country do not have a region so I could use any region I need), and it is really not that big of a price making 3k after tax. 20$ A MONTH is really ridiculous even for USA, you people are really getting robed, sorry for you(

[@EPICSAWIKI]

I canceled ALL of my subscriptions today. I’m just so over this shit, I’ll just read a freaking book.

[@dusermiginte4647]

Thats not a bad thing, books are awesome man.. what are you reading now?

[@EPICSAWIKI]

@@dusermiginte4647 A little halfway through the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series. It’s awesome so far lol

[@xchxmpagnepxpix]

I was elected to LEAD not to READ

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Can't go wrong with reading a good book

[@Kepesk]

@@EPICSAWIKI I read the first Mistborn book and kinda liked it, but also got bored of how drawn out a lot of the book was. I may try the Stormlight Archive series though.

[@Jakcoon]

I love how we now are paying for services that have ads and that was a huge reason why people moved to Netflix and such because of no ads and now we are paying to watch ads 😢😅

[@Killthebatman87]

what services have ads that aren’t free? 🤔

[@alarictheredboi276yearsago4]

@@Killthebatman87Amazon prime video. It has ads. You have to pay for it. Or you can pay more for LESS ads. Not none.

[@fish5645]

@@Killthebatman87 Disney+ Netflix AmazonPrime to name a few. You have to pay premium tiers to remove ads.

[@notreal5265]

@@Killthebatman87amazon prime. there’s unskippable ads at the beginning and in the middle of their videos, and they basically said “we didn’t raise our prices!! we just put ads on all our content (directly lowering the quality of our service) and you can simply choose to pay extra if you don’t want to watch them! prices never went up tho”

[@stephenmisener1659]

@@Killthebatman87 Amazon prime for one. My girlfriend pays for it and we get ads when we watch shows. I think all the tv subs do this now.

[@mutahard1632]

Didn't they already try hike the price up of the subscriptions a little while back and it backfired big time and they did a complete 180??

[@mutahard1632]

@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO Not today feds

[@VEN0M415]

They were never sorry, just sorry they didnt dupe the people enough to accept it. Its why were seeing the Ones anticonsumer launch promises coming back.

[@mpsins]

Yep, big time. I don't understand what's hard to get. They increase everyone switches to pc or Playstation, effectively killing their platform

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@mutahard1632 don't reply to it, just report it

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@mpsins FR, PC gaming gotten so much harder because of this

[@jorge86rodriguez]

Subscriptions services are dumb, but gaming subscriptions services are extra dumb.

[@dusermiginte4647]

Tell that to Netflix and Blockbuster..

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

It’s always been that way with Xbox and Sony. Pc steam not so much.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Yeah! Instead pay $70 or more for u finished games and be happy! I know this is the better option because a rich, greasy youtuber told me to think that! 😂🤡

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

TheJohhnyE Have you been living under a rock? Games go on sale so quickly, just buy older games and buy day one for the rare games everyone knows will be bangers. It costs pretty much the same as gamepass, and you get to keep the games you buy.

[@GrayD_Fox]

@@TheJohhnyE Acting like it’s bad to play a game you bought later is fucking goofy. Video games are not food, you don’t eat it once then never touch it again. Every now and then I want to play mx vs Atv unleashed and I can do that because I bought it on Steam and ps2, can’t if I pay a subscription for it.

[@heliorosa8148]

Buying isn't ownership ??? Guess piracy is not stealing either

[@NECKBEARD_OF_PIRATE_BAY]

The price increases are making me slowly switch to pc and piracy

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

Its what happened to movies. The fact that streaming is unprofitable hit hard this year and the movie industry is on the brink of collapse over it. Gaming is going to make the same mistake.

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

That’s why you pirate instead of paying for streaming services.

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

@@Abr4CaD4v3R that solves nothing… no money means no new titles. Despite popular opinion, Id argue the rise of piracy does mean lost sales and has led to a lot of the “play it safe” mentality of modern movie and game studios.

[@jakeford12]

@@Abr4CaD4v3Ror just buy indie games. Either one is acceptable

[@GrayD_Fox]

No it’s not

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

@@GrayD_Fox yes it is. Go talk to any producer who oversees streaming content. Dvd sales were way more profitable than streaming and now its even eating theatrical which is where most residuals and royalties are contracted to.

[@MandosCulture]

This was predicted when xbox started acquiring. Netflix being 20 is still way more criminal

[@901Wes]

Gamepass at 20 is still worth is for me , still sucks feeling squeezed. Netflix at what 24$ for the ability to do my ONE stream at 4k is a ripoff .

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@901Wes Same. Not to mention that gamepass doubles as one of the best cloud streaming services for games in addition, being able to just play games on PC without constantly buying something new, while being able to also stream games to my retroid pocket on the go is just too good of a deal, there's just no real competition to what they offer. It's overall kind of insane that they sold it for only 15€/month the whole time now that I'm thinking about it.

[@marwynthemasterful6369]

@@901Wes think it’s $15 if you aren’t doing 4K

[@901Wes]

@@marwynthemasterful6369 yeah, but it’s 2024 , I have a 4K tv , I want that Dolby goodness. Netflix one stream at 4k shouldn’t be that expensive . It’s like cable back in the day charging you $10 for HD . Not everyone has kids and needs 6 concurrent streams .

[@Walamonga1313]

​@@901WesIsn't it 4K only on the mobile/TV apps? Iirc the desktop/browser versions aren't even 4K lol

[@SocomhunterX-o4x]

I stopped playing on consoles as I refuse to pay an extra extortion fee just to play my games on top of the electricity & internet bill I already pay.

[@Killthebatman87]

like he said xbox has always charged for playing online…it’s nothing new…

[@SocomhunterX-o4x]

@@Killthebatman87 i used to play playstation which didn't. The reason why playstation was so popular in at the time of the ps3 was mainly because they didn't require an absurd subscription that does absolutely nothing. And i clearly said "consoles", not "xbox". Xbox is not the only console in the world.

[@anonymousrs3996]

@@Killthebatman87 yeah, but you could pay a one time fee of $60 to play online for the whole year. Now it’s a monthly fee only option that will cost you anywhere from $75 (only if you pay $25 every three months for core) up to $240 a year for ultimate, so minimum a $15 increase from what it used to be, or double the price just for the “standard” option of game pass. And as of right now the only two options i’m seeing on the xbox store from the console itself is ultimate and core. Gold by itself isn’t a thing anymore and neither are yearly subscriptions, and honestly it’s just plain confusing and a chore to keep up with.

[@Razor_5k]

so glad I figured out a glitch to get ultimate for free forever

[@seeminglyindistressed3855]

Well there's steam

[@dominicarroyo6269]

As an Xbox user, anyone who thought this wasn't going to get a price hike is crazy. Every subscription goes up every year at this point and honestly this isn't surprising considering this is right about the time during the year they hike prices up. Paramount is about to, peacock just did. Spotify is about to and I'm pretty sure more will in the coming months. Not sure why anyone is surprised about this when we've been here multiple times. If people are really upset just canceled them and hurt them where the money counts

[@marlinmurrell620]

Agreed

[@madjoe8622]

And how you explain that the GP ultimate is 8$ cheaper on PC? People are not surprised, they are angry.

[@dominicarroyo6269]

​@@madjoe8622it's cheaper if im not mistaken because you don't get all the features as you do in ultimate that's why

[@desmondbrown5508]

This is the whole point of subscriptions anyways, hence why I dislike them and don't use them unless I absolutely have to have them for some reason. The goal is to get as many people as possible while pricing it good, get you hooked, then hike rates over and over until people are tired of it, then play nice again, then start hiking again, rinse and repeat.

[@Matt-Brannan]

@@madjoe8622 gamepass ultimate is pc and console, you get both in ultimate, if you only want the pc without the console then yea there is a cheaper option

[@TRDTYukiTV]

Price increase for what? the lack of first party titles? the lack of playable additions? the library that rarely sees any new titles that people are actually interested in?

[@TheJohhnyE]

Just admit you never used the service and have never actually seen what it offers. You don't have always try and be part of the conversation, just because you're feeling left out 😂

[@stuartbarrett755]

they need to cover the loss in sales COD would be seeing from gamepass players

[@patthecrap5820]

​my man is reaching lmao

[@xeon39688]

​@@TheJohhnyEhe's kinda right when majority of the games are indie titles people never play

[@TRDTYukiTV]

@@TheJohhnyE as Xeon said, lately xbox gamepass has been filled with indie titles which is great for indie developers, i dont mind it Also i have used gamepass since it came out, and i just remember the days when gamepass had day 1 releases, first party titles, bonuses and in game items for big shooter titles and so much more for example, Valorant you can get all the heroes unlocked if you use gamepass, that was nice but nothing like that exists anymore Maybe with microsoft gaining activision and diablo IV we will see more games coming to gamepass, but at the moment a price rise just isnt justified. Another example is Age of Empires IV, you can get the base game but no expansions with ultimate vs PC gamepass, stuff like that used to be on game pass and they listened to gamers

[@DarthAscension]

I canceled my subscription as soon as I got the email about prices going up, I held the sub while not using the service every week because it held enough value at the time… now with the increase in price the value dropped and I wanted to send the message the only way MS will feel it.

[@Vociferous]

It's great when a game is on gamepass to play, but it's just too expensive vs doing a little bit of research and buying a couple games a year.

[@ChristoffRevan]

I like to play multiple games a month, many others do too....in fact, most gamers are like that, we don't all just get one game and only play that one game every month like you.

[@mjc0961]

@@ChristoffRevan Okay, stay subscribed then 🤷‍♂ Nobody said you had to unsubscribe

[@MumboJumboZXC]

For me it’s significantly cheaper tbh

[@TabathaTMartin]

I wish it'd expire sooner, it sucks that games are soo expensive nowadays, and the only options are to pay for an equally expensive, or buy games a year or two after they release

[@mackncheese1683]

@@mjc0961 So you can make a big deal of unsubscribing but others can't make their opinions known? Get over yourself.

[@BaitPolice]

🚨 PSA to SOG's audience 🚨 Don't reply to whoever troll bots you see. Report them and move on. Also, do not cause any comment wars over trolls as they'll satisfy themselves with your negative reactions. - Bait Police

[@chuxety]

You’re part of the problem!

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@chuxety these bots are a necessary evil. Replying to troll bots will delay reporting

[@pawepajak7142]

@@TabathaTMartin I dont think this guy in particular is a bot his channel looks legit.

[@lilpenguin092]

​@@pawepajak7142it's all AI generated

[@4RILDIGITAL]

The gaming industry seems to be on a very slippery slope. The subscription model was once seen as a convenient solution for players and a profitable one for these global companies. But now they are making unexpected changes that might shift the balance in favour of these companies and less in the consumers.

[@YasaiDayo]

I grew up playing console for years but very recently switched to PC ever since I got out of the army and graduated from nursing school during 2021. I have to say, it's good being here and I didn't realize how restricting it was being on console lol

[@ChristoffRevan]

Eh, I have a PC too but I like console because you can just turn it on and play...with a PC you have to mess with graphics settings, and oftentimes you can't play modern games with the best settings even if you have a between medium and high end PC...either you make them look like they have potato graphics with good FPS, or look stunning but with low FPS; console just...WORKS, looking good and playing smooth right off the bat.

[@VEN0M415]

Sadly PC gaming is getting shady too, windows goes without saying, and newer games demanding in the TOS that they monitor our browsing interactions when the game is closed. Shaaaady AF so I bought a PS5 for those games so I can play em offline on a device that has far less info to take than my PC.

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@VEN0M415 Let's not even start with Steam and the Helldivers 2 situation

[@VEN0M415]

@@TabathaTMartin and 3rd party logins in general, told people we needed to push this movements inertia to other games with 3rd party logins.. They just kept hounding sony games.. With no 3rd party logins.. not even EA or XBOX etc games.. God the PC crowd can be hella dumb most of the time.

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@VEN0M415 I used to love PC gaming, but now it's just gotten ridiculous

[@YTKensei]

That pause and stare had me dying. 💀

[@remythezen5174]

Lol That date is craaaaazy. Wtf Xbox

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

For a moment I thought the video froze not gonna lie lmao.

[@Zetpherious]

Read an article the other day that poised the issue is essentially younger generations consider traditional consoles and gaming as old school and genuinely dont care and arent interested the way millenials and Gen Z are even. They basically focus on Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox where user generated content provides the bulk of entertainment and all their friends are there. Its causing a lot of issues across the industry

[@merkedgg6322]

All those show are free on pirate streaming websites 😂

[@Cam-jy7jh]

exactly lmao, i havent paid for tv or music in years

[@bonsai4658]

It’s funny how it’s cyclical. Tv at one point was a way to make it easier to consume content then we got thousands of channels. Here comes the internet we get streaming everything in a single platform till it isn’t… goes around full circle enshittification is real since forever

[@k24civic]

Movies joy ftw

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

Alas, yet again physical media remains supreme!

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO Also, what is this dude yapping about? Delusional schizo-ranting or poorly made bait. Call it.

[@jameslikesit]

Anyone who expected them to keep Game Pass the way it is was crazy lol. They were in the expansion phase like many other subscriptions services before them, shaking up the market and getting people in. Now it seems we are entering the enshitifcation phase as they probably seeing a slow down subscription numbers. It literally happens with every media service.

[@WhiteDieselShed]

Same with Prime, cancelled mine months ago. Starts off free next day delivery then they started same day for some items, they decide people ordering sub £5 items for same day delivery is not profitable. Then rarely next day and mostly 2 day, cancelled prime and the 3 orders I have made without prime have been faster than with prime. Restart prime for 99p and get free next day delivery, well the item was free 2 day delivery and it arrived next day anyway...

[@TabathaTMartin]

and worse they inspired their competitors to do the same thing. It's how Playstation Plus started, because it's essentially easy money to force people to pay to play online

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@TabathaTMartin I mean, XBox at least always had good games vs the usually cheap games sony threw at people - not to say generally the way better deal and it's no different here. I also expected the gamepass to get more expensive a while ago already (at least right after Sony pulled up their prices quite a while ago at this point), that they kept it that "cheap" despite being one of the better cloud gaming options on the market in addition to all the games offered is honestly rather a mystery than what was expectable, especially since they got quite a few games that support cross saves (as in: Being able to play on PC, while continuing your save on the go on a handheld via cloud (be it your phone or stuff like a retroid pocket) while at the same time offering you to continue it on an XBox if you got that one as well). So overall one can say that the gamepass at least offers functionality, whereas most other subscription services are more of a "we want a constant money flow as well" kind of cheap knock off.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

they just essentially copied the PlayStation tier system with core and standard and ultimate being comparable to essential,extra and premium tiers where all perks are all on the finale tier

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@Deadhead-kq4hr "just" - hate to tell you, but they've had that tier system ever since gamepass exists, the biggest change on that was renaming XBL Gold to Core and removing the monthly games to instead give a core library of games.

[@supergirlvideoclips894]

3:14 - Mutahar was getting ready to do his signature laugh if the date was September 11 instead of 12. 😂😂😂

[@sparki420]

Xbox Gamers in the future: "Remember 9/11? Nah 9/12 was actually world changing."

[@xhamster7326]

❤❤​@@sparki420

[@lightstar1053]

Raising prices for infinite digital products is wild. It's not even stress on their servers. Because you download the game and play it on the game's server or no server at all.

[@Unknown_Genius]

They gotta give money to the devs off of that (obviously), gotta pay the download servers and the cloud streaming servers (as well as feature implementation like "play anywhere" where you can continue the same save across PC, XBox and Cloud on supported games). Because yes, gamepass ultimate does in fact double as a cloud streaming service - not to say, they're one of the best providers out there for that on top, which is an extremely nice bonus on top for anyone that utilizes it.

[@XBluDiamondX]

I assume the cost of paying to have 3rd party titles available on Game Pass is what they need to stay ahead of.

[@True_Terror_Tales]

the problem is that the game pass is such a good deal it's literally killing microsoft's gaming division. who is ever going to pay 70 dollars for whatever microsoft game comes out when you could play it and everything else you want for a month for like fifteen bucks? so instead of making seventy bucks per person every first party release, they make fifteen bucks once a month. plus they pay these other indies and shit to get their games on the pass. the server doesn't play into it at all.

[@LeMicronaut]

​@@True_Terror_Tales technically, it's a way to get people to pay $70 a game anyways. Muta called it two games worth, yeah maybe if you're buying ultimate editions like mk1 (trash), but that's really 4 launch titles. When I grew up, my family maybe bought one or two new games a year, MAX. Microsoft is making off like a bandit since they've managed to now cut off the secondary market. Now it only takes 3 months of consuming slop you probably would have never tried before/ would be paying $15 a title at most to have now paid the same price for ONE launch title that you actually intended to play. The thing about subs like humble is if you cancel it cause you don't like a month's offerings, you can still play the games you bought already. In gamepass you can't so you're basically on the hook to pay every single month. Game pass has never been a good proposition and the early pricing was only to acclimate people and blind them to the purchasing powers they've lost.

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

Facts plus if you like the game enough you can just go buy it and support the company that made it. So in a way it’s a win win.

[@BillyAoki]

Bro casually packing heat in the background

[@TabathaTMartin]

Bro is sending a warning to Microsoft

[@manutdthug]

Mr gates watch out

[@Sileff]

Is it a cry for help??

[@fioree2532]

@@Sileffnah

[@Entername-j7q]

If you spend most of your time at your desk, what good does it do you to keep the pistol in a safe in a different room? It just becomes a liability at that point.

[@wonduhbroz]

After 15 years of being a die hard Xbox fan. I’m about ready to walk away. Nothing I want to play on my Xbox can’t be played somewhere else. Subscription prices increasing year after year, delays upon delays for AAA games that disappoint. Most games I play on my Xbox are atleast 5-10 years old. The only reason I still have and play Xbox is because my friends do. The same thing that won the 7th gen console war is all that keeps them alive today. I wish they’d go bankrupt so they couldn’t hurt us anymore.

[@EMPujols]

Something tells me they were planning to launch the update on 9/11 and someone on PR noticed it lol

[@jakobofcincy]

your probably right on that!

[@Bansheee4445]

I see that glock

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[@clarktubeyt]

He's gonna hold phil Spencer hostage 😂

[@Da1FooGuy]

Isn't he Canadian???

[@-KillaWatt-]

Muta lives in Canada and handguns are strictly prohibited outside of special circumstances. It's probably a pellet/bb gun.

[@Dyl-sn3yc]

@@-KillaWatt-You can get something called a RPAL which allows you to posses pistols and other firearms(most anyone can get this). Never were they prohibited like you’re saying… the sale and transfer of pistols right now is currently prohibited tho that should be get repealed.

[@Sonacnights]

That very concentrated stare at 3:11 had me cracking up

[@tacobell393]

I've had the basic PS Plus for about 10 years and consistently got the yearly re-up. This year is the first time I have not renewed. The services provided do not warrant the $80+/year price tag.

[@leopard_52]

I don't know what tier you're buying, but the only tiers worth having are like $20 or $30 and $60 a year.

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@leopard_52 60$/year doesn't even exist anymore.

[@sumguyonabike8776]

Litrely just canceled my ps plus subscription as well. played my ps5 once in last year, at this point in time it gets more use as a phone charger as it does a gaming cobsole 😂😂

[@DJ_Mooster]

​@@leopard_52Might be Canadian cause I think basic is 80 for us

[@tortoisewarrior4855]

Yeah I do think the base tier got worse when they added the second. The second tier is actually pretty good even better than game pass IMO but also recently got worse.

[@FirearmEnthusiast]

Your Glock 19 is staring at me sir.

[@reflex1749]

How? He’s Canadian. Thought they banned everything.

[@USERNAME1-x5u]

@@reflex1749 3D printed 9MM

[@USERNAME1-x5u]

@Silverblue-se6iy I think to assert dominance, he needs a fully equipped ar15 with a diamond skin on the same place instead

[@totallyreyalfactsfsfs]

​@@USERNAME1-x5u Nah, the AR is Charlie's thing.

[@USERNAME1-x5u]

@@totallyreyalfactsfsfs right

[@bradtyson]

Remember, the xbox series x is more expensive now, today, 12 Jul 2024 than it was on release. WHAT A JOKE😂😂

[@Austin-wz5xk]

It's because you can actually play PHYSICAL games on it, unlike the Series S and that stupid digital version of the new Series X.

[@frydaynightz]

Bruh it’s 4-500$ now when it released you could only get them from scalpers for 700+ do not chime in on shit if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@Austin-wz5xk]

@@frydaynightz Physical media has more value than digital ones. It's just facts, man.

[@danielainger]

@@frydaynightz that scalpers though of course it’s going to be more expensive. The actual price was 450 stop defending these companies and their greed.

[@Dharnthread]

And PS5 is even more expensive. 😂

[@mr.melancholy4973]

I haven't been with Xbox since the 360. And remember my parents buying the original Xbox. It's just depressing seeing how they've fumbled.

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[@TabathaTMartin]

and they have the audacity to implement these changes after a day after 9/11

[@techgeek123-em7uf]

not really its not like fumble and more like just them taking advantage of the current envoirment which caused by us buying into steaming services not so long ago .

[@residentevil2928]

They haven't though

[@atomicguitar1108]

So we just going to ignore the glock at his desk

[@XXXXX8]

Muta might be Platoon.

[@stradleybidley8893]

It's airsoft. He's Canadian. He talked about it a time or two. You can't outright buy handguns in Canada, haven't been able to for a couple years

[@josephcichowski5135]

why do you care

[@S4leaguer999]

Unless you can prove it's a real weapon, don't just say things. Lol. And like the other comment asked "who cares?"

[@iso_Bandit]

That's his MMO mouse, it's all good.

[@cdude00]

"why is there a gun on your desk?" "there is not" *places gun out of frame*

[@Mr.Heister]

3:10 that pause is scary

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[@Sarkane1256]

worse w the gun there

[@Homedbit]

@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWOwhat are you talking abouf

[@balsalmalberto8086]

meme worthy material

[@Sarkane1256]

@@balsalmalberto8086 would be a shame if someone…

[@Novsev9069]

It’s funny how the new cod will be only online so you can’t play it offline at all and then they raise the price for online

[@zaneheaston8254]

I know right, it's almost like cod is a scam

[@CyberSan7054]

Cory Doctrow spoke about enshittification. This is an example of it happening real-time. Not only are these companies removing features, they're also increasing prices. It will go to ridiculous extremes and people will simply say _I_ and go somewhere else.

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Quit my GamePass months ago when I realised I only really wanted to play Flight Sim. Largely given up on modern gaming, going back to my Steam backlog and gems from GOG I can own outright.

[@Neo_Rain146]

Same, once I burnt thru everything I wanted to play which were the gears and halo games I didn’t see any point in renewing as I don’t play COD. I will say Plague Tale Requiem was a game I played on GP that I was pleasantly surprised with. Probably not something I would’ve tried otherwise

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

@@Neo_Rain146 Yeh, GP was good for sampling random games. I realised most of the ones I liked were indie so would rather put money in their pockets than MS.

[@pecan_pie4602]

🏴‍☠🏴‍☠😀

[@terrorbilly1]

For someone who plays mostly old games and struggle to find time to do it, I see no point in paying subscription fee. Also, I'm no longer interested in multiplayer, rather focused on single player/campain so I can do it at my own pace. Whenever there is a game I like - I simply add it to my wish list and wait for a sale.

[@hododod246]

You don’t own those either

[@4bSix86f61]

You know muta gone mad when there is a glock on the table

[@mbarkmusic8904]

I don’t understand why Microsoft makes PC GamePass so much more valuable. They LITERALLY SELL Xbox Consoles, but at the same time encourage people to just buy gaming PC’s with this model.

[@luigimasion03]

Wait I thought Xbox wasnt allowed to increase gamepass, as part of the agreement with ftc, when purchasing activision blizzard

[@stawg007]

No, they said that buying ABK wasn't going to increase the price, or something along those lines Not that GP was never going to increase in price, it's a sub service and costs are going up for basically everything out there, this was inevitable with or without ABK

[@901Wes]

Well I know you didn’t believe them😂 . Look all these companies want big numbers line must go up. That means capturing a massive chunk of the market , then they raise prices and or add new features that no one wants in order to justify the higher price . Funny thing is , I can’t imagine raising prices in an economically stressed environment is really all that good for numbers ..

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

they said they wouldn't increase the price to the ftc with gamepass and lied like Sarah bond lied about preserving games they wouldn't be killing Xbox 360 storefront if they were preserving games or would bring back backwards compatibility program

[@madjoe8622]

Since when Phil stopped to lie?

[@yomamasohot6411]

They found a loophole. The cause cannot be ActiBlizz. They just have to show that they increased prices before completing the deal(which they did a few months ago) and this current increase is just in accordance with that trend("rising production cost" sure!)

[@angeloluna529]

3:11 indian person finding out his curry is not spicy enough and has to pay for it

[@Brandon-pi4hg]

Subscriptions, companies increasing prices due to (so called) inflation, and ads have driven me to pirate everything. Unapologetically of course

[@CheapCreep]

Imagine buying new shoes, and being told you can't walk in them unless you pay a monthly fee.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Imagine coming up with such a stupid metaphor and thinking it was clever

[@russellwestbrook462]

@@TheJohhnyEI hope you’re getting paid to shill this hard

[@russellwestbrook462]

@@TheJohhnyE don’t get so mad

[@GrayD_Fox]

@@TheJohhnyEit is, you acting like it’s not because it goes against your corporate overlord doesn’t mean it’s not.

[@channel45853]

It doesn't work like shoes. As shoes are a necessity, video games are not. How gamepads works would mean you could get multiple pairs of shoes that were chosen by the company or put on the service by the company and you can wear any of those pairs until the company takes those shoes off the store or until you return them and get another pair. You metaphor is flawed as it is very reductive. Plus, you don't have to pay for the pair of shoes, you pay a fee to use a wide variety of shoes for an allotted period of time.

[@dogfrog9543]

Cable TV didn't have commercials when it came out...now they are about 1/3 of the content

[@cheeppacees88888]

1/3rd?? They were atleast 2/3rds like 10 or so years ago

[@jakobofcincy]

@@cheeppacees88888 its about 1/2 or so as of march 2023

[@Entername-j7q]

DVRs used to automatically skip the commercials of programs you recorded. That went away pretty quick.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Yes, it did.. not sure where you got that outright lie from. 😂

[@jakobofcincy]

@@TheJohhnyE no it ain't a lie, my old one from circa 2008 did that.

[@Brimbino]

Honestly, I think this isn't "inflation." I think this is directly tied to the new call of duty release, which "coincidentally" comes out on October 25th. They bragged how black op is going to be day 1 game. Then turn around and up the price before it comes out. Edit - wrote this while watching video, before he touched on the call of duty issues.

[@jkatt100]

They’re taking that old school money making idea to heart. “If you had a mowing business with 10 customers a week at $10 per customer, you’ll get $100. But let’s say you wanna make more money but don’t have room. You can say you value your work at $20 per customer now and even if you loose half of your clients, you are still making the same but with less effort with the room to add more/ new customers in the future.” I wonder if these hikes are for that idea, increase to a degree that even those choosing to leave will be offset by those that stay.

[@djalil_YT]

I did a four months trial of PC game pass Ultimate. Played Flight Sim a few times and tried Forza 5 and hated it. All the games I had interest in, I already owned (Mostly Doom and Doom Eternal, really). I let the free trial lapse barely touching it. It’s not worth 12 bucks at all to me.

[@Neo_Rain146]

I got a Series S with GP last year just to play all the Gears and Halo games. Not a PC guy and my PS5 in my main gaming setup. Once I played everything I wanted I saw no point in renewing. When the next Gears or Doom comes out I’ll pick up another month or two but I don’t see the point in having it longer than that as I don’t even play COD

[@LeMicronaut]

​@@Neo_Rain146yeah, having to pay for basic pc features turned my time with halo 5 (which a friend had bought me an xbox one for) from what probably would've been 6 months to a single month cause of xbox gold. (Also didn't help there was no forge on launch)

[@LeMicronaut]

Oh. Yeah. That's evil. Locking games to a sub service and the game doesn't even fully launch and you're stuck waiting YEARS for promised or ultimately canceled features. Halo infinite (money glitch) indeed.

[@abeld94]

People forget they said on trial that buying Activision won’t affect workers and won’t affect prices.

[@azenyr]

I was a gamepass ultimate subscriber for years. Life is getting harder personally and I haven't had that much time to play games anyway, and now with the price hikes, I just cancelled it. I was thinking about switching full time to linux (Fedora KDE) for months and the gamepass was something I would miss. Guess that Microsoft solved that problem themselves. Now I don't have gamepass, and everything I play on steam already works on Linux. Goodbye Microsoft.

[@l-e-v-117]

Baby micwosoft gonna wose big time. I was in a similar position, Linux was the best decision i made for my little rig

[@GalaxyFur]

This is the second Game Pass price increase just this year alone. I'm waiting for Microsoft to announce that they will release all their titles on every platform at this point.

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

I wouldn’t hold your breath. Microsoft keeps making promises that they never for-fill.

[@1-800-nonya]

@@Abr4CaD4v3R Them becoming a 3rd party publisher would 100% pay for their subscription woes

[@LogicalError007]

They didn't increase the price this year except for this.

[@Khorvalar]

I recently bought XCOM 1and 2 with the expansions from the Steam summer sale for about $12 US, I'll probably play both of these game for hundreds of hours. PC gaming can be really cheap if you wait for sales. :D

[@bbones]

muta made this video as a warning to the opps with that thang on the desk 😂😂😂

[@TabathaTMartin]

FR, he bout to send a message to Microsoft 💀

[@jakeford12]

@@TabathaTMartinyea I think it’s more of a message to Xbox .

[@TabathaTMartin]

@@jakeford12 Microsoft owns Xbox though

[@jakeford12]

@@TabathaTMartin yea I know.

[@mbe102]

OMFG @3:21 it took me a second to realize what you were making that expression about... and ya... lol wow

[@JacaboBlanco]

11:26 their pricing and really the idea as a whole never made sense. You just perfectly stated why. Even if its profitable (i dont believe it), its not when you take into account the opportunity costs through all the lost game sales

[@dryer1901]

That’s the green one right

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[@NewsToAstonish]

I think so.

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[@bryanvela2276]

@UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO your so fucking epic

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

Who else doesn't want to pay a subscription for games you dont own that can be taken at any moment? 💯 (just get steam)

[@Unknown_Genius]

So... You may want to read some of the EULAs for some of the games you got then, as not owning anything isn't subscription related, it has been a growing problem on sold licenses for the past 15 years and is absolutely common nowadays.

[@Dragoneye2427]

You don't own anything on steam either bro. Evrey game requires the launcher to be installed at any moment.

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

@Dragoneye2427 Thats for 3rd party games mostly, that is what I think because I just play tf2 and cs

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

@@Dragoneye2427 *Every

[@Dragoneye2427]

@The_voices_are_getting_louder_ My auto correct is bugged since my last phone update. Sorry for the typos.

[@UncleSev]

The big gaming companies are hyper-focused on one thing... _Games as a Service_ . Aka, *subscriptions* and a shit ton of *microtransactions* . Selling a fully finished game that people can play once or whenever they want offline, is something they despise.

[@bi2428]

3:12 XD that look of wtf did it just see and read 🤣

[@yesimviolet]

I may be dumb can you explain why he did that

[@hatefulhealer9924]

​@@yesimviolet9/11

[@yesimviolet]

@@Hollow_Catz oh I didn't think about that

[@JcgLounge]

Maybe the gaming industry does need to crash. I’m sick of this. I don’t want games to be subscription services. That’s why I pushed so hard against live service BS. Look at what’s it’s doing to gaming. Take me back to a time when games could just be games. When there was no “always online” crap. When you didn’t need to connect your console to the internet.

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Agreed, much better back then, although i don't mind subscription services (i do), but they have to be more than worth it for me or they don't get my money.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Yeah! Take me back to the time of $60 games that were an average of 4 hours long, had game breaking bugs that never got fixed and MANY studios we pretend to care about failed and closed down on a literal monthly basis. 😂

[@JcgLounge]

@@TheJohhnyE Maybe you’re referring to the 2010s. I’m talking about the late 90s and 2000s dude. I’m talking about the era I grew up in. Where video games were much better back then.

[@russellwestbrook462]

@@TheJohhnyEall of what you said is currently still happening, but now we have 80 hour open world slog fests

[@russellwestbrook462]

@@TheJohhnyEMicrosoft themselves shut down tango game works and arkane Austin just a few months ago

[@logicallydashing]

These price increases aren’t confusing when you realize Microsoft is a corporation, and all corporations only care about ever-increasing profits. That comes from both raising product/service prices AND the mass layoffs to keep payroll slim and stagnant.

[@JoesufGaming]

dude that edit as 3:30 felt so jarring, such a rare muta edit

[@TheDelta0214]

That moment when Muta in the video had to stop and look at the end date in September killed me XD

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

Bruh same. I hope it’s not to high tho. Like I already have enough bills to pay as it is. Fuck my life. I blame sleepy joe.

[@bocogaming]

I'm done. Canceled my Core membership yesterday. Stop paying these people.

[@TimDespairBear11]

I’ve been saying this for years but subscription services do NOT work for games. A lot of games are long and can take me multiple months to finish. What’s the point of paying monthly when I only finish a few games a year?

[@jameslamb7197]

Microsoft deserves the hate on this, but Sony released their tiers for PS+ months ago and I don't remember any outrage about that - or did I miss it?

[@jerricaleonard2123]

Because Sony's version was always like that, while Microsoft's version was likely different and only now did they decide to copycat the tier thing Sony is doing.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

they just copied Sony's tier system honestly now Sony did add a few things to premium like film core and PS5 cloud 4k60fps streaming on PS5 games your just getting okay cloud streaming and day 1 with gamepass ultimate since xcloud is still in beta

[@AA-sw5pb]

Ps didn't take away or move features to a new tier. Basic ps plus sub still and has always given the 2 free games a momth. They simply added new tiers with more benefits like a large catalog of games for tier 2 and streaming classic ps2 and 3 games for tier 3, unlike Xbox.

[@FurBurger151]

Difference is the games you get for free on PS you keep even if you cancel your sub.

[@hellomitchell]

mutahar literally has a video complaining about sony doing the exact same thing, look it up.

[@Smoko_]

Pc is looking better every day

[@b3to653]

no pc is so shit... literally infested with hackers for ALL online games 😂😂

[@ArtificialDreamsAD]

@@b3to653yea consoles have no hackers…

[@AreJay5721]

I've been a PC user for at least 5 years now, and i'd like to say across every single game i've played i've encountered not a single hacker, and I play games a lot. You'll enjoy the freedom do steam sales, key websites such as Cdkeys that lets you but games at substantial price cuts, subscriptions (such as xbox game pass, previously 10$ a month compared to 17$ a month) are way cheaper than console. Adding onto that the absence of online play. Unless you're buying a super high end gaming PC you'll ultimately be spending less money owning a PC than a console. Accessories are less expensive to replace, most games are less expensive. My PC costs around 1k and it it outperformed any gaming device like it was nothing providing a high quality and high FPS gaming experience, my specs are a 6700XT and a Ryzen 5 5600x. If you can afford a PC thats decent i'd highly recommend it, but there is nothing wrong with staying on console. They're all still games at the end of the day.

[@dxtremecaliber]

PC are always better unless if the game you want to play have a trash PC be version thats why having a console specifically PS5 is still handy good ports plus actual physical games and 2 yrs earlier exclusives

[@shugg1658]

@@AreJay5721that don’t mean hackers don’t exist just bc you haven’t ran into any don’t try to look over that buddy lol

[@REXae86]

Xbox really doing the “Fall off” before J Cole.

[@realqg23]

Cole fell off after that wack ass diss track and then Grippy 😢

[@REXae86]

@@realqg23 its.. it’s… mmm gripppy 😭

[@justjakenstuff]

@@REXae86 as a j cole fan u got no idea how sad i was hearing that song lmao

[@SamaelMoneyStein]

Who is j Cole ?

[@REXae86]

@@justjakenstuff I thought it was an A.I track for the longest 😂

[@TerryXcel]

Muta just be packing heat in the most random videos.

[@Therioumlocation]

Chill he just wanted to show it off

[@MrMusic6336]

Since this is my only subscription, I really don't care. I can easily afford $20 and still will buy it. I don't watch TV other than the morning news and I don't watch any streaming services. $70 + Gold to play online vs $20 a month for day one playing with online built in is still a good deal especially since I play multiple different single player games on Ultimate. I still save money per year vs buying them individually.

[@GuyJustChillin]

Agreed 100% I’m already on Ultimate and $3 extra ain’t going to kill me… (trust me I pay for Starbucks like the Elitist that I am on a daily) day one always have been and always will the seal the deal for me. And also cords save for pc, discounts, cross buy, Ect ect. It just seams with it to me

[@Plexdet]

why would I pay monthly for games when I have a steam backlog 200 games deep?

[@Matt-Brannan]

well you bought 200 games youve never played, you seem like the ideal customer, why not subscribe for games youll never play

[@Reptain253]

​@@Matt-Brannancuz he just might like to buy games and just play them, whenever they want, w/o having to pay monthly?

[@LeMicronaut]

​@@Matt-Brannanbased. Although hoarding games on sale that you PROBABLY will own a license to for the next 2 decades is different than losing the entire library the moment you stop paying subs. The hoarding is inflation proof. Multiplayer gaming is the biggest xause of the backlog imo, but even if you're busy working a job, you can always leave the account to your kid.

[@timonenluca4live]

To be fair , how many off those you actually do play? Prob like 5 and daily scrolling over a library off games you will never bother playing. You own them in that sense , but look at all the money you wasted instead off just buying into a monthly sub to play and see what games you do like before buying them with a discount given by the subscription service.

[@TheJohhnyE]

So.. you waste tons of money on games you will never play in order to pretend that it's better than paying for a subscription for games you may or may not play?.. cute. 😂

[@SteelShruggs]

I love how we full circled cable. Someone make a spread sheet of every subscription for TV and basic cable that provides all that and see which costs more 🤔

[@canonbeckett]

Something you gotta consider at least for now is the fewer commercials that are interrupting your shows or movies. I’d rather pay $80 a month for subscription services and no commercials than $80 a month for cable with tons of commercials. We see now that benefit of lack of commercials won’t last for much longer, but it’s worth considering for now.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Cable. Cable still costs a lot more. You guys that keep making this false claim have never actually had cable.

[@SteelShruggs]

@@TheJohhnyE I'm 30 years old my dude I grew up on cable lol

[@zipvii]

crazy how insane things have gotten with AAA(A) games nowadays, and the companies behind them in general. such large budgets and they underdeliver while still hiking the prices. at least there's still indie games we can rely on

[@plu_Tony_um]

Expect it to continue to rise......corporations love to milk customers with subscription services...its a guaranteed cash cow....I don't have Game Pass or PS Plus and don't feel like i am missing out on anything....I've got a huge backlog so I am good for several years

[@jsc315]

This isn't that. Streaming has been proven by many billion dollar companies that it isn't sustainable by any means the way they are now. To say otherwise if just ignorant what streaming services are.

[@plu_Tony_um]

@@jsc315I said nothing about streaming…..to conjoin streaming with subscription shows ignorance of the meaning of the two terms

[@Neo_Rain146]

Best thing to do is dip in and dip out when you see something you want to play on GP. Paying $20 for a month of GP to play the next Gears or Doom isn’t unreasonable. My issue is having it months on end as I’m not someone who plays COD.

[@machomanalexyt5736]

Capitalism itself is unsustainable. It operates off of the idea of infinite economic growth. That isn't possible. Investors will only invest if they think the company will grow. What happens when your company is on top and at its peak? The crash.

[@Half_Bl00d_H3R0]

Games should be free cause they’re a waste of resources anyways

[@HeyItsTheWykydtron]

I remember buying a PS4 and then getting confused because I can't go Online on Bloodborne.. then it says I have to pay a subscription to play online and as someone who played on PC for years, I just laughed really hard because I thought no one is stupid enough to pay for a subscription just to play online.. and fast forward a decade later everything including your grandma needs a subscription

[@monabear7287]

Grandma.exe has stopped working. Please call customer support at the extra cost of $79.99.

[@xxsickmo7lonzxx524]

As someone being with ultimate gamepass for along time, I think it's time for me to step down when this comes

[@ran_red]

Gamepass is terrible for the industry, I can't believe people are supporting this shit regardless of price. If you like games just buy games. All these subscription services do is help push the industry further in the wrong direction.

[@GrayD_Fox]

GP should just be seen as a demo service.

[@ran_red]

@@GrayD_Fox I agree but it's difficult for some people to see it that way when they treat games as completely disposable. Gaming has become an endless stream of "backlog".

[@christophermiller769]

it’s a good deal for casual gamers who only buy a handful of games a year. it allows them to try new games/genres when they wouldn’t have ever considered them in the past. it’s not good for the landscape of gaming, but it’s good for casual gamers

[@lilpenguin092]

​@@christophermiller769 who let you passed the gate?

[@Lockieez]

I own a house & car. I don't care about owning games, TV shows, movies, so streaming services work for me.

[@amanverma1761]

3:10 damn dude, i am high on acid and seeing muta making that face almost scared me.

[@rawdirt2022]

What a waste of a trip watching this lol. Listen to some good music!

[@nervecentury1224]

I completely agree, although with someone like me who has an awful/poor runningPCc,Game Passs and cloud gaminghaves been good to me. Since I'm not exactly "Running" games through my GPU/CPU (since I have integrated graphics) its been allowing me to play big title games that require NASA PCs to run. That being said, I'm more than willing to pay that 240 annually to play those games.

[@lightstar1053]

Step 1: Use the most used pc OS that you own to promote your gaming library Step 2: buy out game publishers to feed your game library Now you have a netflix gaming monopoly and can raise prices for infinite products Not a lot of steps when you already had the resources and billions of dollars to make it happen

[@LeMicronaut]

Yeah, Gamepass has unequivocally solved the second hand market "issue" they were yapping about for decades.

[@Akrymir]

The raise in sub cost has to do with the lack of GP growth. They need 3-4x the number of subs they have by the end of the generation and the only increase in subs they got since January 2022 was when they converted gold members to GP Core members.

[@jsc315]

As Netflix and Hollywood had already proven streaming isn't sustainable

[@Akrymir]

@@jsc315 Long term GP is very unsustainable, but it's faltering way before it even hits the wall. As membership numbers eventually peak the only way to continue growth is to increase sub prices and reduce overhead (investment into 1st party development). Eventually you hit a point where you can't charge customers more or spend any less on development. By that time the only growth is by inflation and increases in population... which isn't nearly enough to satisfy shareholders.

[@residentevil2928]

That's not true at all my guy

[@TheJohhnyE]

Sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about. Just repeating what you saw a high school drop out say on twitter, while pretending to know anything about business. 😂

[@Akrymir]

@@TheJohhnyE What part? The 3-4x number is estimated several years ago but recently confirmed by the MS docs leaks. The lack of sub growth, also confirmed by the docs leak. The raise in sub cost? That's just obvious based on the known facts.

[@basicallybacon2593]

A game being day one on gamepass usually means their death. As this cuts into their revenue, meaning not everyone is purchasing their game and I do believe that is why many xbox studios were shut down.

[@EarlHare]

The discounts aren't a bad idea imo, they just don't cut deep enough. using gamepass to play new games is great, and if by the time a game is leaving the service and you are still playing it and enjoying it then the discount is there. At that point most players would be happy to shell out a couple extra bucks knowing that it would better support the devs.

[@timothycurrier6029]

So, they added a lesser pass that's cheaper than what we have but won't include day one titles, down 2 dollars from $17 to $15. Then they boosted the price of the subscription that does have day one titles. Then, here in America, a 3 dollar increase to The Game Pass Ultimate that includes new releases, from $17 to $20. I'm not fretting the price hike too much, but I do think it's lame to bundle all "Day One" releases together like that, because this price hike is obviously because of Call of Duty releasing - a game I have no interest in. Now I have to pay more to get Day One games like Persona 3. I wonder what the schedule for retiring games from the "Day One" list will look like? If downgrading my sub gets me those games like 6 months later, then it's not a bad deal for me to pay less if I can still experience the same games patiently. I've never been a "Grab it Day One" kind of gamer, with few exceptions.

[@6321magic]

Quick correction. Gamepass ultimate was $14.99 plus taxes would make it charge around $16/$17. They actually made it a $5 increase cause that $19.99 is still without the tax which will probly make it $22/$24 with tax.

[@timothycurrier6029]

@@6321magic As a current subscriber here in the USA, the current subscription price of Game Pass Ultimate is $16.99, which is the $17 I'm referencing, before taxes. I believe Game Pass started at $14.99, but there was a price hike a while back and anyone that didn't initially load up years of Game Pass Ultimate at $14.99 has been paying $16.99 for a while. Just trying to be clear, these numbers are all before taxes. Edit: It's worth noting that I got a message today stating that even my auto-redeeming Microsoft reward for game pass is changing, so it seems like redeeming points for Game Pass Ultimate is going to get more difficult too. They literally discontinued my auto-redeeming reward selection today.

[@Red-hm8cd]

Just don't get the day one subscription, it's not that deep. The vast majority of new releases are unfinished so you're not missing out on anything good by waiting a couple weeks

[@morell1-5]

The internet is getting more cheap, because bandwith speeds can only go up.

[@zoogoo404]

If buying isn't ownership; piracy isn't a crime.