I have an Xbox X and a PS5, I use the PS5, not the Xbox. I think I missed the boat in trying to sell it. Its sitting there not doing anything at this point
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Xbox Series X (coming 10 Nov 2020)
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I wonder whether Ubisoft and ea play are a factor. As in do they renegotiate the wholesale price with ms very year or is there a 2-4% annual price hike baked into the agreement.
Same here.
I had kept GP Ultimate as I've recently built a new gaming PC, but $30/months can get me a lot of games a year. Heck, I just spent that on Humble and got all the Alan Wake and Control stuff for PC for a little over $30.
Gamepass can be a false economy depending on what games are currently live and whether you enjoy them. A bit like Amazon Prime. Lots of shows and movies but maybe only 10% that you actually want to watch.
Sales on xbox, ubisoft, ea and steam stores are so frequent that you can for $15-20 buy games that you actually want to own and play instead of subbing to gamepass ultimate indefinately.
I will still subscribe to gamepass when Forza 6 is released, but probably only for a month to play the game until I get bored.
Big development!
www.theverge.com
Microsoft is about to launch free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads
The free streaming is being tested internally at Microsoft
www.theverge.com
Looks to be a free version like Geforce Now, so while Microsoft has penchant of putting ads into the OS, and other applications, its not doing anything different then offering a free tier just like nvidia.
Given the bad news its receiving with the price hike they're probably waiting until that brouhaha calms down, as this will most definitely be received negatively as well.
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I think they are following Netflix playbook. Make the premium tier more expensive and use it to edge consumers towards an ad supported tier.
Depending on how much a user gamer. You could generate $3-5 per month in ad revenue from them. Over a couple of years, this ads up.
Yeah, The price hike, plus what I was currently playing (Silksong) pretty much sealed the deal. I can wait until I get my gaming PC's motherboard replaced, then I'll just buy Silksong.
I've tried so hard to get into both ..
I've owned and sold the XBX and PS5, both, twice now.
Finally, I admitted to myself, that I'm just not a console gamer anymore.
I would always end up with some irritation or edge case that I'd want to solve for by just using a PC instead. For me, often, it ended up being related to wanting to customize an input or get an add on of some kind (for MSFS for instance).
I really wish Sony would bring GT7 to PC.
It's the one thing I still miss, but not enough to have a PS5 just for that.
I am still likely to buy a windows based Xbox handheld as long as it has native support for steam os. However I will wait 1 year for the category to further mature.
Rumour mill. This one is spreading like wild fire on twitter. Too big for Xbox to not either confirm or deny in the next 7 days. They announced a collaboration with AMD 1-2 months ago. However when it comes to the fortune 100 businesses, they can invest billions into an acquisition or project, only to write it off or cancel within a year or even months.
