Xbox Series S/X: Thread 04

[nonny]

I've got a feeling Ubisoft are testing the waters with R6 Extraction and the game pass numbers will dictate the pricing and overall model of Ubi+ on Xbox.

[Neon Ignition]

Yep, I assume EA Play already failed that bench test hence the closer to tie to GP. Ubisoft is definitely wasting their time if they try to stand alone with a seperate sub.

[hudson]

Man these subscriptions be building up! My payday comes and aaAHWHumPH!

[Neon Ignition]

My Game Pass Ultimate latest monthly pass expired last night and I have a second code to use by June. Flicking through the things that I would look at playing with it I decided to hold off. Game Pass is definitely a service where I feel the AAA's are the lynch pin. There's a lot on there but it's vastly titles that I'd play because I have Game Pass, not ones I'd get Game Pass to play. Assuming Stalker 2 makes its April release that seems like the next likeliest use then which is a slight shame as I did a very short bit of The Gunk and also returned to Back 4 Blood for a few levels last night and enjoyed both, they'll end up benched now. Tried Sable too but it didn't impress.

[Lebowski]

My Game Pass Ultimate latest monthly pass expired last night and I have a second code to use by June. Flicking through the things that I would look at playing with it I decided to hold off. Game Pass is definitely a service where I feel the AAA's are the lynch pin. There's a lot on there but it's vastly titles that I'd play because I have Game Pass, not ones I'd get Game Pass to play. Assuming Stalker 2 makes its April release that seems like the next likeliest use then which is a slight shame as I did a very short bit of The Gunk and also returned to Back 4 Blood for a few levels last night and enjoyed both, they'll end up benched now. Tried Sable too but it didn't impress.

I'd disagree with this whole post massively, things like Hades, the Gunk, and Sable would have cost me the price of 2 years worth of game-pass if id got them separately as their all £20+ games that's not even factoring in things like Halo Inf or Forza 5 the value comes from the vast libary and not just the AAA stuff .

[Tobal]

I'd disagree with this whole post massively, things like Hades, the Gunk, and Sable would have cost me the price of 2 years worth of game-pass if id got them separately as their all £20+ games that's not even factoring in things like Halo Inf or Forza 5 the value comes from the vast libary and not just the AAA stuff .

agreed, would never found out about Aragami2, Ascent (also both fun in co-op) and recently Gunk and Lodoss War, and stuff i wouldn't have spent money on like mortal shell, Pedro, rare collection and tetris effect.

[Neon Ignition]

That's assuming multiple things though as well like focusing on buying via digitals inflated costs and what access the user has to titles they're interested in. Gunk seems good but I'm not going to pay £20 for it just as much as I'm not going to pay monthly for GP access to it. Much better suited to wait till a major title comes out and persistently access and go through the key games of interest for free consistently. Gotta bear in mind that by the time Stalker 2 releases I'll be up to something like having four or more free months of GP Ultimate in the bank so yep, nothing there that justifies the expense of paying for the intervening months given the options MS has laid out on the table

[nonny]

I just finished The Gunk and I think it's a pretty decent little indie title. Sable though, I just found that boring in the extreme.

If this was the 360 era there's every chance these sorts of games would have a short demo to sample before deciding to purchase the game full price. Sable in fact did get a beta demo but it's rare these days.

Though I'll agree the bigger first and third party titles are still the tentpole reasons to keep signed up I am really finding the variety of game pass is what makes it. This is even more important given the many ways to now access it (console, pc, cloud, mobile) as some games work better than others when you're e.g. playing on your phone using a controller.

I think there's enough big titles hitting the service that it almost stands as great value for those alone, but it's the smaller games I find myself trying more and more because there's zero risk in doing so. In fact I've actually bought several smaller games because I could play them on game pass...
lonely mountain downhill, slay the spire, hades etc... I've bought these on Switch and Xbox in some cases.

I also think the biggest factor going forwards it's first party titles aren't being removed. Since the launch of the Series X you've now got Flight Sim, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Psychonauts 2, Gears Tactics etc... it's only growing with each release and I don't see them sunsetting any as yet.

[Neon Ignition]

I wish I had access to some decent quality wi-fi at work, it'd be quite good to continue playing via phone.

[nonny]

I wish I had access to some decent quality wi-fi at work, it'd be quite good to continue playing via phone.

I use a GameSir X2 controller (switch style) with some extra thumbstick grips along with my phone which is a 5G Poco F3. That makes for a semi-decent experience if you can get a good connection. I use the same setup for PS5 remote play and that is excellent as well.

[Neon Ignition]

We get nada access at work, hopefully will finally be chmaging job later in the year and work somewhere I can get a signal ... now mulling using the other code to finish Back 4 Blood

[wakka]

The cost of GP is so slight with the £1 deal though. It’s what, £130 for 3 years? Less than £4 a month. I get that free is better but once I have an Xbox I’ll absolutely be filling my boots with three years worth personally. The value is bonkers, even if you don’t use it all that much.

[Neon Ignition]

I ended up using the code and had no idea the recurring billing gives you an extra free month even if you then deactivate it. I'm sticking with free

[wakka]

I genuinely think you get more fun out of gaming the MS Rewards system than playing the actual games

[Neon Ignition]

It's become something of an obsession I'll never get the tally nonny seems to have reached to discount the SX though