https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-pass-has-just-delivered-a-goty-gotg-level-game-on-day-one-with-no-strings-attached-it-is-the-best-value-in-gaming.149425/The Outer Worlds is basically the kind of RPG I had given up hope of ever happening again, happening again, done to perfection. This is the kind of game I would willingly drop $60 on, multiple times, the kind of game I will lose hundreds of hours of my life to over the next few years. It’s a game of the generation contender, basically. And I got to play it on day one, without having to purchase it, legally.
Game Pass has had multiple GoTG caliber games in its catalog, of course, there’s Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter World, Hellblade, Ori, Life is Strange, Hitman, and so on. But unless you like MS games, you’ve had to wait for those games to hit Game Pass, which has at least been a few months after launch, if not more.
But this game, this marvellous and wonderful masterpiece, is available, day one. No strings attached.
I know a lot of people on Era like to argue against Game Pass on the basis of “devaluation of games” or “how will MS make money” or some other bullshit, but I am neither an industry analyst nor a stockholder and those things mean nothing to me. As a customer, I just got delivered an incredible, GOTG-level game, without having to drop $60 on it, on day one.
That’s value. Game Pass is king, and is enough for me, who has always prioritized PlayStation as my primary console, leaving other stuff just for exclusives, to want to prioritize Xbox next generation.
Then I say, you aren't allowed to bitch later, when those kind of games aren't made anymore, sorry sunshine, you don't get both.
The shit is going to hit the fan when the reality of these kinds of games development costs, catch up with the economics of everyone only paying $10s a month divided over 10,000 games. Indie/Single player games either wont get made, or have to be heavily subsidized by whatever walled garden gatekeeper they are currently a slave for, or be riddled with MTX, Stamina Potions, Battle Pass bullshit to make back its cost. Can't wait for Stardew Valley 2 to come out monetized like the next Farmville! And if you think it won't happen, Plants vs Zombies 1 -> Plants Vs Zombies 2.
I see this immediate sub based future kind of like the best of both words, you're getting games that were made with the old way of getting money in mind (Gears 5, Outer Worlds, etc) delivered on the loss leading, less revenue sub method, so its like too good to be true (hint: it is). So I guess just enjoy while it lasts. Ever wondered what a single player game would look like bloated up huge in order to bring in more revenue based on a payment for time played revenue system? Don't worry, you wont have to wonder much longer!
