Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17448834

Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less

“Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month ‘Ultimate’ tier.”

    • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I am so tired of streaming and Everything-as-a-Service.

      I miss Blockbuster and the 90s/early 00s. Granted I’m looking at it from a nostalgic perspective as I was a kid/teen, but it sure was nice and didn’t feel predatory. Maybe there wouldn’t have been rate hikes if it was Blockbuster vs Red Box, but in this era? Yeah Blockbuster would have enshittified.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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        2 months ago

        Did you never have cable TV? We paid $100+/mo for 150 channels of hot garbage. You had to watch whatever was on TV at the time, usually just jumping into the middle of it. And every channel was absolutely riddled with ads every 7 minutes or so.