I should have clarified that this approach is specific to Phil Spencer, which means it has only been in effect since 2017. Most of your examples were closed down well before he took over from Don Mattrick, and even the most recent was still in 2016, a year before he took over.  Every single one of those closures came…

You mean the guy who is in the top 1% OF THE TOP 1% may have “earned” that money through less than scrupulous means!?!

Really hope this guy gets the brunt of ole “fuck around and find out”. Glad I’m too poor to put money in stuff, seems folks that trusted this numb nuts got took for a ride. 

Microsoft are leagues better than ABK leadership. You can keep your bridge, you’ll need it to cross back over to reality.

Those are all older studios, not reflective of the way recent acquisitions have worked.

They can go fuck themselves... At this point I’m hoping that Microsoft will clean house in the higher up, dissolve Activition/Blizzard completely and just absorb the developers into the various Microsoft team/studios.

This is so disgusting, I don’t want to touch any of their product anymore.

You know who else liked to hang out with prostitutes?  Jesus.  Why do you hate Jesus?

But no one is asking Ted Cruz why he’s hanging out with prostitutes? That shit is illegal, and he’s an accessory. In Colorado, it’s illegal to sell sex, and also illegal to buy it, so Cruz was present at 2 sex crimes. Someone really should ask about this.

Kojima should be like …

Some people need a reminder that game developers are companies, not your friends. They exist to wring money out of you and if they can get even more by forcing you to buy new hardware, all the better.

Bummed out is getting ice cream after dinner because you got a parking ticket. Starting a petition to cancel a project that has nothing to do with you is deranged.

Man elements in fandom are just pathetic. When people say this fandom is toxic or that fandom is toxic they miss the point. All fandom is toxic, these sad people with their sad parasocial relationship where they’ve invested so much of their identity into the product a person who doesn’t know then and doesn’t care…

Yeah this article seems focused on AAA games but where Gamepass really shines is it’s huge selection of Indy games. With some real great ones on the list.

ooh, you just reminded me that one of my new favorite games of all time was discovered on gamepass.

Bomber Crew was so good that when it left game pass, I bought it. Then I bought it for Steam. Then I bought it for Switch haha.

None of that would have happened without GamePass.

This is the right take. I’ve tried games I would have never picked up or bothered with just because I have that luxury. Really broadened my horizons. 

For the reason Game Pass is good, see *asterisked items below, games I had zero interest in but played anyway:

It’s like people who complain there’s nothing on Netflix because nothing in the new releases catches their eye.

This is in response to the AAA drought more than anything. There are still lots of games being added to the service, but if all you’re there for is AAA first party titles, yes this is going to seem like a not great deal right now. 

Eh, I think it’s a little dramatic calling this the drought. This time of year was pretty crappy on Gamepass last year too. There’s still a large library for people to pick through (just look at the slideshow from last month that’s linked in the article). If you’ve managed to make it through them all, either your job…

Anyone who isn’t finding value in the gamepass is bonkers-crazy-pants or has already spent their money on every game to come out each month. As someone on a tight budget, there is at least one game announced each month that pays for the whole subscription. I can understand un-subbing because you just don’t have the…