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They was going to get you as a customer one way or the other lol.

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" Contrary to expectations, Bond says, monthly plans get customers to spend more. A Game Pass subscription leads to about 20% more playing time. Users sample a wider variety of genres, and they generate 20% more in sales, both on titles not included in the plan and on extras such as downloadable content. Game Pass helped increase revenue for Xbox content and services by 65% in the most recent quarter. “People make this assumption that if you have a subscription, you stop buying games,” Bond says, but the opposite is true. "

" This fall it’s tripling the number of countries where it sells what it calls All Access, which gives customers a new console and a Game Pass subscription for a monthly fee that’s currently $20 to $25, similar to cellphone contracts that periodically give you a new handset. The company says deals with Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. will help boost sales of All Access. "
 



" Contrary to expectations, Bond says, monthly plans get customers to spend more. A Game Pass subscription leads to about 20% more playing time. Users sample a wider variety of genres, and they generate 20% more in sales, both on titles not included in the plan and on extras such as downloadable content. Game Pass helped increase revenue for Xbox content and services by 65% in the most recent quarter. “People make this assumption that if you have a subscription, you stop buying games,” Bond says, but the opposite is true. "

" This fall it’s tripling the number of countries where it sells what it calls All Access, which gives customers a new console and a Game Pass subscription for a monthly fee that’s currently $20 to $25, similar to cellphone contracts that periodically give you a new handset. The company says deals with Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. will help boost sales of All Access. "


it’s made me spend more on games I thought were still on there lol

they should make a feature that removes the game or maybe some kind of symbol atop its art saying it’s gone or not yours instead of having to click, then load and then get a prompt saying “do you own this”
 
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I just finished the first chapter of Tell Me Why. Basically, if you like Life is Strange 1, you will like this.

It starts off slow, but there are alot of revelations about the twins and what they remember. And just like LIS 1 there are some really interesting plot twists already.

They added a little bit of horror near the end as well.

8/10 for this Episode. Dontnod did a good job!

Edit: And it looks good too. The character models and environments are a nice step up from LIS2.
 
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Someone needs to tell Microsoft they're supposed to have no games. Literally in the past two weeks, they've released two games (on Gamepass, no less) that were a 92 and 86 metacritic when I just checked. Granted, one's on PC until they get a series X version done (Flight Simulator) and the other is multiplat because of a pre-existing commitment (Wasteland 3), but MS is putting out some quality stuff right now. Makes it more frustrating that 343 seems to be out of sorts, though.
 
Someone needs to tell Microsoft they're supposed to have no games. Literally in the past two weeks, they've released two games (on Gamepass, no less) that were a 92 and 86 metacritic when I just checked. Granted, one's on PC until they get a series X version done (Flight Simulator) and the other is multiplat because of a pre-existing commitment (Wasteland 3), but MS is putting out some quality stuff right now. Makes it more frustrating that 343 seems to be out of sorts, though.
I wonder if they lawfully could've f***ed Sony with The Outer Worlds if they wanted to? They have enough money to do goodwill here though and maybe they got a piece of the money?
 
Gamepass is hitting hard right now for me. While Battletoads was a nice time waster, Wasteland 3 and Crusader Kings 3 are going to own a bunch of my time.
 
Gamepass is hitting hard right now for me. While Battletoads was a nice time waster, Wasteland 3 and Crusader Kings 3 are going to own a bunch of my time.

Yeah, I just finished observation, and was playing undermine. Will be starting wasteland next time I can though. Still haven't started battletoads and still need to get back to no man's sky at some point.
 
Someone needs to tell Microsoft they're supposed to have no games. Literally in the past two weeks, they've released two games (on Gamepass, no less) that were a 92 and 86 metacritic when I just checked. Granted, one's on PC until they get a series X version done (Flight Simulator) and the other is multiplat because of a pre-existing commitment (Wasteland 3), but MS is putting out some quality stuff right now. Makes it more frustrating that 343 seems to be out of sorts, though.
86 isn't that good. If it doesn't get atleast 99 then it doesn't count.
 
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Crusader Kings III (PC) ID@Xbox – Available today!
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 (Console) ID@Xbox – September 3
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (Console & PC) – September 3
Tell Me Why: Chapter Two (Console & PC) – September 3
Touhou Luna Nights (Console & PC) ID@Xbox – September 3
World War Z (PC) – September 3
Star Renegades (PC) ID@Xbox – September 8
Disgaea 4 Complete+ (PC) – September 10
Hotshot Racing (Console) ID@Xbox – September 10
Tell Me Why: Chapter Three (Console & PC) – September 10
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep & Forsaken (Console) – Coming Soon

Leaving Soon :

Leaving September 1
  • NBA 2K20 (Console)
Leaving September 7
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 (Console)
Leaving September 15
  • Gonner: Blueberry Edition (Console & PC)
  • Jump Force (Console)
 

Crusader Kings III (PC) ID@Xbox – Available today!
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 (Console) ID@Xbox – September 3
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (Console & PC) – September 3
Tell Me Why: Chapter Two (Console & PC) – September 3
Touhou Luna Nights (Console & PC) ID@Xbox – September 3
World War Z (PC) – September 3
Star Renegades (PC) ID@Xbox – September 8
Disgaea 4 Complete+ (PC) – September 10
Hotshot Racing (Console) ID@Xbox – September 10
Tell Me Why: Chapter Three (Console & PC) – September 10
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep & Forsaken (Console) – Coming Soon

Leaving Soon :

Leaving September 1
  • NBA 2K20 (Console)
Leaving September 7
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 (Console)
Leaving September 15
  • Gonner: Blueberry Edition (Console & PC)
  • Jump Force (Console)
Why are these still different per platform. MS needs to uniform this service.
 
Why are these still different per platform. MS needs to uniform this service.

publisher, maybe? Sometimes the pc and console version has different publishers or they may have different stipulations on how they want to deal and treat each platform, unless it’s an indie which may give them more flex
 


Disgaea 4 Complete+ (PC) – September 10

Mmhh..I really would've liked to play Disgaea on Xbox.
 
Having games just come to PC is really annoying.

I rarely get to actually play on my X1X now, though - hell, my teenager gets more X1X time than I do and he only comes out when my wife, the 9 year old and I go out to eat - so games coming to the PC version means I get to play them at least on weekends and the occasional evening when we're planning on catching up on game 5 of the Avs-Stars but I already know the final score and the Xfinity recording can't adjust for the fact that the damn Bruins-Lightning went to two OT so we missed the first period. (That made sense when I typed it, but some 12-year-aged Scotch is asserting itself on my functionality so I can barely see straight, let alone think straight so if I'm less sensical than our boy Shawn Jelsic at least I'm enjoying the f*** out of it).
 
I rarely get to actually play on my X1X now, though - hell, my teenager gets more X1X time than I do and he only comes out when my wife, the 9 year old and I go out to eat - so games coming to the PC version means I get to play them at least on weekends and the occasional evening when we're planning on catching up on game 5 of the Avs-Stars but I already know the final score and the Xfinity recording can't adjust for the fact that the damn Bruins-Lightning went to two OT so we missed the first period. (That made sense when I typed it, but some 12-year-aged Scotch is asserting itself on my functionality so I can barely see straight, let alone think straight so if I'm less sensical than our boy Shawn Jelsic at least I'm enjoying the f*** out of it).
Wait your son just stays isolated unless ya'll leave the house?
 
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