In a last desperate bid to revitalize my interest in gaming, I've decided to pick up an Xbox Series S. This is my last hope. My only other option is to become a PC gamer, and no one wants that.
No, j/k, although I do hope Game Pass gives my gaming hobby the shot in the arm it needs. I've grown increasingly disenchanted with Sony's PS5 slate of releases. Horizon and Ratchet & Clank are really the only ones that interest me. I'm also getting tired of paying lots of dough for games, then losing interest in them after a few hours. That happened most recently with the Mass Effect trilogy -- $60 down the tubes -- but it has happened with $20, $30, and $40 titles, too.
I keep hearing people yapping about what a great value Game Pass is, and although I tried it before (2018?) and it didn't do much for me, that was probably because PS4 was going strong, and I really didn't have room in my life for a second console, so I didn't give it much of a chance. But looking ahead to next (er, current) gen, I don't see much on the horizon (except Horizon) to get me excited about PS5. As you know, the console is very hard to find, so the delay has actually given me time to think and to re-consider.
I figured that an S is a low-risk move. It's cheaper, easier to find, and will allow me to see whether GP either revitalizes my interest in gaming or just presents me with a whole lot of games I have no interest in playing.
I have some mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I know I used to enjoy gaming, and it's been weird to see my interest dropping off for many years (I truly enjoy maybe one game a year, haven't really been "into" gaming since 2017). On the other, I don't really WANT to spend a whole lot more time on games. I have other things that I'm more interested in (that's part of why my interest has dropped off), and I'd rather gaming not take away from those other activities. So I have mixed feelings about it.
I see the appeal of GP, though. It would be nice to not have buyer's remorse so often, and to be able to stop playing a game and switch to another whenever you felt like it, rather than feeling like you should continue playing because you paid for it. If you're doing the subscription service thing, you aren't losing anything by ditching a game and moving to something else.
I like what I've heard about the quick-resume feature, too.
Anyhow, I may be joining the Xbot ranks again, so I thought I'd check in. Who knows how it'll work out. I'm a fickle bastard.
Same brother, I have really stopped buying games as of late because everything gets boring in a couple of hours and have been trying to enjoy the 100's of backlogged games I have. Just struggling enjoying gaming lately.