this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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It doesn't really fit in with my gaming habits. I play very few games but what I do play, I play a lot. Currently I'm playing ESO and No Man's Sky and have thousands of hours in both. Starfield will be my first big game purchase since Cyberpunk. For someone who plays a lot of different games, Gamepass is a good deal, but for someone like me it doesn't make a lot of financial sense.
Also, for a big game like Starfield I'd rather own it and have it in my permanent library so I can come back to it whenever I feel like it, even years later. I still pick up Oblivion from time to time for a few hours, just because I enjoy the world so much. What's on Gamepass today might not be there tomorrow, and I have zero control over that.
Fair enough. I somewhat understand the ownership angle, but just come down on it differently I guess. My reasoning is that if Microsoft goes tits up my entire gaming library on Xbox is toast, both what I "owned", and what I had access to via gamepass. You used to be able to mitigate that entanglement with physical ownership, but more and more that's just a key to digital access as well.
That said, our habits are definitely different. I can't recall the last game I put four digit hours in.