The page to cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription on Microsoft's website was overwhelmed shortly after today's price hike went live.

I cancelled too! I really wanna see what excuse Microsoft will pull out to walk back the changes.

Hit 'em where it hurts, people.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      you wouldn’t? not if the cost and convenience was right? just out of principle, regardless of value?

      I could see doing it if I had more time to game

      • zanyllama52@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I don’t feel good about not having the ability to do what I want with my games; the idea of games being “mine” goes away if I cannot buy, sell, resell, loan, copy, backup, modify or destroy it.

        I’m not sure how a digital gaming subscription service can compete with that no matter how cheap or how good the library is or how long the service is proposed to exist.

        • TommySalami@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          I definitely see this. I think, at least the way I’ve used it, it’s replaced rentals for me (I miss video stores). I’ve picked it up 2-3 times, each time to play a specific game and cancelled at the end of the month. I’ve absolutely saved money that way, and didn’t really care about owning the content I was getting it for.

          Don’t take this as an endorsement though. I don’t think that’s the intended use, and I doubt it would last if everyone did the same. Besides the price hike takes it out of that reasonable territory for the rental idea, at least for me.

    • killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      same boat. as soon as that service was announced it never made sense to me.

      i play a lot of games, but its never at a consistent pace, just makes more sense to buy.

      same goes for shit like netflix. im not constantly watching something, so why wouldn’t i just buy the movie when i have a movie night.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      7 hours ago

      I justified it as a games rental. I mean I easily paid $5 to rent a game for the weekend in the 90s. Paying 12 bucks to rent games all month long wasn’t bad (for PC).

      But the price they’re charging now, I may as well buy the games I do play, rather than paying for the subscription. The problem for Microsoft is that money is gonna be going to steam instead of them.