But I've been on this ride before with Netflix and all the other ones. Sure, the beginning is grand, they have everything you want at an impossibly low rate. They have sweet trials, good content, good prices, and it goes on for so long. Then all of a sudden you see reports of the libraries shrinking, costs are creeping up, those trials shrink, limitations are placed on how you use it. That favorite show/game you played is no longer allowed because of licensing issues, or it wasn't popular enough. To keep watching the show you love you have to pay more a month.

Personally, I hope everyone who is doing it has fun, but I'm burned out on subscriptions. I like the term subscription fatigue. I'll gladly pay to own my games.

[–] Katana314 6 points 1 year ago

It still could have been a good deal to subscribe while it was cheaper. No one would’ve stopped you from unsubscribing when the deal becomes less favorable. Honestly, same with early Netflix or every growing streaming service.

[–] jedibob5 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm subscribed for now because the value is still really good, but yeah, I'm fully expecting the other shoe to drop and MS to start jacking up the price once they decide they actually start needing to make money on it. I'm also willing to bet that we're also going to see a bunch of copycat services that will split up the available content behind 15 different paywalls and diluting the value to the consumer for each of them.

I honestly don't know why all these tech companies keep trying this whole strategy of pricing at near or outright losses to build market share before raising prices and reducing quality in an attempt to transition to profitability. Almost every time it ends up pissing off customers and driving them away, at which point you have a crappy, overpriced service that still doesn't make any money.