Why I’m passing on Xbox Game Pass – Reader’s Feature

metro.co.uk:

A reader argues that Game Pass isn’t always the best or cheapest way to play games, especially if you’re just a little patient.

For the last year or so we’ve heard that Game Pass is the shiny new best place to play games, offering untold value and will be the death of PlayStation.

I’ve had Game Pass for some time now and it’s fair to say that there is some truth to this. However, it’s not the full story. Here’s why.

I think it’s fair to say that Game Pass is great value, being able to play a newly released game for a fraction of the price via the monthly subscription fee is brilliant and if you play these games day one, it’s a no-brainer. Then there are the rest of the games that you can play in the meantime, between releases. It all adds up to being a cost-effective way of playing games. This has been the argument for why Game Pass will slaughter the competition and you can see why.

There are plenty of gamers who may look forward to a particular new release but with such a vast library of quality games available to play, and only so many hours in the day to play them, getting every game day one doesn’t make sense. The cost of a new release isn’t the only consideration. The time you have available is a factor too and for many it’s the only one that matters.

Personally, I have God of War (2018) downloaded and can’t wait to play it. It’s a high profile game but it’s already been out for four years and even if it takes another four until I get around to it, it won’t matter to me. Its new release value has already been resigned to bargain bin territory. Those of us who browse the sales or buy games second-hand from CeX, etc., we already get great value.

And as for a library of games to play, I’ve amassed quite the collection