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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by hyperhopper on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:01PM (#37876539)
The same thing that happened with Netflix. Everybody loved it when it started, now things come in and out of the catalog, quality has gone down, prices have gone up ads have been added, and you need to subscribe to 10 other services as well.

Why are people acting like gamepass is a good thing

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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by deprecative on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:43PM (#37876791)
Because it is for now. If they mess with it then it'll not be a good deal and folks will leave it.
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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by hyperhopper on Saturday October 14, 2023 @03:29AM (#37878730)
The first part of all the shit that's bad, is to have a phase where it's good first.

"It's good for now" is just the typical path to it becoming shit.

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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by deprecative on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:00PM (#37884648)
This is as equally true of "it's shit now and will continue to be". Capitalism demands profits and enshitification ensues. Might as well enjoy what you can while you can.
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