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The End of Games With Gold Signals a Step Away From Ownership

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. In a time where you struggle to hear the word “free” commercially, Microsoft’s Games with Gold being a part of their Xbox Live Gold service served as a light in the dark for players interested in trying their hand at something different without a financial commitment. Alas, the time for that light to shift colors and go dim has finally come.

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Asplundh291d ago

Hows that when you never owned the games included with GWG to begin with, as soon as you're no longer subscribed you lose access to them.

coolbeans291d ago

Only half true. All 360 games you got under GWG, as long you selected & downloaded them, are permanently owned by that Gold account - even if you drop XBL Gold later.

Ra3030290d ago

The shovelware Microsoft puts out for them Gold subs in truth isn't nor was it they at any point worth "owning".....so there's that! Microsoft is running out of shoveware to use for Gold program as the pool of Shovelware after years of Gold use is smaller so in an effort for Microsoft to continue to use these shovelware games Microsoft needs to end the Gold Sub service because they refuse to put better games on the service so now these shovelware games will be Game Pass bound.

Markdn290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

The shovel ware they include in Gamepass is just as bad for sure, but that's all they have I guess :)

neomahi290d ago

Not gonna say anything. Xbox fans want things done their way, so let them dig their own graves. Done trying I help them

Kornholic290d ago

Without financial commitment? What? You had to pay for the service.

coolbeans286d ago

[Sorry for late response.]

You have to take the whole sentence in context. The writer is framing that part for someone who was paying for Gold already. Now on top of just enjoying online & some discounts, a random 360 game that they might've never heard before was also awarded on top. Thus, owning said game where they didn't have to directly pay for it.

Same logic can apply to Xbox One titles on there, but that's more of a 'premium rental' you lose once dropping Gold.

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Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Preecha High Level Gameplay Revealed

The Outerhaven writes: Here's a breakdown of Preecha from Fatal Fury: City of Wolves plays in a new video, with YouTuber NeoGeoNow showcasing her abilities.

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NVIDIA's popular RTX 3080 is now at its lowest price ever on Amazon amid 50 series rumors

Avoid overspending on NVIDIA's 40 series GPUs, and purchase the powerful PNY GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Graphics Card at its lowest price ever!

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Microsoft torches Xbox studios then tells you to 'feel the burn' with tone-deaf controller launch

Introducing the fire sale of Xbox Game Studios, and oh, this controller, too!

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Jin_Sakai19h ago

Microsoft have an obsession with these d@mn controllers.

anast59m ago

It's like game stop. They make their money on trinkets not games.

dumahim55m ago

If people keep buying them, they'll keep making new ones.

Ra30300m ago

Ok...that makes sense......Microsoft closes Game Studios because the games those Studios made don't meet Microsoft's sale metrics. Why pay more good money to feed the leaches when they provide no benefit and controllers sell so lets make more. Also the PR messaging "Feel the Burn" was a msg. to all the other Microsoft First Party Studios that if the games you make don't sell you'll "Feel Tue Burn"! Same goes for Xbox gamers they didn't buy the Microsoft games so now they " Feel the Burn" of those games going to PlayStation! so now we know the meaning of "Feel the Burn".....it means somebody bout to loose something!

Einhander197234m ago

I clicked the link and I saw these things are $70, the same price as a PS5 controller but with none of the features.

This is just like the memory cards where the price is way out of line with what the product actually is.

Jingsing16m ago

Agree, You are basically buying a 360 controller again.

XiNatsuDragnel16h ago

Microsoft might as well imo become a 3rd party publisher because they are soooo tone deaf.

Tacoboto1h ago

Or they could compete with Mad Catz

thorstein15h ago

"It's fire... isn't that what the kids say these days? Fire? Let's show them we understand them! Fire!"

Destiny108013h ago

they sure are milking, that 2 dollar controller

Rimeskeem3h ago

I feel like MS has released more controllers than games this generation.

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