Specifically Xbox Games.

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    8 months ago

    We told everyone no good would come from GamePass and here we are… You will own nothing and be happy.

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      8 months ago

      I feel like the endgame of this is that eventually all Microsoft exclusives will only be available on GamePass.

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      8 months ago

      Most ‘physical’ releases have been downloads for at least a decade now anyhow, long before game pass was ever a thing.

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      8 months ago

      I think a lot of the hating on Gamepass is justified, but I’ve just gotta say as a partially blind gamer it has been a godsend for me.

      I used to struggle with whether or not to buy a game every single time because in most cases there is no way from descriptions and reviews for me to know how any given game will work with my vision and fine/gross motor impairment.

      With gamepass I can try things and if I can’t play it? I move on and try something else.

      Kinda sad that we can’t find some middle ground between making games accessible for disabled folks without bankrupting developers and ultimately hurting consumers.

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    8 months ago

    Save you all the read, games won’t be discounted or even sold for that matter. They are just being removed from shelves.

    " An internal memo has surfaced online stating that all copies will be reduced to 3 cents and sales will be blocked by the store’s system and then removed from the store. As of right now, it appears this is only for Xbox games, but this move was reported last October and it seems to be coming to fruition. It was noted that Microsoft is funding this move for Walmart in the memo, suggesting it may be Microsoft’s decision and not Walmart’s. "

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        8 months ago

        Ubisoft *** said the quiet part out loud and Microsoft decided just to speed run it. I do love all the one piece memes of a great pirate era beginning though.

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        8 months ago

        It doesn’t necessarily have to be.

        It could be that Walmart was planning to start winding down physical game sales and made that clear to Microsoft, but Microsoft made a deal to foot the bill for extra inventory to keep supply available during the holidays. Even with packaging and distribution, the actual cost per game to Microsoft isn’t really that high.

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      8 months ago

      This might mean it’s true that the upcoming Xbox Series X refresh won’t have a hard drive. Microsoft wouldn’t want Xbox games to be on store shelves when they’re no longer selling consoles that can play them.

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    8 months ago

    I am stocking up on physical media… I am getting tired of not owning shit.

    Like quit raping me world I just want to spend money and own things so I can give them to someone else or sell/trade them later.

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    8 months ago

    I don’t own an Xbox but I can take those copies off your hands at 3cents, Walmart.

    What a big waste of plastic if they get thrown out.

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    8 months ago

    So for 1 cent you can buy 33 disks and still say “keep the change”.

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      8 months ago

      Did you stop reading right at what you copied? The next sentence says all sales will be blocked. So you won’t be able to buy it.