Wasn’t to hard of a choice after realizing i could go on a $30/mo spending spree on Steam every month…and get to keep the games… and get to not pay it every month if life gets a little hectic.
I learned my lesson long ago, I don’t fall for the subscription scam anymore. They only thing guaranteed with a subscription is that the “service” will get worse and more expensive.
I’m sure microslop can do better, remove half the titles, 2 minutes forced interactive ads randomly every 5-25 minutes. And then every 3 months you can play a mini game to win a free month, but only if your ad-game score is high enough.
I see you may have been inspired by the new and improved Microsoft Solitaire Collection.
With the prepaid live gold cards and gold to ultimate 1:1 conversion rate, game pass had really great value. I played quite a number of games that had flown under my radar over the ~4years I was subscribed.
Obviously I bailed, since they killed all conversion enticements and price hiked it to ludicrous levels.
It was glorious.
Microsoft Rewards were also at their peak. I cashed out my 450,000 points at the end of last year. It’s not worth the effort for me anymore.
Much slower than the rest of us, but at least they figured it out!
I guess there were enough people like me that went from the $20 plan to the $15 plan or completely cancelled, instead of just accepting the increase.
Yeah, I’m not coming back to XBox, even if they drop the price to $1/year. I don’t have any faith in whatever Project Helix turns out to be.
