Mac Gamer here (Destiny)

by Coaxkez, Saturday, August 16, 2025, 16:01 (9 hours, 4 minutes ago) @ Vortech
edited by Coaxkez, Saturday, August 16, 2025, 16:04

I will note, that the reviled XBONE decisions like physical media essentially being a voucher is where the industry went anyway.

sigh Don’t remind me. It will only get worse from here. I really think we’re headed toward a future where you don’t purchase your games at all. Everything is either free-to-play or attached to a subscription model. I perceive services like Game Pass as leading the charge into that future. Hell, even Nintendo is doing it now. They won’t let you buy 30+ year old titles anymore like you used to be able to do on Virtual Console. Instead, they’re tied to your NSO subscription. These are ancient games. For now, they’re still charging full price for marquee titles like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza (or, more accurately, they’re redefining what “full price” even means, but that’s another story)… But I feel like this is simply not sustainable in the modern economy. If the prices go up much further, people are just going to stop spending money on video games altogether.

The industry will follow the example of streaming television. Subscription and FAST style models are coming.