• overload
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    9 months ago

    I would have thought Xbox/M$ would be subsidising the hardware cost somewhat.

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      9 months ago

      They are desperately trying to be the Netflix of games. That is why they keep buying IP, studios and publishers. They are buying content for that service.

      Boutique hardware doesn’t help that. You need that service on every and anything.

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        9 months ago

        Gamepass being operating system agnostic would be great. My Australian internet is too shit for cloud streaming though.