• clovernorth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Games with Gold literally gave you ownership of a game. This is a subscription that gives you access to games. That’s more than a semantic difference and is a trend we have to be wary of.

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      1 year ago

      Games with Gold literally gave you ownership of a game.

      Did they? I was under the impression that the games you collect with Gold won’t start if your subscription runs out similar to PS+.

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        1 year ago

        I think they meant more with Gold you always have access to those games. With a sub the available games can come and go, so you may lose access to specific games if they leave the service.

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      1 year ago

      No longer an xbox user but for what one would pay in a year on this it would be cheaper to just pick them up in the steam sales over time.

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      Games with Gold only gave your permanent licenses for Xbox and Xbox 360 games. Xbox One games were limited to the console you claimed them on, I believe. Or they could only be played from your account. I know it wasn’t as ‘far reaching’ as the 360 games were.

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      GwG only gave ownership of 360 titles. All XB1 titles required an active subscription so this isn’t a recent change.