I always assumed the devs/publishers arranged for games to be on game pass for a certain period of time for a one-off up-front payment. So the devs/publishers of The Forgotten City (for example) will have received £xxxxxx from Microsoft up-front to allow the game to be available for xx months.
Indeed one of the reasons why I'll never take gamepass seriously. The moment the XBL trick goes away no more gamepass for me.
A quick google shows that you could transfer the save game file for '21 between gamepass and steam versions, so I'd imagine you could for '22, but no guarentee. '22 is ~£20 on cdkeys.
How does this work ? Do they just instantly stop working even if you have it downloaded & installed ? Or is there grace period ?
I think it highlights a legitimate downside/ limitation, but one that has to be weighed against the choice & value you get from the gamepass. I tend to play shorter single-player games that might cost £50 on release & that I might finish in 20 hrs or so. For this type of title, gamepass makes a lot of sense.
I agree, there's been many games (on xbox and pc) that I would have bought, but gamepass means they cost a fraction of that.
Yeah, I think if it's a forever game for you, then it might be better to buy it. Like a Civilisation title, or whatever.
I suppose you could argue that if you buy it after a year it will (hopefully) have dropped in price. Ive no idea if games that are updated yearly drop much, although I'd assume they would. If you've got gamepass, it might even discount that game.
