So much has changed....which is better value?
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Sonic the hedgehog was about £40 when it first come out. You only had 3 lives to start with as well.
Or if you played an arcade machine for top score it was about 50 pence per play.
Or if you played an arcade machine for top score it was about 50 pence per play.
I don't think any game is worth money a month except the traditional mmo's like wow, though I wouldn't subscribe to any as there hasn't been a new idea for 15 years, Wow eveonline etc. Wait for sales on steam, got and check out cdkeys if you want something off sale
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I have found the xbox on pc to be worth it, unlike something like humble games stay longer then a month.
Depends how much you play the game in my opinion. If you pay £10 for a game and play it once its not good value.
I paid £30 for Call of duty Modern Warfare and have played 1170 games for a total of 7.5 days in play time so far. That works out at 16p and hour or 0.025p per game. Worth it
I paid £30 for Call of duty Modern Warfare and have played 1170 games for a total of 7.5 days in play time so far. That works out at 16p and hour or 0.025p per game. Worth it
Microsoft one is worth it for the £1 quite a few good titles on there and new ones coming all the time so you may find it worth your while at full price once your months trial is over. I don't find many of the others even worth the trial prices.
Definatly give the Mircosoft one a go.
Definatly give the Mircosoft one a go.
done - first quid paid . Downloading rage 2 Atm
idk mmos were better when they only had subs and none of this free to play but not really and end up costing more than a sub would have.
like look at ESO you almost have to sub because the bagspace is so limited and they added like 1 million different crafting items.
if you sub though you get a special crafting bag that can hold all your crafting items.
otherwise your bags are full after 5minutes
also communities went really down hill and cheating is almost impossible to stop.
archeage was it? pure pay 2 win, full of cheats on day 1 that were known about on the asian servers for months.
the hackers all did the trade missions and just teleporting around.
an insane amount of them, we tried camping the trade guys and killing them a few times but 9/10 they were in and out too fast
like look at ESO you almost have to sub because the bagspace is so limited and they added like 1 million different crafting items.
if you sub though you get a special crafting bag that can hold all your crafting items.
otherwise your bags are full after 5minutes
also communities went really down hill and cheating is almost impossible to stop.
archeage was it? pure pay 2 win, full of cheats on day 1 that were known about on the asian servers for months.
the hackers all did the trade missions and just teleporting around.
an insane amount of them, we tried camping the trade guys and killing them a few times but 9/10 they were in and out too fast
Xbox Game Pass, on offer, is phenomenal value. You get a huge selection of games, plus any new releases from Xbox Game Studios when they release. But the service is very 'beta', with install problems quite common (tip: if you have issues, find the game in the Windows Store and install from there, rather than from the Game Pass App - this tends to fix a lot of issues).
Origin Access is very good for £20/year, particularly if you've been out of PC gaming for a while.
Uplay+ is expensive. But you do at least get new releases, and DLC is included. So could be good value if you're going to play through a couple of games in a month.
Humble Choice gives you a bunch of games to keep every month (where the rest of the sub services just "lend" you games). A lot more expensive than it used to be though. And the game selection, arguably, hasn't been as good of late.
Origin Access is very good for £20/year, particularly if you've been out of PC gaming for a while.
Uplay+ is expensive. But you do at least get new releases, and DLC is included. So could be good value if you're going to play through a couple of games in a month.
Humble Choice gives you a bunch of games to keep every month (where the rest of the sub services just "lend" you games). A lot more expensive than it used to be though. And the game selection, arguably, hasn't been as good of late.
Another vote for Xbox game pass here. I use ultimate which means even when I'm not playing much on my PC, I still use it when playing with my boy on the xbox at weekends.
Origin has looked very interesting, with the mass effect games, but without the DLC it makes it a tougher choice for me, since I've already done the base games. If I hadn't played most of the good base games, then definitely I'd be signing up for that.
Have you been gaming much in that time? Console etc? If so, what games, and what have you enjoyed?
Origin has looked very interesting, with the mass effect games, but without the DLC it makes it a tougher choice for me, since I've already done the base games. If I hadn't played most of the good base games, then definitely I'd be signing up for that.
Have you been gaming much in that time? Console etc? If so, what games, and what have you enjoyed?
They're as good as what you'd get out of them, which seems common sense but it is ultimately what it boils down too. All of them are worth it in some respects, but you need to look at what you'll get out of it to make a judgement on whether it's worth your money. Nothing really interests me currently on Origin or Ubi stores, so I don't have an active subscription with them, but not too long ago I wanted to play AC: Odyssey so I had Ubi for 2 months, and before that I wanted Fallen Order on Origin so I had that for a month. Xbox Game Pass is probably the only one I could consistently recommend as it has a massive selection of games, both 1st and 3rd party.
I love the value and offerings of Game Pass but I just hate the way it goes about installation and management of the game files. I'm actually looking forward to having xCloud on Windows 10 because then I'll just play all the Game Pass games via that and keep my Windows install a lot cleaner than it currently is. OK I'll be sacrificing resolution/frame rate but I tend to use Game Pass more as a demo service anyway. If I play something I really enjoy, like A Plague Tale/Gears 5, then I'll buy it on Steam. And thankfully all new Xbox games are coming to Steam as well.
I'm with you on the installation methods etc. Had some really bad experiences. But I play the game, complete it, and uninstall. Definitely frustrating at times, but for the price, and the fact I'm playing latest releases (something I very very rarely do), I'm willing to make allowances.