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    Netflix a decade ago. Wow, this is so amazing. What a deal. How could it go wrong

    Netflix today, okay, which subscription service to we get this month, I want to watch this show, but Sarah wants to watch that show and the other show we were watching got deleted from the service so we just can’t watch that one. If only we could learn from this situation

    Gamepass is a “great deal” because Microsoft office pays for it.

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      Netflix was cheap because no one valued streaming rights initially, and thus there was little competition for those rights. Once companies realized how valuable the service was, prices shot up.

      One of those strange situations where increased competition increased prices.

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        21 year ago

        Yes, that makes the gamepass situation even more egregious. Everyone knows the cost of making games, but only Microsoft can afford to literally lose money for a decade to secure dominance.

        No one can compete because everyone else has to run a real business

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      11 year ago

      That’s fine. Nothing is stopping you from dropping it once it becomes a bad deal. I cancelled Netflix once the price became ridiculous. For games, it’s even easier, there’s many alternatives both legal and illegal.

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        21 year ago

        Yes, we can all do that once the industry has been irrevocably changed forever, and now nothing gets made outside of subscription services

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          11 year ago

          What makes you think that will actually happen? Games still make a lot purely from game sales. Not to mention a lot of absurd cash grabs like the latest CoD would fail to work when there’s only subscription models. Besides, despite how cheap these services have been, game sales have not dropped either.

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            11 year ago

            You 15 years ago: What makes you think movies will only be available on subscription services? they make a lot of money selling things physically today, Netflix is just a side revenue, it won’t change anything.

            despite how cheap these services have been, game sales have not dropped either.

            aside from on xbox.

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              01 year ago

              I can still access movies outside of subscription services so I’m not sure what you’re on about.