The old price was too high for me. The raised one made me roll my eyes.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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"Millions", just how many subscribers in total do they have?
I think this is important. Because MS successfully found the upper limit of what consumers are willing to pay. The question is, is it enough, or will they shut it down?
Bad news Microsoft, I didn't just leave gamepass, I left windows.
Same, though I keep a defanged AtlasOS version on dual boot for the rare things that absolutely require that garbage.
I've just axed win10 completely and never ever felt like I've needed it the past two years for anything.
That’s my plan. Just making sure everything works on my linux install. Once I’m happy with it I’ll wipe the drive and install AtlasOS for that random one off thing that doesn’t work.
I'm trying to sit on windows 10 on my gaming PC until Valves PC Linux distro releases, just because I hate doing an OS swap more than I have to. I moved my laptop to Mint like a year ago.
What grossly incompetent leadership.
I was one of those people. Yes I still have some remaining time left on my Gamepass Ultimate subscription, but I purchased a mid-level gaming pc and a bunch of Steam games. It'll be cheaper in the long run for me.
I've pulled off the Xbox band-aid and even reverting the price hike won't persuade me to go back. I've been a continuous subscriber since mid-360 days.
I've been a PC gamer for decades, but completely stopped being also a console gamer after PS3.
You can have a great time at the mid level, or even lower on PC. I built my mid range PC in 2016, and only just a few months ago did I upgrade my processor from an AMD 1600X to a 5600x and my Nvidia 1060 GPU to a Radeon 6600 XT. Cost me $350 for the both of them. Went the Radeon route because it plays nicer with Linux.
There's enough great games out there worth playing that I'll be able to enjoy this system for the next several years.
Welcome friend, even midlevel will open you to a world of gaming.
Remember the order of purchases should be GOG (DRM free games), then Steam, then shittier platforms.
Older games especially, things like the older fallout games you'll be able to pick up for <$5 and play for 60+ hours
I would put Humble Bundle bundles at the top of the list.
I would put independent developers at the top of the list. Couple examples
Bump for humble. Run it for a year or two and you'll have a scary backlist in no time. Though I also have a bunch of shit (imo not actually) games from the early days before the pick system that I'll never play.
Gog top even after their Nazi symbols email recently?
Yes. I'll allow mistakes to happen, one mistake does not erase all of the good they've done. They keep doing it, that changes things, but they admitted it and apologized.
Yes, that was not intentional.
There were lightning bolts that were supposed to be at the beginning and end of a phrase that ended up getting moved side by side.
See I thought that it was just them being super unprofessional and letting the robot do their marketing for them and not even proofreading. Is that not still the case here?
Here's a question, why have it at all? It was not sent out to Germany with it. Why not just make that version the only one? Leave your emojis out of your subject lines and have your marketing team embed a professional image in the body, thats enough.
Can you name a better option?
Don't forget to check itch.io for crazy shit indies can come up with, a lot of it free, some paid.
Same and never going back. They had me since the OG Xbox. Microsoft is an absolute shit show of an anti-consumer company.
I stopped using Gameapass when I got a Steam Deck
Microsoft doesn't want me to use their product so I won't.
That’s why I stopped playing Minecraft, because they don’t want me to. (Bedrock with controller does not work on Linux)
33 minutes and nobody has offered an impractical yet potentiall workable solution(?) yet... maybe it really isn't possible.
Unfortunately that's the case with all UWP applications, they're deep-rooted into the OS
I played with using the google play store version, but it kept showing out of date and kept having to log back into google. Not worth my time.
When they hiked the price, I dropped from Ultimate to the minimum required for online multiplayer. I imagine that each month I put the difference in my Steam Machine fund (or some custom built PC running SteamOS).
The change saw Game Pass Ultimate jump 50%, rising from $19.99 to $29.99 per month. PC Game Pass also increased from $11.99 to $16.49, marking nearly a 40% hike.
Yes! They actually heard me!
Usually I get pissed about these things and nobody cares.
Yup.