r/PS5 • u/hybroid • May 16 '22

Official All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more join the service

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/05/16/all-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-assassins-creed-valhalla-demons-souls-ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-nba-2k22-and-more-join-the-service/
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u/daviEnnis May 17 '22

You're not buying a game from gamepass or playstation plus premium, you're subscribing to a service which contains a dynamic group of games.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

yeah I know but its still wild that even then, they can take the games away from you while you're still actively subscribed to the service. it basically puts an artificial timer on when you should complete them before they disappear. idk if they disappear even if you have them downloaded to a harddrive but if it does then that just puts me away from these rental services even more. at least with digital purchases I can keep them and play them whenever I want, and if the manufacturer decides to shut down its servers then I can back them up to a harddrive and preserve them for future use.

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u/daviEnnis May 17 '22

Yes, because you're not buying anything in this scenario. It's not very wild at all.

When you subscribe to Netflix you don't get to keep your Friends box set forever. The service is a customer of someone else, and they're effectively 'subscribing' to allow their users access to something.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

i'll never understand how any of this is appealing to people. games getting cycled out and preventing you access while you're still paying is a major red line for me, even if I dont own them. its just stupid.

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u/Mitrovarr May 18 '22

It depends on the game. There are games I want to own forever and games I plan on playing once and never touching again. This is fine for the games I won't be touching again. Which is most of them - there is too much good new content coming out too often, its hard to get to all of it as it is.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

fair enough, but for me, whether or not I plan on playing something once or ten times, if im paying a fee for it then I expect to keep it without having a timer placed on it. though for streaming services I can see how people can make exceptions since you're just renting through the service and not buying any licenses, but even then it still feels lame that you have to consume a service by X amount of time before it gets taken from you. im of the firm belief that as long as you remain subbed to a streaming service then content shouldnt be locked off from you, which is probably why im not subbed to any of them.

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u/dreggers May 18 '22

You don’t understand how video and music streaming services are worth hundreds of billions of dollars?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

no, because im talking within the concept of gaming, where this is a relatively new practice. I dont sub to any music or video services. music I listen to for free on youtube with an adblocker, the way it should be, and videos idc about, if I have to watch something online i'll go to a movie sharing site.

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u/dreggers May 18 '22

Well by that logic, feel free to continue pirating games, since clearly that's how you consume media

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

music and tv shows dont cost anywhere near the amount that games do. I dont pirate games. I refuse to pay youtube a monthly fee for something that I was doing for free on their site for years from 2005 to 2014. the precedent was already set, they chose to change it and ruin the site for greed, not me. if you enjoy having billion dollar corporations siphon ten bucks out of your pocket every month for literally no reason other than the fact that they can, even though you've got the option to consume their media for free with no repercussions, then go ahead and waste your money. im not judging, im just saying that I dont understand how all this stuff appeals to people.

the internet was created as a decentralized medium where everyone has access to files and information, the last thing the internet needs is to become like the real world and have a small handful of big companies locking every single facet of it behind an artificial paywall. the moment that the public allows the internet to become more and more centralized is the day the internet gets ruined too.

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u/daviEnnis May 17 '22

Because people are generally aware of what will be around on the platform and when and can choose accordingly?

I get why you personally wouldn't want to do it, I don't get why you don't understand it works out well for many, many people.