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Late to the convo but physical vs digital:
To be honest I never want to buy physical again unless there's something special about it (collector's edition, steelbook, etc). If it's a generic plastic game case it's a waste of space and since I live in one of the most expensive cities of the US I think I'd rather have less junk lying around. Moving is enough of a hassle without more video games to pack up. It's also just not tenable or logical if you play games on PC.
I own Ring Fit Adventure in physical form because it has an actual physical element to it, and otherwise I own no games of this current generation in physical form despite probably owning ~50 (not counting older PC titles) between Steam, Epic, Switch, and PlayStation 4. I'm so glad I don't have to swap out whatever video game for Ring Fit Adventure's cartridge every time I want to work out. That'd be so irritating.
Regarding game pass itself, it is an astoundingly good deal and would still be a great deal even if Microsoft's games were the only ones included. It is also extremely consumer-friendly in that you can try games without actually paying for that specific game. You're paying for game pass. Download a game, play it for a couple hours, decide you hate it, then uninstall it. No money lost. I know that in disabled gaming spaces, Game Pass is heralded for this regard. Just like the previous example, they don't have to pay for a game only to find out that the game's poor accommodations for their disabilities make the game unplayable or unenjoyable.
To be honest I never want to buy physical again unless there's something special about it (collector's edition, steelbook, etc). If it's a generic plastic game case it's a waste of space and since I live in one of the most expensive cities of the US I think I'd rather have less junk lying around. Moving is enough of a hassle without more video games to pack up. It's also just not tenable or logical if you play games on PC.
I own Ring Fit Adventure in physical form because it has an actual physical element to it, and otherwise I own no games of this current generation in physical form despite probably owning ~50 (not counting older PC titles) between Steam, Epic, Switch, and PlayStation 4. I'm so glad I don't have to swap out whatever video game for Ring Fit Adventure's cartridge every time I want to work out. That'd be so irritating.
Regarding game pass itself, it is an astoundingly good deal and would still be a great deal even if Microsoft's games were the only ones included. It is also extremely consumer-friendly in that you can try games without actually paying for that specific game. You're paying for game pass. Download a game, play it for a couple hours, decide you hate it, then uninstall it. No money lost. I know that in disabled gaming spaces, Game Pass is heralded for this regard. Just like the previous example, they don't have to pay for a game only to find out that the game's poor accommodations for their disabilities make the game unplayable or unenjoyable.
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Other people enjoying things that I don't like doesn't really bother me, particularly in cases like this were it's IMO pretty trivial to ignore. As opposed to, say, a commercial, or a song that plays repeatedly over the radio at the retail store you work at, those would be really annoying because I couldn't really escape. But something like Minecraft, or Fortnite, or more recently Fall Guys blowing up into the mainstream and beyond when I've no interest in it doesn't bother me at all. I'll just play other games instead. Easy enough, right?
