Season 18, Episode 24

In-Game Chat

What goes up…

We kind of expected there would be some sort of change to the whole Gamepass thing once we knew the Activision stuff would start showing up on Gamepass for day-one releases. Maybe a price hike, or an extra tier type of subscription to add onto it. Had to be something when you spend that much money on buying a company but also have the money juggernaut of the Call Of Duty franchise. I mean, in the world of gaming CoD is like Mickey Mouse.

So, a price increase is it. Seems a bit odd it’s only (for some) a three dollar increase. But maybe this is water testing for a while. See how many people stay on after a small rise in price, so later they can raise it a bit more and see who sticks around. Look, I feel certain that Microsoft went over the numbers on this and came up with something that wouldn’t feel too bad in the pocketbook, but when prices on things like this go up they never go down. I’m usually one to throw an “almost” in there just to leave some wiggle room that it might happen, but no, it absolutely won’t.

The question then becomes how much is too much for you? This will vary by gamer as to what’s on offer from the service and how worth it is to them, but I never thought I’d ever get rid of Netflix and I absolutely did that (coming up on a year now) so I could easily see myself dropping off the Gamepass train at some point. Even now I rarely use it. But I like having the option of it there whenever I want. We’ll see how long that holds for me.

This is where I’d say I’d sign up to a subscription service to play the next Splinter Cell. But I’ve never once ever considered signing up to Ubisofts subscription thing and Splinter Cell won’t change that. Still, it has been 3,963 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.