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few sites reporting rumors that microsoft is gonna unveil xbox all access next month, US-only for now
'Xbox All Access' looks like a new subscription service with Xbox Live, Game Pass, and a console

$22/mo for 2 years ($528 total) for an xbox one S, $35/mo ($840) for an xbox one X. Includes gamepass and gold and a console. Price wise works out decent, a X would be $500 + 200 (GP) + $120 (gold) or $820 for an X, paying $20 more for microsoft to finance you is generous especially if you spend $0 on buying new games.

not sure what it means for a new console, it would make sense to wait at LEAST 2 years to release a new console then since you don't want customers 1 year from now pissed off that their 1 year old console is deprecated
 
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Unless they did the phone thing and let you trade up in hardware. I don't think this will have much impact on the release schedule of new hardware and it will have it's own such program. Could even see that rumored lightweight streaming console being free and you just on the hook for a couple years of service.
 
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The few KB+M players on console will be matched with the majority of the PC players, but that also means the few PC players that play with controllers will be matched with the majority of console players.
 
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Szlia said:
The few KB+M players on console will be matched with the majority of the PC players, but that also means the few PC players that play with controllers will be matched with the majority of console players.
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Wasn't there another game where people got around this by having a controller hooked up but played with KB+M ?
 
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Xbox All Access is real and a great deal

"If you don’t already own an Xbox One, Microsoft is making a bold and aggressive move to get you on board with its new Xbox All Access financing plan. The publisher confirmed the All Access program in a blog post today. For 24 monthly payments, Microsoft will give you an Xbox One X or Xbox One S along with Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for less than you would pay if you purchase and subscribed all of those products separately."

"“For no upfront cost and one low monthly price for 24 months, Xbox All Access gets you a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X, access to more than 100 great games through Xbox Game Pass, and online multiplayer with Xbox Live Gold,” Xbox product marketing boss Bogdan Bilan said. “That’s more than 100 all-you-can-play games — including highly-anticipated new Xbox One exclusives the day they’re released, plus more games added all the time on the fastest, most reliable gaming network and an Xbox One console.”

"The Xbox One S plan starts at $22 per month, and the Xbox One X plan starts at $35. This is not a leasing program.

But unlike those phone plans, Xbox All Access is actually less expensive than purchasing an Xbox One outright and then subscribing to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for two years."
 
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So Microsoft wants consoles to become like the smartphone market where they want to contract you for multiple years to guarantee the money rolling in and staying on their network.
 
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So Microsoft wants consoles to become like the smartphone market where they want to contract you for multiple years to guarantee the money rolling in and staying on their network.
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Kinda, but with services discounted and included in the price of your device. I wonder what the churn rate is for these services, probably relatively low for anyone subscribed longer than a month or two.
 
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15% off everything on ebay ($25 min purchase) with promo code PREGAME15 usually doesn't work with gift card kinda shit

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spronk said:
Xbox All Access is real and a great deal

"If you don’t already own an Xbox One, Microsoft is making a bold and aggressive move to get you on board with its new Xbox All Access financing plan. The publisher confirmed the All Access program in a blog post today. For 24 monthly payments, Microsoft will give you an Xbox One X or Xbox One S along with Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for less than you would pay if you purchase and subscribed all of those products separately."

"“For no upfront cost and one low monthly price for 24 months, Xbox All Access gets you a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X, access to more than 100 great games through Xbox Game Pass, and online multiplayer with Xbox Live Gold,” Xbox product marketing boss Bogdan Bilan said. “That’s more than 100 all-you-can-play games — including highly-anticipated new Xbox One exclusives the day they’re released, plus more games added all the time on the fastest, most reliable gaming network and an Xbox One console.”

"The Xbox One S plan starts at $22 per month, and the Xbox One X plan starts at $35. This is not a leasing program.

But unlike those phone plans, Xbox All Access is actually less expensive than purchasing an Xbox One outright and then subscribing to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for two years."
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How's Games with Gold work for new users? We miss out on all the previous months of games, and just get the new stuff? Also, this was pretty funny I thought, from the article:

"The financing goes through a Dell Preferred Account, and it is only available through Microsoft Stores. But because it works like a credit card or small loan (one with 0 percent interest), it should end up on your credit report. That means that if you do All Access and pay your bill on time, it should show up as a positive account when people investigate your credit score.

So, yeah, playing games can improve your credit."
 
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Destiny 2 is PS+ free game this month. If any of you were on the fence you can't argue with free.
 
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Except that it isn't free. Getting something in return for a membership fee that you lose if you stop paying is the exact opposite of free. Still a nice grab all things considered.
 
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It's "free" because in a few days the base game is useless without spending another $40 on Forsaken (and you probably still need the first two expansions as well, that's another $20).

Edit: For those who really do want to see for themselves what Destiny 2 is like, it's actually up on PS+ already. If they'd waited for the normal schedule it wouldn't have been available until after Forsaken had already unlocked. Don't believe the Add to Cart page though, only the standard edition is free and the two bundles will charge you $59.99 if you try to buy them even though they say "Free" too right now.
 
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Sept PS+ games

PS4: Destiny 2, God of War 3 Remastered, Knowledge is Power, Here They Lie (PSVR), Another World, Qube, Foul Play, Sparkle 2
PS3: Another World, Qube
Vita: Foul Play, Sparkle 2

Destiny 2 is already up for PS+
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All four of the PS3/Vita games are crossbuy for PS4 too.

Edit: Oops, I see you did list them there already.
 
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spronk said:
Xbox All Access is real and a great deal

"If you don’t already own an Xbox One, Microsoft is making a bold and aggressive move to get you on board with its new Xbox All Access financing plan. The publisher confirmed the All Access program in a blog post today. For 24 monthly payments, Microsoft will give you an Xbox One X or Xbox One S along with Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for less than you would pay if you purchase and subscribed all of those products separately."

"“For no upfront cost and one low monthly price for 24 months, Xbox All Access gets you a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X, access to more than 100 great games through Xbox Game Pass, and online multiplayer with Xbox Live Gold,” Xbox product marketing boss Bogdan Bilan said. “That’s more than 100 all-you-can-play games — including highly-anticipated new Xbox One exclusives the day they’re released, plus more games added all the time on the fastest, most reliable gaming network and an Xbox One console.”

"The Xbox One S plan starts at $22 per month, and the Xbox One X plan starts at $35. This is not a leasing program.

But unlike those phone plans, Xbox All Access is actually less expensive than purchasing an Xbox One outright and then subscribing to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass for two years."
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Not Knocking this (Yet) but this assumes full price on both services and full price on a console without games (Or sales)

So lets add this up for real:

Xbox One X for 487 free shipping on Amazon.
Xbox Live Gold (When goes on sale - Buy 2 one year cards) $36.99 X 2 (I have seen lower but let's use this) 73.98
Xbox Gamepass - (Various deals here - But lets say buy 9 get 12 which I have seen. Spronk you may have seen better) 89.91 * 2 = $179.82

So that would be $740.80 for those that wait for the deals (Which come and go regularly) Or $840 and change for the monthly all access.

So about $100 dollars to finance.
 
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Don't even download Destiny 2 for free. Don't fall into their obvious ploy here. Bungie sucks.
 
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Utnayan said:
Not Knocking this (Yet) but this assumes full price on both services and full price on a console without games (Or sales)

So lets add this up for real:

Xbox One X for 487 free shipping on Amazon.
Xbox Live Gold (When goes on sale - Buy 2 one year cards) $36.99 X 2 (I have seen lower but let's use this) 73.98
Xbox Gamepass - (Various deals here - But lets say buy 9 get 12 which I have seen. Spronk you may have seen better) 89.91 * 2 = $179.82

So that would be $740.80 for those that wait for the deals (Which come and go regularly) Or $840 and change for the monthly all access.

So about $100 dollars to finance.
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plus you gotta give the XBox back at the end, right?
 
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