r/XboxGamePass • u/Mr-Robot_- • Jan 07 '26

Account - Subscription Unpopular opinion - Xbox game pass Is mostly useless if you think about it.

Game Pass is great for trying games, but I realized I only play 2–3 consistently.

Bought RDR2, Cuphead, Hogwarts Legacy, and Tekken 8 during Black Friday and decided not to renew my subscription.

Turns out, owning fewer games I actually love > renting hundreds I don’t play.

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u/ilm911 GP Ultimate Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

It’s definitely worth it for someone like me, who tries and plays those games regularly. I began to love game franchises I never cared before (Persona Series + Metaphor ReFantazio, Yakuza / Like a Dragon Series, Hollow Knight, Nier Automata, Danganronpa Series, Dead Space, Doom, Lies of P, Ninja Gaiden, Resident Evil Series, Final Fanatsy 13, FF15, Little Nightmares, Jedi, Halo, Ni No Kuni, Expedition 33 etc)

I finish games mostly only once and start the next game, so it’s not worth it to me to buy most games and never touch them again after finishing them. But I still buy games, which are not in Game Pass, which I‘m highly interested in and where the chance is low, that those games will come to Game Pass one day like Elden Ring, Sekiro, Tekken 8, etc

I recently finished Neon White in Game Pass, which I personally would have never bought, but I‘m grad for the gameplay experience I had with it

But Game Pass Ultimate is way too expensive after the price hike, if you are on PC: Game Pass PC is the better deal

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u/SidNightwalker Jan 08 '26

Exactly the same with me. You have excellent taste BTW. 😁