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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: So, What Games Are You Looking Forward To? (2025 Ed)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:02:45 -0800
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On 1/26/2025 4:03 AM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:26:49 -0700, "rms"
> <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
> 
>>> DOOM: The Dark Ages catches my interest first, but it doesn't
>>> necessarily mean I will buy it in 2025.  For $80 with no multiplayer,
>>> it's more likely to get picked up when it hits $10.
>>
>>    It's a day one PC Gamepass release (like Indy), which I'd forgotten
>> about, so I will be looking at this soon after release
>>
>> rms
> 
> I haven't used Gamepass, but I have used the Origin equivalent of that
> (whatever they are calling it these days) to vet games that I wanted
> an entire month to evaluate, but didn't want to commit to the initial
> release price (which for some games is $120 for the "complete
> edition").


It'd be nice if more games had demos again so you didn't have to pay for 
a month of Gamepass.  Especially as there's a number of games that are 
on Elite Gamepass (let us gouge you for more!) that I'm mildly 
interested in, but not enough to pay more.

-- 
-Justisaur

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