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Crackdown 3 downgrade6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() "A large proportion of those playing Crackdown 3 haven't paid for the game it's simply been made available to them" A large proportion of the consumers playing Crackdown 3 at launch haven't paid for the game it's simply been made available to them, with some accompanying fanfare, on a service they already pay a small monthly fee for.Īfter years of industry discussions about what the possibility of Netflix-style subscription services could mean for games, Microsoft has gone ahead and taken the logical leap - not just treating a subscription service as a long-tail opportunity to build a secondary revenue stream for games that have already had their day at retail, but as an entirely alternative delivery mechanism for games that would ordinarily have cost $60 up front. What makes Crackdown 3 genuinely interesting, however, is the role Microsoft's Game Pass service plays in its launch and in how it's being received. Crackdown 3 at least transpires to be competent and entertaining other hugely anticipated titles have met far worse fates when they finally slouched onto retail shelves. The greatly delayed arrival of a one-time system-seller, transformed into a merely competent bit of fun by years of development turmoil is a tale told over and over again in this industry. Simply taking the game on its own merits, the launch of Crackdown 3 isn't anything especially interesting.
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