The great thing about buying a game vs a service is that pricing tends to stay the same, subscriptions start out as compelling deals but can soon skyrocket, beyond that subscription tend to be with the publisher apposed to a single product so you’ll mostly pay more to access more, then we are left with the Netflix, Prime, Disney plus issue of multiple subscriptions at inflated prices for products we aren’t interested in using.
Things like DRM is also an issue, want to play your subscription games without networking? I doubt it’ll be possible.
Personally I am focused on avoiding the subscription hell scape that has been pushed so hard recently.
I’m pissed with ford for single handedle fucking our infrastructure, can’t live without a car now. But anyway things that company’s do 10 years ago or 90 stick around
So ive heard, I remember the pricing before all the controversy was much lower, now most games after service fees either match steam price or slightly above a recent sale price.
Not advocating previous practice’s but saying that the issue seems to be a lot less prevalent to how it used to be