Recently, I started rewatching Star Wars: The Clone Wars (wow, I forgot how bad the first season was), and half way through the first season I found out that Disney will soon be removing the series from Netflix in favor of its own upcoming service. Netflix sounded like a great deal when it first came on the scene - all of the shows and movies you like on demand for a reasonable subscription fee - but the longer time goes on, the more streaming services pop up, and the more the owners of the content bounce things around from service to service. I, like many others, have become increasingly frustrated with the state of streaming services. On the other hand, as a consumer of games who likes going back and playing old things, this is somewhat disturbing. On the one hand, as an MMO player, sub-only games that may cease to exist the moment the whims of a corporate overlord change is old hat. What’s different here is that many of those games are exclusive to their respective subscriptions there is no way to buy them outright. This model isn’t a new idea just look at EA’s Origin All Access pass, Discord Nitro, or any of the three major consoles’ online plans. With both services, players can pay a monthly subscription to access a library of games and play them on a variety of devices. Last week, first Google then Apple announced new subscription gaming services.
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