No, you said that I shouldn't talk because I'm not a gamer, or I'm stirring shit, or people with trillions of dollars must know what they're talking about, or a host of other random assumptions about me. At this point there is nothing I could say to talk you out of your own assumptions about me. We're not even having a conversation, you're just quoting me and repeating the same empty nonsense as before.
Clutch your coupons closer, I guess. You seem so emotionally invested that you can't read the plain words of what I am writing.
Both magazines and Netflix allowed/allow customers to obtain things like a magazine or a movie below the going rate for each of those individual magazines/movies, and this was done to obtain marketshare with the intention of slowly cutting costs and increasing margins. It is the same thing Microsoft is doing and I expect the same outcome.
But maybe if you pile on more words like "abundantly clear", you won't have to put forth a rebuttal. Seems to be the standard in coupon threads.
Wasteland, Ori, etc are not "games as a product" -- to draw a distinction -- but are taken away when your service ends.
But sure, it isn't like a battle royale GAAS shooter or something. The underlying business model -- maintaining subscription numbers instead of obtaining total game sales -- is the same. It's an extension of paying for Xbox Live and keeping you hooked into the marketplace. It has advantages and disadvantages.