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Not only this, they cut the budget starting 2025 by a lot and only productions with >400k on their own will be qualified to apply for a state funding. Cause that will be a good reason for each state (Bundesland) to rise their funding (Berlin has some millions and Hessen 260k/year funding budget). Or at least that was one of the arguments to cut the state budget.
Money. Even if 5 people scream and get a refund or don’t buy it there will be 100 that don’t care and just pay. It’s the same with every bad thing like preorder, dlc after dlc, microtransactions for cosmetics more expensive than an full title indie game or pay to win in a full price triple a game (like star wars battlefront 2). In the end the group of people just buying is bigger.
It depends what you want. If you play on console and PC then maybe if you also like the games offered. And maybe even cloudgaming on a mobile phone or tablet but that’s often only possible with a controller.
For me the gamepass is great cause I like playing on pc and Xbox and I share it with my girlfriend, so there is always a game she or I like. And a big take away for me is the “demo” mode. I have really bad motion sickness, so I can’t play a lot of games. But the bad part is, most games are great the first couple of hours cause it’s mostly a tutorial area and these often are better then the rest of a game. So even if I’m allowed to get a refund if I played less then 2 hours, its mostly 3-4 hours after the motion sickness startes. And after that I have lost 60-80 bucks for a game I can never play again. And with the gamepass I can try a lot of games I’m not sure I can play and can just stop if it’s not working, without loosing extra money. I tried so many games in the last months I wouldn’t have bought and some of them I can play a the way till the end. It’s great!
If you don’t have much time to spare I would recommend to wait a little more. It would still be a big support if you buy it at full price in fall.