Sims 5 is Internet-Only, Cloud-Based Subscription Game?
Great analysis/speculation video from @SimmerErin "Sims 5 May REQUIRE A Subscription. Here's Why. (Cloud Gaming)" https://youtu.be/Le_lOQhHEXg
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Definitely not.
I'm burned out of dealing with subscriptions for anything.
I did the math and looked at what I had for streaming services. For a LOT less than the $350 or so a year I spend on them, I can just buy the DVDs and a new Blu-Ray player (I have a DVD player, but most things seem to be Blu-Ray these days). Plus, a lot of these services have jumped anywhere from $2-5 a month in the past year, with Netflix being the biggest offender.
Plus, a lot of shows have shifted between streaming services. First of all, it was my shows moving from Netflix and Hulu to newer network-owned streaming services like Disney+, Paramount, and HBO Max. Now, it seems the "in" thing is moving shows to YouTube (older seasons of Power Rangers; which moved from Netflix a year or two ago) or free ad-supported platforms (recently canceled my HBO Max subscription as they planned to do the same with Westworld). Both "free" platforms are horribly ad-ridden, and the ads are annoying and intrusive.
With DVD/Blu-Rays, I can avoid the "musical chairs" my shows have been playing lately, and I don't even need internet, which is a plus to my "man cave" in an outbuilding/former above-garage apartment.
I had an XBOX subscription shortly to try a couple of games I wasn't exactly keen on spending $60 each for, but I canceled it after I did so, pretty much before the trial ended. It is cheaper for me to just wait for a sale than continue spending ten bucks a month for two games. "
Used to be, one could use Flickr pretty much unencumbered for free; then Yahoo spun them off to be sold to SmugMug; and I ended up having to pay $8 for PRO to get much use out of it Then, after getting sucked into a subscription, they changed it back to where it was by changing all "public" photos to not count towards storage limits. And it went up to $10 a month, for something I don't use much. Thinking about going back to free.
I'm burned out of dealing with subscriptions for anything.
I did the math and looked at what I had for streaming services. For a LOT less than the $350 or so a year I spend on them, I can just buy the DVDs and a new Blu-Ray player (I have a DVD player, but most things seem to be Blu-Ray these days). Plus, a lot of these services have jumped anywhere from $2-5 a month in the past year, with Netflix being the biggest offender.
Plus, a lot of shows have shifted between streaming services. First of all, it was my shows moving from Netflix and Hulu to newer network-owned streaming services like Disney+, Paramount, and HBO Max. Now, it seems the "in" thing is moving shows to YouTube (older seasons of Power Rangers; which moved from Netflix a year or two ago) or free ad-supported platforms (recently canceled my HBO Max subscription as they planned to do the same with Westworld). Both "free" platforms are horribly ad-ridden, and the ads are annoying and intrusive.
With DVD/Blu-Rays, I can avoid the "musical chairs" my shows have been playing lately, and I don't even need internet, which is a plus to my "man cave" in an outbuilding/former above-garage apartment.
I had an XBOX subscription shortly to try a couple of games I wasn't exactly keen on spending $60 each for, but I canceled it after I did so, pretty much before the trial ended. It is cheaper for me to just wait for a sale than continue spending ten bucks a month for two games. "
Used to be, one could use Flickr pretty much unencumbered for free; then Yahoo spun them off to be sold to SmugMug; and I ended up having to pay $8 for PRO to get much use out of it Then, after getting sucked into a subscription, they changed it back to where it was by changing all "public" photos to not count towards storage limits. And it went up to $10 a month, for something I don't use much. Thinking about going back to free.
