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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it (www.pcgamer.com)
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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

in other words please help us, use our AI

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[–] 33 points 9 months ago (14 children)

We watched this exact same tactic happen with Xbox gamepass over the last 5 years. They introduced it and left in the capability to purchase the "upgrade" for $1/year. Now they are suddenly cranking it up to $30/month and people are still paying it because they feel like it's a service they "have to have".

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Is it $30/month on top of Xbox gold or does the game pass include it?

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    It's included, but good lord if that's not a very high price for temporary access to a collection of bargain bin games. You could buy a full price game every other month for that money.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago*

    or 3-6 indies on sale - hell if you save up that money you can go nuts every steam/gog same, 360$ should get you around 1k$ games retail price upwards if you are a patient gamer

    Edit: and you can KEEP that, not temporary

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    On top of that, I have personally developed some gaming habits that I don't care for at all as a direct result of gamepass.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Gold doesn’t exist anymore. Now it’s game pass core or something…the rate went up with that forced “migration”. You do get access to a few “free” games with core, but you gotta pay way more to have the full deal. I think core (which is the cheapest, baseline option) is $70/yr now? (Edit- i just checked my statement, it’s $78.50)

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