Ugh, I just checked the price on the store before posting and deleted the part about Minecraft being free but I missed one line. It seems to be free on the Oculus store but I guess not on Windows? I thought it was pre-installed when I set up Windows 10 on this machine but I guess I was mistaken. Anyway the point still stands. :D
There is a third option besides M$-exclusive or not: zero-rating. Minecraft is free on Windows now. Giving away free (or "free") games with online play subscriptions (Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Nintendo Online), and game stores (Epic, Steam, gog). Even Apple Arcade could be considered an offshoot of this model. I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't at least float using some of Bethesda's biggest games this way.
Want The Elder Scrolls 6 on your PS5? Have at it, that'll be $70. But if you have an Xbox Series X it's free.
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Until I come across a better option, in my head TMTG will stand for They Might Trip Giants.
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Par for the course ever since they eliminated the dedicated macOS team as Bloomberg reported in 2016.
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Ok I wasn't wrong: there is a free edition in the Windows 10 store.
/div>Re: third option
Ugh, I just checked the price on the store before posting and deleted the part about Minecraft being free but I missed one line. It seems to be free on the Oculus store but I guess not on Windows? I thought it was pre-installed when I set up Windows 10 on this machine but I guess I was mistaken. Anyway the point still stands. :D
/div>third option
There is a third option besides M$-exclusive or not: zero-rating. Minecraft is free on Windows now. Giving away free (or "free") games with online play subscriptions (Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Nintendo Online), and game stores (Epic, Steam, gog). Even Apple Arcade could be considered an offshoot of this model. I'd honestly be surprised if they didn't at least float using some of Bethesda's biggest games this way.
Want The Elder Scrolls 6 on your PS5? Have at it, that'll be $70. But if you have an Xbox Series X it's free.
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