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I bought gamepass and hell yeah it’s pretty cheap with a lot of decent games.
PC
3X expensive initial investment.
Yeah, but probably 3X the return (in terms of experience) imo. One could argue that upgrades down the line can be cheaper, serves multiple purposes, and resale value is probably better if can negotiate it. All these different game launchers have regular sales and promotions. Epic Games does 1-2 free games every week. Nothing amazing, but the expectation with the free/ under $5 games is not that high. Stories Untold was a recent free game that really enjoyed.
I would look at online store sales for these platforms and I would say there are bargains to be made anywhere, especially as we're at the end of the xbox/ps console cycle
I’d say PS Now. Over 800 game catalog for $60 a year. Caveat is you beer a PC or a PS4 Like get a used ps4 for ~150 and you’ll never get bored of the library there. There’s an option to download tons of titles on PS4 as well with Ps Now
Stadia
This is factually untrue. Example: look at most of the titles on Stadia (which, fyi, you still have to purchase), being listed at full 59.99. Example: red dead redemption 2. Now look at RDR2 being sold for ps4 or Xbox for 39.99 new, or vastly cheaper used