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Commenter Blessrok remembers the good old days of the Sega Channel in today's Speak Up on Kotaku, and wonders how many gamers would flock to a monthly game subscription service on modern day consoles.

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Video game rental subscriptions are gaining popularity, with Microsoft's Xbox now offering their own service for $ 9.99 / mo to their most popular games on demand

To follow the game online in the United States, you'll be watching on the Fox Soccer 2 Go subscription service or with some Internet providers you can tune in on Fox Sports Go.

You won't be able to get games broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2 on that app without a subscription to a service that includes ESPN.

We've taken a look at PlayStation 4 PS Plus free games released in the period November 2014 — November 2015, since people keep claiming the offer is not enough considering the amount of money people invest on the service — about $ 50 for a one - year subscription.

The service has a rather large and expansive library and subscribers are given access to all of the games — you don't need to buy them on top of paying subscription fees.

The PS Now service is a paid system, meaning even if you own a copy of RDR, you still need to shell out the subscription fee to stream, and while the game runs well on a PS4, players have reported abysmal performance on PC, not to mention the gamepad being required.

Original story: Microsoft today unveiled the Xbox Game Pass, an EA Access - like subscription service that offers access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles, playable on Xbox One.

Finally on the tablet front there's the Fire for Kids, a special package that includes a rubber case and a year - long subscription to FreeTime, a service that locks down the Kindle for kids and allows them to view video, games, apps and books.

The 8 - inch tablet is also family - friendly, thanks to the Value Packs of apps in its kids modce and the Samsung Kids subscription service for educational games, books, movies and TV shows ($ 100 of which come pre-loaded on the tablet).

The Fire HD 7 and 6 models are also available in Kids Editions, which include a chunky case, a 2 - year warranty, and a free year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, a subscription service focusing on kid - friendly content such as apps, games, and videos.

Itâ $ ™ ll be interesting to see if Amazon plays that same game, or looks to truly do a digital subscription service on the model of Netflix and Spotify, with actual metered reading and payouts.

Further betting on the family - friendly nature of tablets, Amazon will also make the Fire HD 7 and 6 available in Kids Editions, which include a chunky case, a 2 - year warranty, and a free year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, a subscription service focused on kid - friendly content such as apps, games and videos.

The BlackBerry comes preloaded with Mobi4Biz (a subscription - based on - demand video service), as well as a few games.

GameFly, an online videogame rental subscription service that evolved into a video game merchant, is having a sale this week on select digital role - playing game bundles:

Just Dance Unlimited is a subscription streaming service with a broad catalog of more than 300 songs, updated throughout the year, that offers players the opportunity to discover exclusive new tracks, along with the best of past Just Dance hits — and is available in all game modes on current - gen consoles.

Sony's PlayStation Plus is a subscription - based service that allows members to get weekly and monthly access to discounted games on the PlayStation Network, as well as the occasional free game.

Loot boxes, microtransactions, season passes, DLC bundles, subscriptions and «games are a service» are all ways in which publishers can further guard against a flop which, when used in a successful game can feel predatory but can rescue a studio in times of adversity; a good example of this is Rainbow Six: Siege which has gone on to be very successful thanks to continued support through DLC, despite a sluggish start.

However, with Sony announcing a subscription for the service, yet only offering PlayStation 3 and older games on PlayStation Now, is it really for the hardcore PlayStation fans?

Not only that, it's also available to Game Pass subscribers for free, following hot on the heels of Sea Of Thieves as new games releasing straight to Microsoft's subscription service.

The price of the subscription is also quite dear when you consider that if you've been with PlayStation since the beginning, you've probably played most of the big games on the service already.

Now that Sony has managed to get some of these games down to a more appealing price point ($ 14.99 for 90 days of God of War: Ascension is actually not bad), it'll make the ability to stream a wide range of PlayStation 3 games to any TV in your house much more appealing to those who may have missed out on what PlayStation had to offer last gen.. While the prospects of using the service are a little more practical now, I - like many - am still pulling for a subscription plan to arrive.

Microsoft has announced Xbox Game Pass, subscription service that lets you play more than 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 backward compatible titles on your Xbox One console, Netflix - style.

Battlefield 4, one of the first games available on EA AccessBoth Sony and EA need to realize that no matter how good a value either service becomes, most gamers already pay yearly or monthly subscription fees to Sony's PlayStation Plus ($ 50 yearly) and Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold ($ 60 yearly).

On this page, you will find the complete list of games that will require a paid subscription to the Nintendo Switch Online service in order to be played online.

Also on the docket are subscription deals: You can save $ 10 on a 3 - month or 6 - month subscription to Xbox Live Gold and Microsoft is making Xbox Game Pass, its game download service, available for just $ 1 for the first moGame Pass, its game download service, available for just $ 1 for the first mogame download service, available for just $ 1 for the first month.

I'm not one for these subscription based services; I like to own my games outright, but I'm reading quite a few contrasting opinion pieces on other sites (sorry), it would be good to hear the views of the editors above!

Nowadays you're not actually «purchasing» a PC game, but rather «subscribing» to it or purchasing a license for it, which means game publishers can tell you how many times you can install a game, make you pay to unlock content that's already on the disc, or go ahead and revoke your right to play a game, and there's nothing illegal about them doing any of these things at all because you paid $ 50 for a service (the subscription or license) rather than for a product.

Nintendo's plans for retro games on Switch don't seem to include the Virtual Console, and at the time of writing the company is going to focus on 8 - bit titles when its online subscription service launches this September.

PS Now is a cloud gaming service, which allows users to access selected original PS3 titles on either a per - game basis or via a subscription.

EA have announced they're bringing their subscription service for games to PC after a successful few months on Xbox One.

The game has now been confirmed to be releasing on June 9th, 2015, under the new name; The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, without a subscription service.

If your opinion is the EA access is the best subscription service out there with only 10 games on it then you are extremely easy to please.

Having a PlayStation Now subscription means instant streaming access to any game currently on the PlayStation Now service.

And if you're wanting to check out the game right now — on the cheap — the Humble Bundle sub is currently offering the game as a sign - up deal for the annual subscription to the service.

If that isn't enough to keep Xbox gamers busy, all of Microsoft's first - party games will be added to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service starting on their release date going forward.

PlayStation have another service called PlayStation Now which lets you stream older PS games on your PlayStation 4 for a subscription price of $ 20 / month.

With the announcement that First - Party Xbox games will be added to Xbox Game Pass on launch date, the already fantastic subscription service value has just skyrocketed.

It's certainly an interesting way for PS4 owners who never owned a PS3 to access that considerable back catalogue, but with a hefty subscription service and only 400 games on tap, it's not proved a hit with users.

For the uninitiated, PlayStation Now is a subscription based game streaming service available on PS4.

The news comes on the back of the announcement of Nintendo Switch's online subscription service, which is including a collection of classic NES games, and the option of backing up your saves to the cloud.

Various launch promos are running, with 40 % off the price on Steam, 20 % off and a free theme on PlayStation 4, and if you're on Xbox One, the game will be launching straight into the Xbox Game Pass subscription servgame will be launching straight into the Xbox Game Pass subscription servGame Pass subscription service.

The Nvidia Shield will be able to play games stored on the device or they can be streamed via Nvidia Grid, a subscription based service capable of streaming games up to 1080p and 60 fps.

By signing up to Humble» subscription - based service, you can currently get instant access to Rise of the Tomb Raider on PC for # 10 / $ 12, with a stack of other games headed your way at the end of the month.

Xbox Game Pass is a # 7.99 / $ 10 per month subscription service offered on top of the Xbox Live Gold subscription.

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The game recently went on Origin Access, the PC equivalent of EA Access, The Xbox One exclusive subscription service with free games.

On May 12, PS3 users will benefit from PlayStation Now, the much - awaited subscription and rental game streaming service from Sony.

Customers of T - Mobile are getting a free one - month subscription to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service on Xbox One later this year.

Currently, Nintendo isn't commenting on when SNES or N64 games will be added to the service or if Virtual Console games will be purchasable outside of the subscription.