No need to preorder/buy it, since the game will be on gamepass on release.
What point is there to not try the game for 10€ for a month? You can cancel it anytime.
If it's shit, you still have a huge library of big name games you can play. You can also get gamepass keys for much cheaper on ebay or key resellers but there you might get scammed. Also if you have friends with gamepass ultimate, they can give you free 14 day trial keys.
If the game turns out great, you can still just buy it later on sale
i can respect that, I myself avoid blizzard, riot, EA and Ubisoft and only install stuff if forced by friends for coop.
The games themselves though install through the xbox app and not directly from the shitty Microsoft store. In the end it all runs through the same service probably, but the xbox app is at least a better user experience.
My point was simply that people can avoid throwing money on shitty games like redfall if they just try it out on gamepass instead.
It's the same service wearing a different costume. They sometimes install multiple copies of themselves, for example, the Fallout games will install a copy of the game for each language they support with no option to only install the language you want. Attempting to install mods in most games will cause it to reinstall the entire game, preventing the use of mods. Sometimes when you uninstall them, it doesn't actually delete the files so it continues to use space on your drives until you reformat or use third party programs to remove them.
In my opinion, it's an absolutely terrible way to install games, even if the value is good.