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Gamepass is just a digital Blockbuster.
You go to rent a game, if it is good then maybe you go buy it. Back in my day, though, before Gamestop. We had Funco Land, a magical place that offered legitimate prices on buying back games. We had to walk 15 miles in the snow to get there, but it was really worth it.
Uhh... It's literally referred to as Netflix for games, I'm not sure why you think it's more comparable to blockbuster.
You have full access to any game on gamepass the entire time you're subscribed to game pass, same way you have full access to any TV show available on Netflix as long as you have Netflix. It's not really comparable to blockbuster where u had to return games / movies and it was a short term rental, there's almost no incentive to buy anything in the Netflix model
I think the benefit, and why Microsoft says GP has been profitable is because on top of being Gaming Netflix, they also sell the products.
So not only do they get reoccurring revenue, they also get a 100% of first party/ 30% of third party games sold in their store, and then 70% from steam, PlayStation and Switch.