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To be fair, its just suggested to help you on certain points when you cannot make it on your own. I personally don't think this is a bad idea to have as an option. It's not like it plays the entire game for you. I see it more like when your big brother helps you finish that one boss you struggle as a kid type of help. Or hell, doing cheats in single player games to have it easier is a common thing to do.
Cheats (and big brothers, to an extent, I guess) are free.
Yes, but that doesn't mean everything that is not your brother have to be free too. I mean its a service. I assume the Ai tool would be integrated into a subscription like Game Pass. As long as you don't have to use it, its fine to charge money. I don't get the argumentation that your brother is free... What's the point?
Look at the state of gatcha games. Yeah, sure, you technically -can- access all the content without paying, but in practice it's not going to happen in a human lifetime. It isn't that much of a stretch to picture games that are "technically" humanly possible, but so difficult that most people will resort to the AI. Remember the oldschool quarter-eaters in arcades? Same business model but with more steps. I also wouldn't put it past MS to offer "incentives" in the game store for titles with AI integration. Also see the comment upthread about enshittification.
And if you really don't understand the difference between a paid subscription service and a family member, I feel sorry for you.
Why do you have to say something stupid like this? My point is, just because your brother can do it for free is no reason that a service has to be free too. In example my brother can do a lot for me... but I guess at this point the discussion is over.
I notice you don't bother to address any of my other points, and boldly declare the time for talking to be over. I suspect that's because you can't.
The problem with this solution is that there's been a free solution for over 30 years now, it's called the difficulty select. If this solution is going to replace difficulty select it should be free. Just because they decide to reinvent the wheel doesn't mean we should be paying for it.