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Microsoft has apparently eliminated the $1 Xbox Game Pass trial once again, just before the release of Starfield (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] stormesp@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thata a bullshit of a headline if i have seen one, "eliminated again", its just not always active, thet bring it back every few months

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yup, it's a promotion, so it's available when they want to increase user counts.

[–] howsetheraven@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's this "again" business? Do you actually feel you're entitled to a $1 unlimited access pass to their entire library for 2 weeks just to play their biggest release? If not, do you think it's unethical or illegal or some other gripe?

I played Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3 and Halo: Infinite with that shit in the past years. I felt like I was literally stealing the games.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Hot take when dealing with trillion dollar monopolies there is nothing unethical of taking advantage of them. Also I say this as someone that got the $1 month once and then used it once and then never touched it.

[+] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Another reason why anything subscription based is bad

[+] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well... Yeah. Wouldn't you rather not pay for things? /s

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would say subscriptions are bad because they are proven to make people spend more money then they would have normally. That's why most big companies do it now. Someone buying a game for 30$ and playing it for 1000 hours over a couple years isn't very interesting for the big guys.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But then how would you apply that logic to things like GamePass, where you will end up spending way less if you are a prolific gamer? I spent $120 for a year of PS+ Premium and it paid for itself in 2 weeks with the cost of buying the individual games vs just having access to the catalogue. And not just things I downloaded, played for 10 minutes and removed. There was plenty of things I would have out right paid $40-70 for and have put 40-100 hours in that I didn't have to buy because they were on the subscription service. It would have cost almost a $1000 for the value of time spent playing games I got access to for only $120.