1 yr. ago • 84%

Microsoft has apparently eliminated the $1 Xbox Game Pass trial once again, just before the release of Starfield

https:// twitter.com /Wario64/status/1695809585389740466

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

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

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- I felt like I was literally stealing the games.
  
  Surprisingly, you aren't! There is no difference for them if you play, as all the data is a copy and labor has already been paid.
  
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  Oh neat I have been living under a rock and didn't realize it was owned by Microsoft... so now there will never be a PS5 release. Does that mean all the old Bethesda games will be unavailable om PS5?
  
  It doesn't even look like you can get it on steam deck, this blows.
  
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- 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.
  
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I mean yeah. If games are going on gamepass day 1, it can't exactly just be a $1 rental for every big release.

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Yes it’s called “making sales”

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Another reason why anything subscription based is bad

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- The subscription service is bad because a trial period that has no bearing on subscribers is changing? Okay.
  
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  Found another subscriber that shells out money monthly for items they will never own then complains they can't afford housing/food.
  
  Subscriptions help no one but companies profits.
  
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- Subscriptions are bad because you actually have to pay for them?
  
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  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.
  
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  Well... Yeah. Wouldn't you rather not pay for things? /s
  
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