Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier.
  • @thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -11•5 months ago

    Or just do what I do. Sign up for game pass once in a blue moon when friend wants to play games. Cancel it after 1-2 months once friend eclipses into non gaming mode for a while. Dispute the charge on card and say MSFT didn’t cancel trial. Get money back every time. Rinse and repeat as needed.

    • @CatZoomies@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11•5 months ago

      Regardless of how you feel about Game Pass, shouldn’t Microsoft (and the game’s publisher and dev) get paid for a game rental service you fully used and benefited from?

      With my morals, that’s not something I could do. Definitely doesn’t sit right with me.

        • @CatZoomies@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          5•5 months ago

          Fair enough, megacorps certainly are amoral in their decisions, which generally leads to evil outcomes.

          Have you considered what happens to indie game devs, which aren’t megacorps? They list games on Gamepass to increase exposure. Microsoft takes a cut of the monthly fee and the rest is dispersed to the publishers and then all the way down to the game devs getting a small slice of the monthly fee.

          When OP issues a charge back, the game devs aren’t getting paid. Is that fair to indie game devs? They don’t get paid if Microsoft and the various publishers don’t get paid.

          Granted, I’m not justifying subscriptions. I personally dislike Games-as-a-Service as I prefer to own my games. But using a paid service, and then charging back against the company? Especially when it’s smaller game devs on that platform, too, hoping to make it big one day.

          I don’t think indie devs should eat your ass, or the original commenter’s ass. Frankly, they need money to eat and pay their bills just like us plebs.

      • @thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -9•5 months ago

        With your morals, I could wipe my ass. Who gives a shit if Microsoft loses a few bucks? Fuck them. It doesn’t hurt the game devs.