Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody"

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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Yes, charging customers for a product that costs you money to maintain is an excuse, and a valid one. Sony and Nintendo were giving away an expensive service for free to the user. It was generous, and a way to reduce friction with onboarding new users.

They jumped on board because maintaining that infrastructure has become exponentially more expensive to maintain today than it was 20 years ago.

I don’t even know why you’d have a problem with Xbox charging more for their subscription when you already argue for paid online.

Because unlike paid user services, game ownership is not something that costs them any money. They aren’t recouping their costs for a service they provide, it’s just rentseeking.

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