The trap is the money you have to spend when you could have played a demo instead.
Few games have demos nowadays though unfortunately.
And the larger trap, that you have to use a Microsoft product to play it on.
I mean that’s not remotely even an issue if you’re already on Windows which most PC gamers already are.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Demos are rare today though. Not to mention some are outright misrepresenting the actual game. Spending some money to try a game without having to do a refund if you don’t like it is a reasonable value. As a PC player I would absolutely spend $15 bucks for a single month to try a few $40-60 games that I would likely purchase through steam after trying. I wouldn’t pay more than a single month at a time though, which also isn’t great for Microsoft.