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Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The problem with these things is that it usually works out being a net positive for the company. Like when Netflix stopped allowing households to share passwords. I cancelled, and hoped that drives of other people would cancel too. But Netflix did their research just like any other company would, and they ended up getting more subscribers and more money because of it. The era of good deals is over. The era of squeezing customers for everything they’re worth is here. There is no more competition, and thus no reason for them to offer good deals.

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  • Delusional@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yeah I pirated a lot when I was younger, then things became more easily available and cheaper so I started buying all my games and movies again. And now they’re going in a backwards direction and making things sorta expensive again and there are a dozen different subscription services so now I’m back to pirating again.

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Same here man. We were up to about $70 per month for streaming services, which was right back to cable TV type of shit. When Netflix pulled the password stunt that pushed us over the edge and we’ve been real-debrid ever since.

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Cheap online codes are the way to do gamepass. I agree at 20 a month it’s not really a great deal anymore

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  • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yea, if you look at your purchases you probably spend less than 20/month on average for games. Plus many of the “big” games aren’t on game pass from the start.

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’ve done the math; for what I currently pay if I play two full price games on gamepass a year I come out ahead.

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      • Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        That also assumes you benefit from playing them day one.

        There are plenty of games that I would play day one if it’s available. But if not, then I would happily wait and buy it when it’s cheaper. Also, the ownership adds to the value if I’m not keeping it all the time.

        So if I would have waited until the game is $40, I’m saving $40 max. But also, I’ll still have it 2 years from now when it’s worth $25, assuming I want to play it again. So it maybe saved me $15, depending how you look at it.

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