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Machiavellian on 18 November 2024
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konnichiwa said:
Machiavellian said:

This is another point where I find it funny to complain about giving people who actually are willing to spend extra money to play a game early. Is it praying on someone to give them the option or is it giving them a choice.  I know I have absolutely no incentive to pay extra money to play any game early but then again, I value my money differently.  The thing is, if there is an audience for such a thing, not catering to that audience is miss money.

To miss money, exactly,  it is not a pro consumer move, not a pro gamepass move, it is a move that is only made to squeeze money from fans who will not feel like it is a choice but an obligation to do so and you may find it funny but I find it a vile businesspractice...  They did it a few times in the past but now it seems to become the norm and this will not be accepted well when those special editions release and people find out it isn't on gamepass...Ofcourse some xbox fans will defend it and say it is okay because EA and Ubisoft do it aswell...  This will also not be beneficial for the reviews or reception of the games because people will be more critically 'I had to pay 100$ for it so yeah'

Did you wake up today and found out that business do not always do Pro consumer things the way you feel they should do it.  If there is an audience, a business will seek that money.  You believe its not pro consumer but that is because you are not in that group.  It isn't pro consumer for you but there is enough people who are more than willing to toss that money away to play a game early.

If you find it vile business practice to cater to a market that you are not part of than you are probably going to find a lot of things in business vile.

I do not know what reason you sub to GP, I get it because MS first party games are released on the subscription.  They are released on the date the game is set to launch which is fine for me because I cannot be bothered or care if someone pays to play it 5 days early or that MS would seek to add some incentive to costly PRO and Ultimate versions of their game with early play. 

Last but not least, you are acting like this is something new or that there will be some sudden fallout because there are people who are willing to shell out for Pro/Ultimate versions of a game.  Really, if you spent 100 bucks for a game you already sold on it and if you are willing to spend extra money to get the premium addition even when you get to play the game at release, well you evidently value spending that extra money for the game over your subscription. I just do not understand getting upset about a choice that is 100% up to the consumer to make with their money. Still not even sure how this even affects you.