• @[email protected]
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    Thats a bullshit of a headline if i have seen one, “eliminated again”, its just not always active, thet bring it back every few months

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    What’s this “again” business? Do you actually feel you’re entitled to a $1 unlimited access pass to their entire library for 2 weeks just to play their biggest release? If not, do you think it’s unethical or illegal or some other gripe?

    I played Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3 and Halo: Infinite with that shit in the past years. I felt like I was literally stealing the games.

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      I felt like I was literally stealing the games.

      Surprisingly, you aren’t! There is no difference for them if you play, as all the data is a copy and labor has already been paid.

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        Oh neat I have been living under a rock and didn’t realize it was owned by Microsoft… so now there will never be a PS5 release. Does that mean all the old Bethesda games will be unavailable om PS5?

        It doesn’t even look like you can get it on steam deck, this blows.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Yup, XBox GamePass is not available for Steam deck or Linux generally, so I have never used it. I would probably sign up if it was available though.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Well Steam says it will be in their library, I guess just not for Steamdeck? I was on the fence about getting one because I rarely use a non work computer, and won’t get a new one just for gaming.

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              I’m talking about GamePass, not Starfield. Gamepass only works on Microsoft OSes AFAIK, so you won’t be able to use it on anything it doesn’t control (i.e. macOS or Linux).

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                That’s fun. God I hate proprietary tech

                Like it’s not enough to lock me into a service by making a good service that I forget how expensive it is, instead they got to strangle you on the device side.

                • @[email protected]
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                  21 year ago

                  Ikr? That’s one reason why I like Netflix. I don’t like the DRM, but they at least do a good job ensuring it works pretty much everywhere.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      41 year ago

      Hot take when dealing with trillion dollar monopolies there is nothing unethical of taking advantage of them. Also I say this as someone that got the $1 month once and then used it once and then never touched it.

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    Another reason why anything subscription based is bad

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      The subscription service is bad because a trial period that has no bearing on subscribers is changing? Okay.

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        Found another subscriber that shells out money monthly for items they will never own then complains they can’t afford housing/food.

        Subscriptions help no one but companies profits.

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          complaining about housing and food? are we reading the same comment or is lemmy broken again lol

        • @[email protected]
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          If you only ever play games or watch movies/shows once regardless, it’s just a cheaper way to get content. The only reason I don’t use Gamepass is because it doesn’t work on Linux. That’s it.

          I have Netflix and Disney+ because it’s way cheaper than buying the movies and shows I watch on it, movies and shows that I’ll only ever watch once.