Oh yeah, I still have the sub. Just reminded me to cancel it lol. Don't think I've used it in about 3-4 months.
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LOL. You’re Microsoft’s ideal customer to pay for a service you don’t use. Happy I could remind you to cancel!😃
Yeah, back in 360 days I forgot I had Xbox Live, started playing again after like a year, signed up to Xbox Live, didn't realise I was paying for the old one as well until another year later.
I'm so bad at that stuff. I get paid, then next day all the stuff comes out, and I just assumed that's that, forgetting to check if any of it I still use anymore lol
And the enshitification hits game pass. It was only a matter of time
Every now and again I'll sign up for EA pro, or ubisoft connect and cancel when I'm done with whatever game or games I signed up for. Xbgp is the only one I just keep paying for, despite not playing much via it. When they send me an email saying the price is going up, that will be when it becomes like the others and I will cancel.
Strange. The PC game pass still shows it has access to the latest releases ans is only 12$ ( in the article twitter link )
They won't even offer a yearly plan? This is awful... please Playstation, do not follow this model. It's $240 a year compared to the top tier psn plan at $160.
Sony slipped into the chat:
“We heard our name so we came running. We must keep up with our competition. Gamers proved they’ll pay anything, so to stay competitive, we will be increasing our prices in order to stay competitive with our offerings. Sure the publishers are raising their rates, and servers aren’t cheap, but we hope that with this new increase, our profitability margins will increase faster than our operating revenues. We think you’re gonna love it.”
Nooooo!
The best line I have actually heard multiple times whenever a change is made by my company is "we are changing so and so service to this to better align ourselves with industry standards." And guess what, those standards are always worse for us. Never once seen this where it's been a positive. I guess it's ok to do if everyone else does it!
LOL yep. And if you ever work in the traditional corporate office job, you’ll hear these great words mixed in:
- align
- synergize
- innovate
- compete
- streamline
- agile
I work the corporate game, so I use these words myself, but ooh boy it gets tiring. Thankfully I’m agile enough to synergize myself with these new standards, which are aligned best with our competitors.