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LinkPizza posted...

I think Im talking about the ones who play it everyday for like a year, or until the next one comes out. Paying $20 a month for just that seems like a lot

Yeah, that's silly.

Dikitain posted...

Most people aren't going to care though.

How many people have subscriptions to stuff they don't regularly use? That is why subscription services are being pushed so hard.

But also this. It's very, very easy to forget about subscription costs, underestimating or even completely ignoring them as they fade into the background of ongoing expenses. You probably do this yourself: How often do you do the math for how much time you spend watching Netflix (or whatever video streaming services you use) and use that to evaluate the cost? Off the top of your head (that is, without opening your bank statements or taking several minutes to do some mental math), could you give me an estimate within 10% of how much you spend on recurring costs every month?

Maybe you can, in which case kudos for being particularly financially responsible, but most people tend to underestimate how much little costs like that add up. In that regard, Gamepass is fire-and-forget: You set up your subscription, then you just get to play CoD or whatever for free without ever having to think about buying it. You spend more money in the long run than you would just buying each game, but you don't feel like you do because you're not consciously making those transactions and you just get used to having $20 less each month.

It's why so many companies push subscriptions and auto-renewals: the less you have to think about the money you're spending on something, the less likely you are to feel like that thing an area where you can cut back on your spending.