Shtef
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The PC Game Pass subscription has rocketed by an inconceivable 433%, and the Game Pass Ultimate subscription has ascended by 366% within a year.
This is stupid. This is second increase this year.
The PC Game Pass subscription has rocketed by an inconceivable 433%, and the Game Pass Ultimate subscription has ascended by 366% within a year.
How is a 433% increase in price drama?
Massive and growing.
Turkey and Argentina are often used by people outside those countries to get games exceedingly cheap. MS is trying to block this exploit.
But in doing so gamers actually from these countries are getting completely screwed. They should have made it harder for people outside those countries to use their prices not raise them for the locals.
Also the question now comes that if people that were exploiting these Turkey/Argentina prices will now pay a higher price or if they'll just unsub.
Read the thread title; Turkey.I just bought 3 months for 15€, don‘t know where all the price hikes are tbh.
"this is why we can't have nice things"Turkey and Argentina are often used by people outside those countries to get games exceedingly cheap. MS is trying to block this exploit.
But in doing so gamers actually from these countries are getting completely screwed. They should have made it harder for people outside those countries to use their prices not raise them for the locals.
Also the question now comes that if people that were exploiting these Turkey/Argentina prices will now pay a higher price or if they'll just unsub.
Correct.Turkey and Argentina are often used by people outside those countries to get games exceedingly cheap. MS is trying to block this exploit.
They should abandon debt based fiat currency then.Considering that inflation in Turkey is still uncontrolled, it's to be expected.
Turkish central bank raises inflation forecasts, sees 70%-75% peak
Turkey's central bank raised its year-end inflation forecasts for this year and next to 65% and 36% respectively, Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan said on Thursday, vowing to continue gradual monetary tightening.www.reuters.com
The last time there were hikes I was told it was just routine inflation adjustments. the world apparently went to more shit in a few months after that.
This is stupid. This is second increase this year
Turkey's economy continues to deteriorate with inflation out of control. It rose from 58.94% in August to 61.53% in September. Turkey is still going to shit compared to the rest of the world. The price of a video game subscription is the least of their economic concerns.The last time there were hikes I was told it was just routine inflation adjustments. the world apparently went to more shit in a few months after that.
Damn you, Steam, forcing Microsoft to increase the price again!
This is stupid. This is second increase this year.
"CRISIS NOT AVERTEDDDDD"
100% this.It's sad to see price increases in markets where people are already struggling to buy games. And it's sickening that people in other markets exploit the regional prices to save money, resulting in actions like that and ultimately denying access to those gamers.
I'm talking about the tag given to the thread
Yeah, I get my YT Premium through Argentina or maybe India, so I get it, but the real thing to do is exactly what you said, to make it harder for people to buy outside of the country.
Pretty sure on PSN to play an in-region game you need to be using an in-region profile. So you'd have to maintain your profile for all the games you wanted to buy and that would pose problems for people who want to play online.
There are ways of doing this without raising prices 400 percent.
They'll just unsub. They were unwilling to pay the price before. Once I can't get YT Premium for low low prices (just to avoid ads) I'll probably watch less youtube.
While I understand your frustration (and I genuinely wish things get better for you), are people really to blame?Gotta give Microsoft some credit, thanks to game pass Sony created the extra tier on PSN+. Here in Brazil that's where I do most of my gaming, I bought 2-3 games in a good year.
It's sad to see price increases in markets where people are already struggling to buy games. And it's sickening that people in other markets exploit the regional prices to save money, resulting in actions like that and ultimately denying access to those gamers.
Why not just enforcing that the user is really from turkey, instead of stuffing on Turkish and Argentinians?
While I understand your frustration (and I genuinely wish things get better for you), are people really to blame?
Microsoft opens up a door, an exploit, for people to buy something for cheap. Of course, people are gonna use it. Microsoft should focus on plugging that exploit rather than making it financially difficult for local players to buy their products and services.
Microsoft is choosing the easy way out. It's not the right way out though.
Sickening that people buy a product from a trillion dollar company at the lowest possible cost? Come on man. That’s one bizarre take. That poor exploited trillion dollar company. My sides.Gotta give Microsoft some credit, thanks to game pass Sony created the extra tier on PSN+. Here in Brazil that's where I do most of my gaming, I bought 2-3 games in a good year.
It's sad to see price increases in markets where people are already struggling to buy games. And it's sickening that people in other markets exploit the regional prices to save money, resulting in actions like that and ultimately denying access to those gamers.