Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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My time is worth more than a couple bucks a month, or whatever extra you end up losing by not squeezing every deal you can to find on the internet. It's a fair debate over whether it takes advantage of poorer people, but all-in-one deals also appeal to people like me who prefer convenience.
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Oh wow, I saved $80 over two years and only spent 80 hours of my time futzing around comparing prices, haunting game forums and timing my subscriptions to expire during annual sales! Early retirement here I come! LOOK OUT WARREN BUFFET, JAMMIES IS ON THE LOOSE!
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Do you clip all the coupons before you go grocery shopping? Serious question.
I'm not 80 like jammies so I don't actually clip coupons, but of course I shop based on whatever coupons/deals are going on at the stores around me.
And to the point of it taking "80 hours" or a "matter of convenience" - the deal that would save you $80 would take you all of 5 minutes to find, and maybe 30 minutes to run through the process of. About the same as being approved for financing, and you then have paid all the money upfront and don't think about it for two years vs getting a bill every month. So, which is more convenient?
But it doesn't even matter. I already stated that if you don't care about getting a deal and would happily pay more for it, it's a good option. If you do/wouldn't, it's not.
I can't tell what's more insulting, alluding that I'm 80, that I physically clip coupons like a retiree, or that I would wear a henley at least one size too big.
I get what you're trying to say Pepsi but I would bet a ton of people buy consoles with credit cards and don't pay them off right away. So this might not be the smartest way to buy the console but it's better than paying outrageous interest.
And parents who have a kid who wants one can possibly give it this Christmas instead of saving until next year. They're not likely to be looking for deals on GamePass like we do so that's not an issue.
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Another way to get GamePass cheap is Microsoft Rewards. Someone on Reddit said he got it free by collecting rewards but that requires you to switch to Bing and click a few links every day. It might be worth it if you're broke.
Reports out of some of the people testing the Xbox Series X pre-release units is that it runs pretty hot. Looks like I'll be picking up the extended warranty from bestbuy when it releases. This could just be an issue with the non final pre-release units they shipped out to have people report on them... Or could be something to watch moving forward.
CDKeys keys aren't stolen, they may be bought from cheaper regions but are legit keys
What is the worry though? Use your credit card to pay...its a subscription you will know in 10 mins if it works or not.
CDKeys is very popular on redflagdeals and I haven't heard of any issues
Usually the discount you enjoy comes at a cost to the developers who need the money more than the resellers. The big issue with sites like G2A, especially with Indie developers, is that these would actually cost the developer money.
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Rami Ismail, co-founder of indie game studio Vlambeer, echoed the sentiment: "If you can't afford or don't want to buy our games full-price, please pirate them rather than buying them from a key reseller. These sites cost us so much potential dev time in customer service, investigating fake key requests, figuring out credit card chargebacks, and more."
Usually the discount you enjoy comes at a cost to the developers who need the money more than the resellers. The big issue with sites like G2A, especially with Indie developers, is that these would actually cost the developer money.
