PS Plus Subscribers Reportedly Flocking to Cancel Their Subscriptions
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I would rather Sony do away with this backward paywall for online gaming completely. They've got the sub for games at the Plus level, and they've got the Cloud sub. That should be good. PC is just a crazily better deal, and has thriving online communities without the velvet rope.
Look at this shit advertising these games as being £109 & saying you can keep them (yes I see the with an active playstation plus membership disclaimer at the bottom) is blatantly false advertising
Not really sure if it is false advertising as the clearly state with *
Terms apply* and also the fact that it has always been that way with PS+ but i do get what you are saying.
I mean it's a pretty loose usage of the word "keep". Renting isn't keeping.
The fact they say they're worth more the £109 they aren't worth nearly that if you were to buy them to actually keep forever let alone renting them for aslong as you ps plus subscription is active
They are just adding up the MSRP. Isn't that how everybody do it? I see that all the time. Not even talking about gaming.The fact they say they're worth more the £109 they aren't worth nearly that if you were to buy them to actually keep forever let alone renting them for aslong as you ps plus subscription is active
I know what they're doing but it's disingenuous to use that number when you don't actually keep the games like you do if you actually buy them
I don’t think I even have to ‘vote with my wallet’ with this one.
I tend to play Fortnite as my only online game, whether or not that’s a debate itself, lol. I’m much more interested in ownership than the Game Catalog. And I love the idea of classic games on PS, but no way am I paying highest sub now.
I will say that the silver lining is that if you play enough Game Catalog games that are still reasonably high priced enough, you’ll still save money.
The whole thing speaks to how unreliable subscriptions are, and have been since Netflix though. Reel them in with the cheap prices then just absolutely inflate those prices over time.
I tend to play Fortnite as my only online game, whether or not that’s a debate itself, lol. I’m much more interested in ownership than the Game Catalog. And I love the idea of classic games on PS, but no way am I paying highest sub now.
I will say that the silver lining is that if you play enough Game Catalog games that are still reasonably high priced enough, you’ll still save money.
The whole thing speaks to how unreliable subscriptions are, and have been since Netflix though. Reel them in with the cheap prices then just absolutely inflate those prices over time.
That ad uses the word keep to purposefully mislead. You don't keep games in PS Plus, you rent them.
The idea that the consumer is supposed to know, and be informed about it is not a responsibility drop off where the salesman is innocent of any wrongdoing.
They could have worded it like this: "Over $109 worth of games for you to play". There are many more ways to word a similar message.
They used the word keep with the disclaimer * purposefully. Stop giving these marketing fuckers the benefit of the doubt - they don't deserve it, nor earned it, and anyone in the business or that has studied marketing to any degree understands that this is a common, misleading sales tactic. I did always wondered what working for a marketing department in a public global brand would be like.... seeing folks react and bite to carefully crafted psychological manipulation to induce a sale and have defenders online, literally strangers go bat for your schemes free of charge. Probably the ultimate ego boost sensation.
The idea that the consumer is supposed to know, and be informed about it is not a responsibility drop off where the salesman is innocent of any wrongdoing.
They could have worded it like this: "Over $109 worth of games for you to play". There are many more ways to word a similar message.
They used the word keep with the disclaimer * purposefully. Stop giving these marketing fuckers the benefit of the doubt - they don't deserve it, nor earned it, and anyone in the business or that has studied marketing to any degree understands that this is a common, misleading sales tactic. I did always wondered what working for a marketing department in a public global brand would be like.... seeing folks react and bite to carefully crafted psychological manipulation to induce a sale and have defenders online, literally strangers go bat for your schemes free of charge. Probably the ultimate ego boost sensation.
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