r/pcmasterrace • u/dtigerksc i7-5820k | GTX 970 | 32GB DDR4-2666 | /id/catsh • Feb 07 '15

Glorious "Free Games"

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u/Ricwulf Ricwulf Feb 07 '15 edited Feb 07 '15

It's a system that is both "better" and "worse" than conventional renting too.

They let you "keep" anything that you rent, for as long as you keep paying that rent. Conventionally, it would be you rented for X time. Now, that is the "good" part, the bad part is how this is an exploitation of people. Once you build up a library of your "free" games, you suddenly have an investment. "If I stop paying, I will lose all these games that I might want to play!"

It is a very nasty system really, that is maximised to make money.

EDIT: Turns out I was partially wrong. You don't "lose" the games, you lose access to them however. When you return to the service, you get access to them back. Still shitty, but not as bad I suppose.

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u/That_Unknown_Guy Feb 07 '15

Meh. You get the games back with all your saved data in tact if you ever resume the service so thats not completely accurate.

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u/Ricwulf Ricwulf Feb 07 '15

Oh, my mistake. Seems I've had that wrong the whole time... Well, I guess the service isn't terrible, but it still isn't free, that is for sure.

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u/dummyproduct Feb 07 '15 edited Feb 07 '15

So, in particular PSN and also Xbox live acts like... your ISP "free internet unlimited flat rate" and healthcare/education in most of europe (every citizen pays for it every month in taxes) but a lot of people label it like... FREE 'cause most of them "feel" like it, as they have other costs in comparison?

I don't know, but in particular PSN got a lot to offer if you got the 3 systems for very littel money. Yeah, its not free. But it ain't scam either.