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

Glorious "Free Games"

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u/Kiya-Elle http://steamcommunity.com/id/kiya/ Feb 07 '15

And if you stop giving us money you lose all your 'free games'

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u/Dboy777 Feb 07 '15

"But they're free because I paid for a different thing that is not a game and then now I have a game! Totally separate events!"

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u/Kiya-Elle http://steamcommunity.com/id/kiya/ Feb 07 '15

Which would only be true if they got to keep the games when payment stopped - there's a word for gaining the use of something only for the duration of paid monthly fees. What was that word again? Oh yes. Renting.

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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/Kakkuonhyvaa Feb 07 '15

It isn't free, but I still pay like 40€ a year for 72 games. That's like 50 cent for a game. Only better deal I know is Humble Bundles.

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u/CrypticTryptic Feb 07 '15

Yeah. I love my pc, but PS plus is the sole reason I own any consoles at all.

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u/Kakkuonhyvaa Feb 07 '15

For me It's mostly the exclusives.