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[–] TheGod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grandmas tend not to have gamepass

[–] thoro@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grandmas, young people. Most people are notoriously far from financially savvy. Many overpay or fail to track their subscriptions.. If you didn't know at least one person paying for a subscription they didn't actually use in the last month I would be surprised.

You have to keep up with your gaming habits long term to keep up with the subscription costs, basically never replay anything (especially not long RPGs that can take you months to finish), not waste subscription time playing non-GamePass games, or remember to cancel. And Microsoft, like most subscription services, are banking on people maintaining subscriptions they aren't fully using.