Xbox has reduced the $1 Game Pass trial to 2 weeks

Xbox has reduced the duration of its famous $1 Game Pass trial to 14 days.

[crazyCoconuts]

Ah, smart move. Can't finish Starfield in two weeks lol.
So now it's a $11 rental for 6 weeks on PC...

[Flenter]

😁 can't fool the almighty MS 🤮

[Christopher]

I'm surprised it's even still around.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

It won't be once Acti deal becomes official.

[wiz7191]

Why wouldn’t it be ?? That actually would be a perfect time ..

[theindiearmy]

If you'll recall, they got rid of it entirely back in March. So really it's not changing from being 1 month to 14-days. It's changing from being non-existing to 14-days.

[Elda]

I just bought 3 months of GP ultimate for $29 on Play-Asia & got 1 month for free. A total of 4 months isn't bad for $29.

[Destiny1080]

its no longer 12 bucks a year

[CrimsonWing69]

I mean that makes sense. If you can’t figure out you like the service in 2 weeks, that’s on you.

[randomvoice]

The trial for a month isn't meant for users to 'figure the service out'. It was meant to entice them to jump in so they can lock them in. Everyone knows exactly what they're getting with it. They needed it to be 30 days since so far the offerings didn't have major first party offerings. Now that the first big one is releasing, they want to stop people from getting a free gamepass sub, playing it for 30 days and then cancelling essentially meaning someone played the game for free.

[CrimsonWing69]

What's the point of a trial exactly? The offer is to "entice" them to try it, being in the service is where you "figure out" if it's for you and continue with a subscription.

No, everyone DOESN't know what they're getting with it, that's the point of trial for chrissakes. 2 weeks for a gaming service is more than adequate.

Are you upset because you can't game the system and pay $1 to fully play a game? That's a pretty petty reason to be upset. If playing Starfield is really the only reason you want to do the $1 trial, then just wait for the damn game to launch and you get 14 days with the game. If you enjoy the game and service, then what the hell? Pay for the subscription.

It's as simple as that. Yea, canceling the 30 days makes sense when it gets abused. Besides, 2 weeks with a game... that's enough time to figure out if you want to continue or not.

[crazyCoconuts]

There's definitely the intention of expecting people will forget to cancel even if they don't think it's worth it. That technique is as old as Reader's Digest.

[randomvoice]

@CrimsonWing69... The whole point of a trial is to get people to sign in and forget about it. They could afford a month before because people weren't cannibalizing their 1st party sales as they didn't have a big title. Now they have Starfield so of course they're trying to cut down on the window or else vast majority is going to create a new account, get a trial for 30 days and cancel getting the game for free.

[ModsDoBetter]

You can't win

[CrimsonWing69]

Lol, yea I know.

Basically I’m being told a trial isn’t for a customer to try a product for a limited time. It’s looney tunes in here sometimes. I did get a chuckle out of the comments though, so it’s not an entire sh*t show.

[ModsDoBetter]

Honestly, same old story.
They're a herd of hypocrites with zero consistency in their thought process.

[randomvoice]

This is what happens when you have a big game launching on such 'services'. The trial and the conversion upgrade path which has already been nerfed will be gone once they close the Activision deal. From next year, we'll start to see price jumps as usual until it just becomes another overpriced streaming service.

This story has been going on since the advent of streaming services.

[Crows90]

Cant wait to hear about the overall price increase next year

[ichdich]

Ah, smart move. Can't finish Starfield in two weeks

[gold_drake]

i mean, smart people get the deal when starfield comes out, fi ish it and dont renew haha.

[ocelot07]

Challenge a accepted! Try and complete starfield in 2 weeks. If not wait until the £1 for 2 weeks returns and complete it.

[MrBaskerville]

I'm hoping that I can use it when Starfield releases, it seems like you can use it multiple times if enough time passes.

[neomahi]

Because you could beat Starfield in a month. Guess you'll have to Speedrun it

[MrBaskerville]

You can atleast try it, then play it proper when it gets cheaper. My moneys tied up in Baldurs Gate 3 and Armored Core VI that month.

While I have no intention of completing it first couple of months, I'm too curious to just let it sit there.

[TheColbertinator]

They are closing in.

[Atari6052B]

GTA IV had a TV show called Look Rich - it had a line "look rich but live poorer" or something like that.

Nothing is more true for subscription payment models, you own nothing and exchange your money for a temporary product that you will have to pay for over and over again and when you stop paying your left with nothing.

Some of the old Atari games I kept are worth a fair amount today. Food for thought.

[anast]

It's time to pay for all that "consumer friendly."

[ModsDoBetter]

Fake outrage anyone?

They don't like GP becsuse "b-b-but its bad for the developers who i care so much about :'("
Yt they complain that it's no longer $1 a month. You can't please these people.

Oh by "they" of course I mean those who game primarily or solely on another platform as evidenced by the comments from said known individuals making up the majority on this article with their fictitious outrage gaining thr most upvotes from the sheeple.

[anast]

Not a problem. I bet it will take 40 hrs. tops to beat Starfield. The rest of the world outside the main story will be flat and dead so exploring won't be an issue.