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      huh? it’s priced roughly the same as the competitors, ea play fits that definition much better

      edit: my regional pricings makes the comparison a lil harder, but it’s 3 bucks for ea play and like 6 for game pass, i think the proportions are the same elsewhere

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        Explain how. I’d like to hear your reasoning for this. Not saying EA is not dumping, just how that’s at all relevant to the BIGGEST company in gaming dumping or not.

        Windows is the most deployed non business OS in the entire world. Every single Win10 and 11 user gets constant popus reminding them of gamepass offers. Every single computer electronics item, laptops et al sold in the EU has 1-3 months of FREE gamepass attached. Each laptop sold with Windows gets 3 free month’s worth of Gamepass. I’d like to know how EA play is worse (especially considering till Satya whipped Spenser like the little bitch he is you could get GP for 12-48€ for a year, some people subscribed for several years).

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          Every single Win10 and 11 user gets constant popus reminding them of gamepass offers

          lol i don’t, check your settings maybe

          Every single computer electronics item, laptops et al sold in the EU

          ah, there’s the problem. nothing like that where i live so ea undercutting gamepass by 100% seems like they’re the ones dumping

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            I guess Microsoft’s astroturfing budget for fringe social networks like lemmy can really only afford bottom of the barrel quality huh…

            lol i don’t, check your settings maybe

            This is how to remove them. A significant portion of these ads are not possible to change from userspace and are grayed out. Most people won’t even know how to do it, which begs the question How does the reply “WoRkS fOr Me” is at all relevant to the request I made regarding an explanation why is EA access worse than gamepass.

            ah, there’s the problem. nothing like that where i live so ea undercutting gamepass by 100% seems like they’re the ones dumping

            Uh, if you undercut something by 100% you give it away for free, it is indeed dumping. More relevant, where do you live so I can use a VPN to get free gamepass? If you meant, undercuts GP by 50%, and seeing you’re on sopuly, which is hosted within the EU, in the FTA countries the situation is the same, an overwhelming majority of OEM win11 keys on PCs with NVIDIA graphics are bundled with 1-3 months of free gamepass. Now I’m more curious from which backwater place you originate that the OEMs take the bundles from their customers. Interestingly enough, I’d also like to know where is EA access half of gamepass PC, considering Gamepass includes EA access…

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              I’d also like to know where is EA access half of gamepass PC, considering Gamepass includes EA access…

              Ukraine. 130 vs 230 uah, respectively.

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              I guess Microsoft’s astroturfing budget for fringe social networks like lemmy can really only afford bottom of the barrel quality huh…

              jfc, how old are you?

              yes, I meant 50%. I don’t see how saying win 10 doesn’t force gamepass ads is at all relevant to the rest of this discussion. didn’t say ea pass is worse, i said it fits the description better, judging from the pricing alone