6 years ago when Outer Worlds released, I paid for one month of Game Pass, then cancelled it after 2 or 3 weeks or so when I had finished the game and got my money back. It was just a trial, like $2 or so, and it wasn’t like I was buying the game, it just so happened that when I clicked cancel it asked me why I was cancelling, and when I clicked “financial reasons” they gave me the option to refund. So I don’t feel like it was abusing the service, I genuinely only wanted to pay for that one month anyway.
But abusing GOG? That’s where I draw the line.
In theory, if you pay for the game there, you can download the installed which is DRM free, and without playing it you could refund it, and GOG Galaxy wouldn’t count any played hours. Although you’d need a pretty good internet connection to download that beefy installer, it’s not a small game.
Similar story with space Skyrim (can’t even remember its name). I don’t think I even had to select a reason I’m cancelling, I just stopped renewal and they immediately gave the entire $10 back. Can’t figure out why game pass is so unprofitable…
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6 years ago when Outer Worlds released, I paid for one month of Game Pass, then cancelled it after 2 or 3 weeks or so when I had finished the game and got my money back. It was just a trial, like $2 or so, and it wasn’t like I was buying the game, it just so happened that when I clicked cancel it asked me why I was cancelling, and when I clicked “financial reasons” they gave me the option to refund. So I don’t feel like it was abusing the service, I genuinely only wanted to pay for that one month anyway.
But abusing GOG? That’s where I draw the line.
In theory, if you pay for the game there, you can download the installed which is DRM free, and without playing it you could refund it, and GOG Galaxy wouldn’t count any played hours. Although you’d need a pretty good internet connection to download that beefy installer, it’s not a small game.
Similar story with space Skyrim (can’t even remember its name). I don’t think I even had to select a reason I’m cancelling, I just stopped renewal and they immediately gave the entire $10 back. Can’t figure out why game pass is so unprofitable…
I had a brilliant moment where I thought: “You mean Outer Worlds? They said the name in their comment.” I totally forgot Starfield existed for a bit.
Everyone forgot.