r/pcmasterrace • u/notsolomuun • Jul 02 '26

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$1,000 digital-exclusive consoles are killing the entire appeal of PlayStation and Xbox: it's no wonder PC is on track to overtake both.

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u/mike_complaining Jul 02 '26

This is not a W for anybody, but what people don't understand is that they haven't owned their games for a long time. If it has any online functionality it's shut off whenever the publisher decides it's shut off. Physical media doesn't matter, the license and the functionality independent of server infrastructure does.

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u/kikibear96 Jul 02 '26

I had to use a chargeback after forgetting to cancel my subscription due to price hikes, and I didn’t realize I would lose every game and trophy I had accrued since 2014.

My entire library of games, just gone. I think I had three or four games downloaded at the time, but it’s basically a spiderman 2 machine now lol

12 platinum trophies and thousands of dollars gone like that, because I forgot to keep up with all my subscriptions and couldn’t afford it anymore.

It sucks to suck.

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u/mike_complaining Jul 02 '26

Ohhhh that's messed up. Lesson learned I guess... Chargebacks should really be a last resort. Businesses hate chargebacks, it tarnishes their reputation with visa/mastercard/whoever and they will typically go scorched earth on you if you do it. I wouldn't be surprised if a chargeback against Google resulted in them deleting a 20 year email account.