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I thought Microsoft's scalping mitigation was clever: for a long while now there has been no shortage of availability of the Xbox All Access bundle: you buy the
by buescher 4y ago
I thought Microsoft's scalping mitigation was clever: for a long while now there has been no shortage of availability of the Xbox All Access bundle: you buy the Xbox Series X/S on time, bundled with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription, at a small discount over buying the Xbox up front and paying for 2 years of Game Pass Ultimate, so effectively negative interest.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoThis assumes you also want the subscription. Which I imagine cannot be resold
- samatman 4y agoWhat's more important is that it sets a ceiling for scalpers profit. This is lower than the XBox+bundle price, even if you wouldn't buy the subscription, because you do get the subscription, no one will pay the same price for just the XBox, my guess would be a small market for half the subscription price, which is barely worth scalping over.
- brewdad 4y agoI'd imagine most purchasers do want it. I didn't and eventually was able to get a series X through Costco but another few weeks of missing out and I might have bit the bullet and paid for the subscription. And yeah, I'm pretty sure the sub was tied to the Xbox itself, so you'd have to resell everything.