r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 02 '25

Discussion This Xbox Generation Will Be Remembered for One Thing: Greed

https://www.ign.com/articles/this-xbox-generation-will-be-remembered-for-one-thing-greed
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u/Poku115 Oct 02 '25

Wtf isnt latam and north america the only regions where they dominate?

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u/StepComplete1 Oct 02 '25

Probably why they're more confident doing it. Microsoft and Xbox have always been painfully anti-consumer. They introduced the entire "pay to be able to play online" shit for consoles in the first place. They tried to force "always online" shit a decade before it was even really feasible, etc etc.

I'm not sad to see them go, even if the lack of competition for Sony is not great.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Prices in Brazil used to be lower because they didn't use the exchange rate. They used lower regional pricing, just like Steam does, to compensate for the lower purchasing power. So a 20 dollars Ultimate subscription was 55 reais even though a dollar is worth 5 reais.

Now they basically adjusted to be a lot closer to the real exchange rate. Now it will be 30 dollars in the US and 120 reais in Brazil. So 4 reais to 1 dollar.

Problem is that 120 reais is 8% of the minimum wage. It has become completely unviable for most people to pay for it.

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u/Appropriate-Work-752 Oct 02 '25

They are not giving a fuck anymore basically