You don't need to do that on a regular basis though, do it at your own leisure, be it once a year, or whatever.
What they force people to do on the other hand is a hassle on a regular basis.
It's quite funny actually... like some folks enjoy being played by the companies. Paying for nonexistent servers, paying for rentals with a hassle, paying for super limited cloud saves... no wonder console manufacturers can get away with it.
Well, I would have to do it on a regular basis, as it would be much more of a hassle to do it annually. Adding three monthly games is objectively less of a hassle, than having to search the library for games to remove.
Anyways, offering an option for auto-redeem would be nice for those who find it useful, but I'd be very much against it being the only option.
Are you seriously trying to downplay a point of view that differs from yours as some kind of defense force?
Maybe your tastes change, maybe you have a child or a partner who might like it at some point in the future, who knows.
Seems odd to me to intentionally limit yourself.
It is "just" videogames, in the end, so it doesn't really matter. If you want a game you can always buy it later. It's just not how my mind works.
Also, this is nothing like adding everything on your Netflix watch list. Those shows don't become unwatchable if you don't put them on your watch list within a month.
I'm 45, so my tastes are very unlikely to change, and my partner doesn't play games, nor are we ever going to have children. It's not limiting yourself, when you know what you like and dont like. I do add games that
might interest me, but something like sports games and real-time PVP (I prefer co-op, and asynchronous PVP, like it's in Let It Die) are never going to be of interest to me.
A month to redeem content should be more than enough for everyone. It's beyond me how anyone could forget to redeem them during that time. It's a routine for me to check them out in the beginning of the month. That's why the worry about missing them just seems completely absurd to me. Do you also forget to check out what new content is in Netflix before it disappears? After all, there have been some movies, that were only available for a limited time.
EDIT:
Yep, this is it, I'm actually surprised more people here don't realize this. Sony has to pay (something) for each free copy that's redeemed, same with the Epic store's free games. If these games were auto-redeemed, either the quality would drop or the service would cost more.
Good point. Never thought about it that way, like many others it seems.
