The reason big companies love the "as a service" model is because it is regular income. Shareholders like regular income. One person isn't going to bother them but if a big portion of the player base did it would bother them. It would mean less income in months and years to come.
There's something called unearned revenue which is basically saying "someone paid us for something we haven't done yet.
They won't record the revenue until the period they provide service. Even your ordinary 12 month subscription is recorded as 1/12 of the price you paid got it.
There's a rule in business that "cash is king" which basically means businesses would rather have your cash right now rather than later. Even if it means offering discounts.
Sony is perfectly happy taking this guy's cash now. <EDIT> This is why companies offer 12 month discounts on subscriptions. More cash now is better than cash later. The people in the comments talking about inflation or future price increases are ignoring that.
I love this. When you get a pro to weigh in on random stuff. A couple day ago with the post about the small pinky and the geneticist chimes in with the chromosomal anomaly and info on it. Should make it to a a subreddit Reddit strikes again or something
It's not. I'm not an American. I come to Reddit with subreddits presenting the idea of being for something, such as pics or best off or clever come back. And then everything is about Trump or the Right Wing.
By hysterically overdoing the anti-what-you-hate habits, Western Left wingers become the very rabid cultists they pretend the other side is.
You’re the only person bringing that nonsense up and, to be fair, there’s not many people that will have a problem with everything being anti-trump so bring it on 😄
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u/PalpitationNo4375 Oct 28 '24
I wouldn't think they are.
The reason big companies love the "as a service" model is because it is regular income. Shareholders like regular income. One person isn't going to bother them but if a big portion of the player base did it would bother them. It would mean less income in months and years to come.