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Microsoft to offer Self-Service Refunds for Xbox One & Win10
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rakkadakka
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Credit where credit is due..
Origin had this before it was on Steam.
Still great to see it continued and hopefully it carries on to PS.
Gravy Boat
Member
This is pretty sweet. I really hope Sony follow suit.
They're never going to tell you that because it gives people a target.
Sony will implement it, followed by instantly banning the account of anyone who gets a refund
Baleoce
Member
Steam were not the first to do this in the PC space.
Exactly.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Steam wasn't selling well? That's the origin of this.
Stop making excuses. It is inevitable that Sony and others will follow suit.
They are, however, the trend-setters. The reason it's a wide practice is because Steam adopted it. Simple as that.
eg, Apple didn't do the MP3 player first, but they set the standard.
Interesting, that's exactly the same as Steam. Guess Steam is the true leader of the industry now. Your turn now Sony.
It's identical policy to Steam though.
Was just joking about this with a friend. They would never obviously do that... but it would be funny imo
SEGAvangelist
Member
You can cancel preorders quickly by contacting support.
Real_Madrid
Member
Phil Spencer delivers.
Xbox has gotten some good things Sony is holding off: EA Access, open console multiplayer, ...
Xbox has gotten some good things Sony is holding off: EA Access, open console multiplayer, ...
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Good to MS making this happen and following in the footsteps of Steam. Now if Sony and Nintendo can follow, then gaming should be a lot better experience, from a buying standpoint.
Stilton Disco
Member
Hats off to Microsoft! Great move, hopefully it'll be adopted by Sony and Nintendo now too.
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
Boys and Girls, this is why competition is great.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Lmao I doubt Sony will be able to do this, as they don't even appear to have system level game time tracking, unlike MS and Steam.
Good job MS.
Good job MS.
DriftingSpirit
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Dreams-Visions
Member
Is a cool service, but certainly not the caretakers of PC gaming.
Jonneh3003
Banned
That means a lot for the Windows Store. Can't wait to try this out!
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
EA's getting no love LMAO
benicillin
Banned
Yeah I mean honestly this is just as much for the W10 store to compete with Steam as it is for Xbox.
No using refunds as easy free trials then
That's a good thing not a bad thing, no need to abuse this.
Danis Saur
Member
This is actually big, wow Microsoft. This is such a great feature to have
Ha! Good luck. Sony still has the rep for showing why you are better off buying physical games than being at the whim of them being able to remove all your games (good luck if some one steals your card and buys a bunch of games from them. They won't refund you and they'll hold all the valid games you bought hostage by banning your account if you chargeback). And Sony so far being top dog has shown no inclination to care what MS is doing at all so I doubt they'll react to this either.
I'll be happy if they address the above problem. But honestly they are a very good IRL example of why I won't buy digital unless it is dirt cheap or the only way to get it (and usually I won't pay full price if that's the case). You don't own the games and they can very easily take them away from you for any reason they feel... or even if they go out of business and stop running their servers (until companies get rid of DRM requiring account verification that will always be the case). Most companies are pretty good about not having too many stories pop up that make people realize that (so that people trust them - too much in my opinion). Sony is the prime example of why it's bad.
The Lamonster
Member
Whoa. Nice job MS.
Kadin
Member
So Steam wasn't doing well when they launched their refund policy? Or was that more to deal with policies in various countries?
Doug Heffernan
Member
This will solve the problem of buying a game at full price and then seeing it go on sale the next week. (I've been there. lol)
It's all content. They've always had the ability to refund digital purchases if you speak to a rep but now you can do it yourself.
SEGAvangelist
Member
They really have done everything right in hardware and services since Phil took over.
Neuromancer
Member
Wow, nice move by Microsoft. I wish Sony and Nintendo would do the same here in NA.
Good shit, next up Playstation and Nintendo hopefully. No reason this shouldn't be standard across all digital stores.
Pleased about the 2 hour limit aswell, I may even buy some games I normally wouldn't have to try out.Yes I know I'm abusing it
You'll be lucky if Nintendo retains accounts with records of which purchases they make...
PhilipDoesMatter
Member
But ... there are no games.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
This is excellent news
So does that actually work? Say you buy a digital game one week then it is on sale the next, will MS actually allow you to repurchase the same game if you just returned it? That seems like something they would combat.
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