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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by chrysoprace on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:27AM (#24550842)
Being included as part of a paid service seems a like a liberal use of the word "free".
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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by zerocrates on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:27AM (#24551160)
Well, hence my quotation marks.

Plus is a strange case because you need it for online play and some other PS features like cloud saves, so many people have it regardless of what games are on offer. Let's just say that a large number of PS4 players got it at no marginal cost.

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