GameStop 'Pauses' Game Subscription Service Rollout

UPDATE (11/fourteen): Sorry gamers, GameStop is pumping the brakes on its subscription service.

"We have elected to temporarily pause the gyre out of the new PowerPass subscription service, based on a few program limitations we take identified," GameStop's Manager of Corporate Communications, Joey Mooring, told PCMag in an email. "We experience this is the correct affair to do for now to ensure nosotros are able to provide our guests an exceptional service."

PowerPass was slated to launch on Nov. nineteen, though Mooring's statement indicates that some people have already purchased the service. If you're one of those individuals, you tin render to GameStop with the pass and video game y'all have checked out, and the company will requite you a full refund. Equally a peace offering, affected customers will also get to pick out any pre-endemic game for free.

At this point, the company does not have a timeline for moving forward with the program in the future.

Original Story (10/30)
Heads upwardly, holiday shoppers: GameStop is launching an unlimited game subscription service you (or the gamer on your list) might enjoy.

As Game Rant first reported, the service, dubbed PowerPass, is slated to launch on November. 19 and will cost $sixty for six months. The subscription's being was confirmed by GameStop Director of Corporate Communications, Joey D. Mooring, in an e-mail to PCMag.

At $60 upfront for vi months of admission, that breaks down to $x a month for "unlimited gaming" privileges. Subscribers "tin can choose from any pre-endemic video game in our catalog, from the throwback classics to the latest hits," Mooring said.

As a PowerPass member, you lot'll but be able to check out 1 pre-endemic game at a fourth dimension, only tin can bandy it for a new i as often equally you like. At the end of the 6 months, you tin can choose one game to proceed.

Launching merely in time for the holidays, the service can be given equally a souvenir, or purchased to relish yourself. Customers volition exist able to purchase a PowerPass subscription online, just the recipient will need to visit a GameStop store to activate their subscription too as pick out and return games.

This is only a six-month program, significant when it's over yous won't be able to subscribe again. Clearly this is something GameStop is trying for the holidays. The half dozen months begin when you actuate your subscription.

Mooring explained that y'all'll demand to exist a PowerUp Rewards member to subscribe to PowerPass and so it can keep a record of the pre-owned games you check in and out. The company's PowerUp program offers points for every dollar you spend, plus special deals each calendar month and for your birthday. It'south gratis to join, though GameStop has "Pro" and "Elite Pro" tiers, priced at $fourteen.99 and $29.99 a year, respectively, offering additional perks.

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