Tuesday, July 9th 2019
Newegg Botches AMD Xbox Pass Promotion, Starts its Day at 2:30PM
Newegg is not honoring AMD's Xbox Game Pass for PC promotion for some of the very first buyers of AMD Ryzen 3000-series processors. One of these took to Reddit to complain that Newegg started including the Xbox Game Pass with Ryzen 3000-series purchases only after 2:30 PM on the 8th of July (U.S. timezone not mentioned). This contradicts AMD's own terms and conditions for the promotion that define the offer period as beginning on 1st July, 2019, a whole week before Newegg began honoring its bundle. Another buyer reports that MicroCenter began honoring the offer 10 minutes into the July 7 launch. AMD is giving away 3-month Xbox Game Pass subscriptions with purchases of its AMD Ryzen 3000-series processors and Radeon RX 5700-series graphics cards, which gives you access to the Xbox game library, and includes the upcoming "Gear 5" if it releases during your subscription period.
Source:
RP343 (Reddit)
22 Comments on Newegg Botches AMD Xbox Pass Promotion, Starts its Day at 2:30PM
A game pass... what's next, a free month of Netflix and a Norton Antivirus trial?
Seriously amazed at how far they go with that streaming/game pass business...
Wow screw Newegg.
Were do you do these days ?.
Too bad they botched the launch like this for the rest of you, complain enough and maybe they'll change their mind and do something about it.
As for alternatives, I use Amazon, B&H, Fry's and Micro Center locally and even Best Buy occasionally. Hell, I'm putting together a 3700X build and had to grab RAM. I paid $5 more at amazon compared to newegg but I would have paid $20 more if it meant not giving them my business. Poor customer service is the best way to get me to shop elsewhere.
I’m loving Game Pass so far. It’s really cheap. I’m playing Metro sans Epic, trying out lots of games I’d never look at and Outer Worlds will be on Game Pass as well. It’s less than $5 a month undercutting all the other monthly services by a huge margin.
Plus, if you shop online at all prime has you getting stuff next-day most times. I barely go to the store anymore. Groceries only. Everything else is Amazon prime. I've been free of Walmart for two years. No more popping in the store after work... none of the publics bullshit or underpaid employees giving zero fucks. Just order in the morning and have it when I get home from work tomorrow.
Just a whole lot of things Newegg can't offer there, even ignoring the fucky practices. Best of luck to em. I say throw up the 20 bills a month for prime and forget about it.