Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag

Discus and support Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag in XBoX Accessibility to solve the problem; the only benefit I see is greed by a big corporation absolutely scandalous there is no reason for this charge you should be allowed to change it once a... Discussion in 'XBoX Accessibility' started by Derek Shaban, Dec 28, 2023.

  1. Derek Shaban
    Derek Shaban Guest

    Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag


    the only benefit I see is greed by a big corporation absolutely scandalous there is no reason for this charge you should be allowed to change it once a year for free

    :)
     
    Derek Shaban, Dec 28, 2023
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  2. SwordofWhedon Win User

    Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag

    Because that way you can't just torment someone and change your name and do it again
  3. Tezzarrific Win User

    Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag

    Steam, Epic, EA, GOG, Meta, Paradox, 2K Games, Rockstar, Asmodee, Bethesda, Activision, Ubisoft, Discord etc etc and many many more do not charge to change name.
  4. ngocphi Win User

    Why do Microsoft charge for changing a gamer tag

    They aren't the only ones

    Most.pc games do with the exception of steam.and it's only for steam itself

    Within the games you still need a tag and most.of the time mmorpg will.charge you in some.way to change your name

    You pay in real life to change your name as it.go's on documents same with servers

    Everytime you change your name it takes up space

    And if the name.breaks the rules you have to rake your name seriously otherwise the millions of variations of super.elite.king would.be taken by everyone during every week

    It's called moderation it shouldn't be a flavor of the week
  5. Azukan Samuri Win User

    I have a question the people that are pushing us out of our spots that are teammates that is called trolling and thinking you're funny and hilarious and getting a skilled what's going to be done with them because I file complain on at least I know

    While this is a real problem, there is the bigger one to be aware of. When enough negative reports are made MSLive offers a free gamer tag change (why I have no clue). The player you report and DO NOT PREFER to play with changes the gamer tag and now is
    paired back in matches with you. This leads to another DO NOT PREFER and negative rep which results in yet another gamer tag change free of charge. MSXBL needs to take this to the next level of preference control, block the account not the gamer tag from
    being paired with players who do not prefer to play with unsporting trolls.
  6. wi7bit Win User

    Seriously, why does it cost money at all to change your Xbox Gamertag?

    Hi BenjaminSmith930

    There are a number of reasons why Microsoft charge for this and (as a lot of us ambassadors know) the issues it would cause. But I think the main reason is the changing gamer-tags does cause a lot of back-end usage to an on-line system. Even recently, Microsoft
    disable updating of gamer-pics for this exact reason.

    The free 'one-time' change should be more than enough for users to pick name and stick with it. I also don't think Microsoft needs the money, do you?
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