Why do people keep parroting this statement? The $2 deal isn't new, people were saying the same thing when Sea of Thieves launched. And when Horizon 4 launched. Every time MS announces their games have a few million players people keep saying "well it's $2!". It's like if every time Netflix or Amazon have a hit series 10 people reply "well duh, I can get 30 days for free, of course <Insert Show> is going to be successful when it's free!".
The only thing that's new here is the upgrade to Ultimate for $1 deal they've been running since announcing it. The $1 trial for Game Pass has been a thing for much much longer.
Also, I may be wrong, but I think the 1$ offer was for new users, if you had GP before and it lapsed you could not pick the offer
Pretty sure the GPU is the same, users that already had GPU (though as it's pretty recent I don't think there will be a lot of people with lapsed GPU) won't be eligible for this
My point being, at one time that argument will be absolutely pointless (if it's not already) because those millions of players either will already have it paid for a period or they'll be paying full price for GP or GPU for the month to try the game
Anyway it's funny seeing some takes while I have it for the next 3 years (+ a 2yr code for GP waiting to be redeemed as I'm already at the max) gimme that sweet tears of ressentment muahaha