one free month of gta plus is not a bonus it is onboarding

A free month attached to a preorder is not generosity. It is the cleanest possible way to put a subscription inside the launch ritual. You install the game, redeem everything, see the extra tab and spend a month getting used to whatever GTA+ unlocks. Then the useful stuff starts feeling normal and cancellation feels like losing something. That is the whole point. Maybe GTA+ will be harmless. Maybe it will only be cosmetics and convenience. But nobody gives away the first month because subscriptions are difficult to sell after the habit already exists. They give it away because the habit is the product.