Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles
is Amazon Prime next? Jez Corden / Windows Central : Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases Jennifer Maas / Variety : Xbox Game Pass to Increase Price, Limit Day-One Releases to Most Expensive Tier Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek : Microsoft Overhauls Game Pass With Higher Prices and New “Standard” Plan Alex Wilhelm / Cautious Optimism : Nice AI model you have there, would be a shame if something happened to it Daniel DeAngleo / ComingSoon.net : Game Pass Prices Increasing, New Membership Tier Coming Soon Michael Crider / PCWorld : Game Pass just got Microsoft 365'd Ethan Gach / Kotaku : This Deal On Game Pass Ultimate Will Save You A Bunch Before The Price Hike Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Microsoft hikes up Xbox Game Pass prices with new tiered system Darryn Bonthuys / GameSpot : Stack Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Prepaid Codes While You Can To Save A Lot Of Money Paul Tassi / Forbes : Microsoft Is Crippling The Concept Of Xbox Game Pass With New Day One Launch Restrictions Matt Swider / The Shortcut : Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass prices will increase to $20 - here's how to beat it X: Destin / @destinlegarie : Real talk: IMO Xbox is going to see a drop off in subs if they raise Game Pass prices again in the next 12 months. The new prices are charging you ~2 months worth more ($36) a year for Ultimate. People are tired of subscriptions raising prices. The whole thing seems at a Stephen Totilo / @stephentotilo : Re: Game Pass price hikes - $240/year for day one games on console is steep vs. the outgoing $132/year option - But MS' slow gaming output has never quite delivered on the Day One on Game Pass dream - MS might finally have the release cadence to deliver? https://www.gamefile.news/... Ryan T. Brown / @toadsanime : Game Pass has irreversibly damaged the industry by altering customer behaviour to what is mentally treated like not having to pay for games - the Spotify effect. It has eroded value perception of games, pushed towards play length as value, destroyed ownership. All for nothing. Rob / @ruleof2review : Look at this absolute garbage fire. This is what gaming has come to in 2024. And this is all because of a PRICE INCREASE for Xbox Gamepass. Just buy your games and leave this subscription bullshit in your rearview mirror, friends. This is absurd. [image] Christopher Dring / @chris_dring : It felt inevitable Xbox would increase its Game Pass pricing, and this seems reasonable. For those where ‘day and date’ is the main selling point, it's a potentially sizeable jump (if they're not on Ultimate), but the AAA Xbox slate is looking very good, so hopefully fans will Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex : One factor that influenced this move is that Game Pass is not seeing strong growth beyond the current Xbox console install base. Therefore, the goal for current console gamers is to incentivise an upgrade to the higher priced Ultimate tier with day one games / cloud gaming etc @ethangach : What's really happening here, aside from the price increase, is that Game Pass is losing day one games. The rest is an overly complicated overhaul to obscure that fact. https://kotaku.com/... [image] Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell : Let's go crazy, get some ad-supported tiers in there while we're at it Destin / @destinlegarie : The internet thinks we're paid to talk about #XboxGamePass. That's crazy. Almost as crazy as getting access to over 100 high-quality games for only 11.99 a month on PC Game Pass. But not the $9.99 Core Game Pass Bundle. And for Game Pass Standard on console you don't get day @klobrille : Honestly, while price increases are generally unwelcome, the proposed changes appear to be fair and justifiable. I am, however, surprised that Xbox did not use this opportunity to introduce the Game Pass Friends & Family plan or an affordable, ad-supported Cloud Gaming tier. Ryan McCaffrey / @dmc_ryan : Welp, time to reset the “It has been __ days since Xbox stepped on a rake” sign back to zero. 🫠 Sigh... https://www.ign.com/... Victor Von Doom, PhD / @doomassistme : I feel like I just went from 15 to 17 on this. Still a good deal but godamn I would feel a LOT better if they announced like the entire COD back catalog with this or like the vast majority of compatible Activision games. @matt_okeefe : Charging $15 for access to multiplayer is SO egregious. That's over double what Sony charges for PlayStation Plus, even though its price was just increased by 33% Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft's whole “play it day one on Game Pass” message gets messy now: • Xbox Game Pass Core - $9.99 / no day one games ❌ • Xbox Game Pass for Console (existing subs) - $10.99 / day one games ✅ • Xbox Game Pass Standard (new only) - $14.99 / no day one games ❌ • Xbox Tom Warren / @tomwarren : the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price increase was expected. I reported in May that Microsoft was considering this. A new Game Pass Standard plan will push more new subscribers to Ultimate, too https://www.theverge.com/... 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My Ultimate sub lapses at the end of the year. I don't know if this new cost will be worth it to resubscribe. For me, the Steam Deck is just a way more affordable way to play games AND I own them. (Well, assuming Valve doesn't disappear.) …
Real talk: IMO Xbox is going to see a drop off in subs if they raise Game Pass prices again in the next 12 months. The new prices are charging you ~2 months worth more ($36) a year for Ultimate. People are tired of subscriptions raising prices. The whole thing seems at a
Re: Game Pass price hikes - $240/year for day one games on console is steep vs. the outgoing $132/year option - But MS' slow gaming output has never quite delivered on the Day One on Game Pass dream - MS might finally have the release cadence to deliver? https://www.gamefile.news…
Game Pass has irreversibly damaged the industry by altering customer behaviour to what is mentally treated like not having to pay for games - the Spotify effect. It has eroded value perception of games, pushed towards play length as value, destroyed ownership. All for nothing.
Look at this absolute garbage fire. This is what gaming has come to in 2024. And this is all because of a PRICE INCREASE for Xbox Gamepass. Just buy your games and leave this subscription bullshit in your rearview mirror, friends. This is absurd. [image]
It felt inevitable Xbox would increase its Game Pass pricing, and this seems reasonable. For those where ‘day and date’ is the main selling point, it's a potentially sizeable jump (if they're not on Ultimate), but the AAA Xbox slate is looking very good, so hopefully fans will
One factor that influenced this move is that Game Pass is not seeing strong growth beyond the current Xbox console install base. Therefore, the goal for current console gamers is to incentivise an upgrade to the higher priced Ultimate tier with day one games / cloud gaming etc
What's really happening here, aside from the price increase, is that Game Pass is losing day one games. The rest is an overly complicated overhaul to obscure that fact. https://kotaku.com/... [image]
The internet thinks we're paid to talk about #XboxGamePass. That's crazy. Almost as crazy as getting access to over 100 high-quality games for only 11.99 a month on PC Game Pass. But not the $9.99 Core Game Pass Bundle. And for Game Pass Standard on console you don't get day
Honestly, while price increases are generally unwelcome, the proposed changes appear to be fair and justifiable. I am, however, surprised that Xbox did not use this opportunity to introduce the Game Pass Friends & Family plan or an affordable, ad-supported Cloud Gaming tier.
I feel like I just went from 15 to 17 on this. Still a good deal but godamn I would feel a LOT better if they announced like the entire COD back catalog with this or like the vast majority of compatible Activision games.
Charging $15 for access to multiplayer is SO egregious. That's over double what Sony charges for PlayStation Plus, even though its price was just increased by 33%
Microsoft's whole “play it day one on Game Pass” message gets messy now: • Xbox Game Pass Core - $9.99 / no day one games ❌ • Xbox Game Pass for Console (existing subs) - $10.99 / day one games ✅ • Xbox Game Pass Standard (new only) - $14.99 / no day one games ❌ • Xbox
the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price increase was expected. I reported in May that Microsoft was considering this. A new Game Pass Standard plan will push more new subscribers to Ultimate, too https://www.theverge.com/... [image]