Game Pass price increase to $30/month

[iamthemilkman]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha, no.

 

[Zerpina]

I have a better way anyhow..

 

[Dany28]

Oh well it's all about profit but the Game Pass is not worth the money.

 

[Jotaro]

lol gamepass

 

[Elwiwi]

Thank you Xbox

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Another Microsoft shot in the foot

 

[Elwiwi]

Another Microsoft shot in the foot

Foot ? They are going ape shit on their entire body

 

[Neb Lleb]

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Hahahahahahahahahahaha, no.

....I made the right move by turning my Game Pass sub off again after beating the latest season of Halo Infinite multiplayer.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Foot ? They are going ape shit on their entire body

Es cierto

 

[iamthemilkman]

....I made the right move by turning my Game Pass sub off again after beating the latest season of Halo Infinite multiplayer.

Isn't Halo Infinite multiplayer free-to-play?

 

[Neb Lleb]

Isn't Halo Infinite multiplayer free-to-play?

Game pass required for online multiplayer. Sorry.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Seeing as I only ever sub when it's $1, I think I'll keep doing that

 

[kuroninneko]

The PC game pass used to be a good deal. But its gonna be $16 a month. Too expensive for games that can be removed anytime. Also lots of stuff is locked behind EA or Ubisoft launchers. Went through all the trouble to install the stupid ubisoft launcher and make an account just for the assassins creed game not to work.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

One more reason why owning games is better.

 

[nobitakun]

Another Microsoft shot in the foot

Foot ? They are going ape shit on their entire body

Nope. Microsoft has enough money to buy all the apes in the world and shot them to their foot. I believe they are just scratching people around. I would be surprised if the total profit from the entire Xbox line including all their services could reach 10% of the total profit they have.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Nope. Microsoft has enough money to buy all the apes in the world and shot them to their foot. I believe they are just scratching people around. I would be surprised if the total profit from the entire Xbox line including all their services could reach 10% of the total profit they have.

Definitely a Microsoft thing to do

 

[sneakyguts]

 

[Neb Lleb]

One more reason why owning games is better.

Thank god for GOG.

 

[kuroninneko]

Im ready to just play roms and emulators until the end

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Microsoft is one of the reason why we don't have free to play multiplayer on consoles anymore.

And the game pass price hike is why I pirate things.

 

[nobitakun]

There are lots of people interested in things like GamePass. You pay a monthly fee and forget about anything. It's like having internet at home, every month you pay a fee. Maybe some month you use it more than the other, but you want it every month because you want to have it there in case you need it fast or right away.

GamePass is something you pay because you're going to use it of course. You pay 30 whatever a month, then you play 5 days a week because you have time and your life allows you and you don't really care what to play, just see something you might like and start playing, congrats. You're the target for the service. This description entails more people than we think.

We usually think from a perspective of a non working person or tight budget all the time, so everything that is a price increase is bad because it goes against our poor economy. If you're still studying, this product is just not for you. If you're on your early 20's, just wait 5-10 years more to have more money. If you're on your 30's, what are you doing with the money? if you're 40 or older, you might have other expenses, but remember you are the one to blame for most of them :)

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

So great a service I didn't buy into gets a price jump right after the console I couldn't afford also gets a price jump...oh look Steam's Autumn Sale just hit.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Thank god for GOG.

What's GOG?

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Game pass required for online multiplayer. Sorry.

I'm pretty sure it isn't. Halo Infinite is free-to-play and free-to-play games don't require a subscription.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

What's GOG?

Good Old Games: a storefront.

 

[Tonberry]

I'm not defending this shit at all, but information is being left out here, so I'm just posting this here for clarity.

They're changing the way way the tiers work in some ways. They're making Ultimate a much more """premier""" service and promise shit like 1440p cloud garbage, way more day one launch titles etc, and holding original games hostage for a while longer., and more rewards options (that are already insanely miniscule)
Premium looks like it's about the same as current Ultimate, albeit with a smaller library, which definitely sucks.
Game Pass Core is changed to Essential and all Core users are transferred.
Ultimate gets the big new nothingburger unnecessary gimmicks and thus the huge price hike.

It's kind of interesting how this console subscription service race has become one platform yanking the shittiest feature from the other, then the other one responding in kind. Three tier systems are bogus.

I've been a huge Gamepass andy since I got my Xbox but this is kind of nuts the way they're retroactively gating off their libraries like this.
Kind of stings actually, as someone who's benefited a lot from the service in general.

Game pass required for online multiplayer. Sorry.

Actually F2P games (which includes Halo Infinite's multiplayer) don't require Game Pass. I only discovered this recently when playing Overwatch 2 with my subscription cancelled.