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Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases
- Thread starter Shadow2027
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Also I remember when people laughed at ... I think it was Andrew House or Shawn layden when he said that game pass would need 500million subscribers to be profitable. Who's laughing now?
Probably. I imagine they're also betting that existing "console" Game Pass users who are being grandfathered over will accidentally (or intentionally) allow their subscription to lapse because once they're no longer active, they can't go back to being grandfathered into the old tier and will have to choose Standard without day one games or Ultimate with them.
Nydius
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Genuinely surprised they didn't just do a "migration" of Game Pass Console users to Game Pass Standard, but I suspect they will do so eventually. They probably didn't want immediate backlash and bad press before their fall season. However, I can't see Microsoft leaving a hidden, grandfathered subscription tier lingering out there for too long. Eventually they will quietly migrate all GP Console users into GP Standard and then tell them if they want day one games again they need to upgrade to Ultimate.
Squeezing whatever’s left of the Xbox audience.
Price Changes are worldwide
Would_you_kindly
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We told them this was going to happen HA HA (nelson voice)
no more day one games outside of Ultimate, jeez
And they gaslit sony for years about it being sustainable
And they gaslit sony for years about it being sustainable
Play it day one with ga...mmm... pa..ss..
Well there goes that marketing they had, Now its Play it day one with gamepass.... but not the peasant tier
We all knew price increase was coming so not really a shock but cutting out day one is a risky move
Well there goes that marketing they had, Now its Play it day one with gamepass.... but not the peasant tier
We all knew price increase was coming so not really a shock but cutting out day one is a risky move
Would_you_kindly
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Were excited to announce that call of duty will be available at no extra cost for gamepass subscribers *5 seconds later* ... Gamepass is going to cost more
So now the only way to get the day one GP games on console will be paying $240/year.
The console middle tier will now get online MP instead of day one games, making it more similar to the PS+ equivalent.
And everything gets more expensive.
I assume that in the next price increase, in a year or two, will also remove the day one games for PC GP and the existing console middle tier GP subbers.
The console middle tier will now get online MP instead of day one games, making it more similar to the PS+ equivalent.
And everything gets more expensive.
I assume that in the next price increase, in a year or two, will also remove the day one games for PC GP and the existing console middle tier GP subbers.
Holy crap Argentina is getting jobbed, 60% increase in sub costPrice Changes are worldwide
Also I remember when people laughed at ... I think it was Andrew House or Shawn layden when he said that game pass would need 500million subscribers to be profitable. Who's laughing now?
This is Sonys fault. They make it hard for Xbox to be relevant with all their third party deals. They bully poor little Microsoft to make huge acquisitions but held those up too. This is because gamers can’t recognize quality and like one and done Sony walking simulators. Phil is a visionary and gamepass still is the future.
Nydius
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Probably. I imagine they're also betting that existing "console" Game Pass users who are being grandfathered over will accidentally (or intentionally) allow their subscription to lapse because once they're no longer active, they can't go back to being grandfathered into the old tier and will have to choose Standard without day one games or Ultimate with them.
Would_you_kindly
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No mention of that family plan they were trialling ages ago either 
Had to make Bing AI make a random NEW gamepass ad for this 
Would_you_kindly
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Xbox really privileges PC players way more than console owners. If I was a Xbox-only console owner, I'd be pissed that PC Gamepass still gets day 1 access at almost half the price of console Ultimate.
Safe to say that if they want to lock Day One Games behind Ultimate, then Halo isnt coming out on PlayStation anymore.