Microsoft jacks the price of Game Pass Ultimate up to $30 a month

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Current Events » Microsoft jacks the price of Game Pass Ultimate up to $30 a month
Fuck Microsoft, looks like I'm getting a PS6 next gen. I'm done with Microsoft products, hundreds of dollars spent on games since the Xbox 360 and for what? To be fucked over by Microsoft
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Trumpo posted...
Eventually it will be $50 a month

next year just in time for halo, gears e-day, and forza horizon 6
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...
How do they fuck this up? They basically started console online gaming and library subscriptions.

Corporate greed eventually ruins everything
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...
How do they fuck this up? They basically started console online gaming and library subscriptions.
This was literally always the plan.
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Bandit_Keith posted...
This was literally always the plan.
But this fast, rather than gradual? They just got greedy, like the story of the golden goose.
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
But this fast, rather than gradual? They just got greedy, like the story of the golden goose.
If you ask them, they probably think they took way too long.
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Bandit_Keith posted...
If you ask them, they probably think they took way too long.
Microsoft must have never read the fable, despite at least hearing about the name (Fable).
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lol

lmao, even

Already canceled my subscription 12+ months ago.
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I haven't regularly had Game Pass in years and only occasionally sub for a month every now and then to try out a few games I'm interested in (I think I've been subbed maybe only one month this last year, if even that). This new price is probably just going to push me to buy any game I'm interested in outright, even if the PC-only subscription is still somewhat cheap in comparison, because it's getting to the point where I'd rather pay a little more to own something rather than have it be tied to a monthly payment (plus I usually don't play more than one or two new games a month, if even that, so I'm not getting my money's worth out of it, anyway).
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HighSeraph posted...
You must understand Microsoft is a struggling company

Well, shit. I'm gonna downgrade to standard to maintain the ability to play online and only go back up to a higher tier for a month at a time when I'm in the mood to play a game only available on those tiers... assuming it's cheaper than just buying the game.
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King_Rial posted...
Yeah, that, coupled with the monstrous price hike, is what's ending my subscription when it runs out. I've never paid a penny out of pocket for Game Pass. I've always earned it with MS Rewards. This is it for many of us. Fun while it lasted, though.


Same here.
Ultimate finally got too rich for my blood. My youngest son and I both use it, and if that were our only gaming system I could justify it. But we play games on a lot of other stuff too, so this has to go.

Everything from Xbox now comes to other consoles anyway.
An opinion does not turn into a fact simply because the person holding it feels strongly about it.
It is not even Ubisoft+ (all games +DLC), it is Ubisoft+ Classics, which is mostly some Prince Of Persia and the Assassins Creed games that were not already on Game Pass, which have all been on sale cheap for months. Oh, and without the DLC.
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CARRRNE_ASADA posted...
Apparently the page to unsubscribe crashed

this is the funniest shit i read today
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AsucaHayashi posted...
this is the funniest shit i read today
And it's very telling too, it would have taken thousands of people if not more going to the site to cancel their subscription for it to crash.

Microsoft continues to shoot themselves in the foot at any opportunity.
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the extra shit incluced with the higher tier doesn't make up for the $10 price increase.

I believe in Joe Hendry!!
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I've enjoyed Gamepass but no way it's worth $30 a month.
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Mr_Karate_II posted...
the extra shit incluced with the higher tier doesn't make up for the $10 price increase.
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I just canceled and Im glad I did, they were about to bill me.
Mr_Karate_II posted...
And it's very telling too, it would have taken thousands of people if not more going to the site to cancel their subscription for it to crash.
Not necessarily. I wouldn't put it past MS to deliberately break the unsubscribe site because they didn't want anyone to cancel after hearing about this.
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King_Rial posted...
Not necessarily. I wouldn't put it past MS to deliberately break the unsubscribe site because they didn't want anyone to cancel after hearing about this.
Now that you said it, I wouldn't be surprised.
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My son plays Fortnite a lot so this doesn't sting as much since Fortnite Crew is being added. I guess the conversion trick might not work out as well anymore though.
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I dont own an xbox but isnt that like buying one new game a month? So if you do that then subscribe if you dont just buy your games
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Asherlee10 posted...
@DToast are you starting to feel the addicting qualities of CE? Once you step in to this madness with us, the grip doesn't let go.

CE is a collective of bushy bearded military action figures!

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Asherlee10 posted...
@DToast are you starting to feel the addicting qualities of CE? Once you step in to this madness with us, the grip doesn't let go.
Never!
God damn.

Mr_Karate_II posted...
Fuck Microsoft, looks like I'm getting a PS6 next gen. I'm done with Microsoft products, hundreds of dollars spent on games since the Xbox 360 and for what? To be fucked over by Microsoft
I hear you when it comes to the ecosystem thing.

The vast majority of my gaming purchases and time spent during the seventh console generation was in microsoft's ecosystem. *Special thanks to the 360 version of phantasy star universe, red dead redemption 1's online mode and the gears of war series*

With all the sales that was going on in the 360's best years I've built up a pretty good 360 game library, but late 2012 was when I was already seeing signs that things just wasn't the same anymore. What especially made me annoyed was just how crappy xbox live arcade (I think right around the time they actually got rid of the xbox live arcade name) got in the 360's twilight years. Live arcade was my shit, and so many games both classic video game ports from older generations and new smaller'ish games from both indies and the main devs was always dropping.

Since I dipped out of the ecosystem early I didn't have too much to lose when the 8th console generation started and microsoft just started......flopping around I guess. Gears of war 4 was ok, but you know.

It is depressing though, and there is no point trying to mudsling and get into fanboy pettiness since we all know that all these companies is going to look for any excuse to hike prices higher. Next month it will by sony, again. Then nintendo. Rinse and repeat.

Like, I am getting a bit tired of the video gaming hobby in general, lol.
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Tmaster148 posted...
This is just how ever streaming service operates.

Start off offering great value for low prices to build the market. Once market growth is no longer a good way to make money, then start increasing the costs and making the service worse in order to grow.

Personally, I avoid buying into subscriptions because this is how they all operate.

This, Gamepass was never sustainable, it was aggressively priced to build a subscriber base and to quash competition.
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How many people relied in game pass vs paying games the traditional way
Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need.
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Ill unsubscribe later today.
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okay, this greed is getting out of control. like wtf...

on the other hand, thank god i abandoned that ship a long time ago. as i stated before, this shit isn't worth it unless you're playing multiple games simultaneously. lol
Remember when people acted like Microsoft buying Activision was going to change the face of gaming for the better?
I hope Sony sees the negative response to this and decides it would be a bad idea to raise prices on PS+ (if they were thinking about it that is).
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dameon_reaper posted...
Remember when people acted like Microsoft buying Activision was going to change the face of gaming for the better?

They were largely just Microsoft fanboys who are way too into console war shit. They refused to look at the down side.
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Arcanine2009 posted...
How many people relied in game pass vs paying games the traditional way

I did. I've been able to play so many games through Game Pass Ultimate (that I otherwise wouldn't have bought) that GPU was absolutely worth it at its previous price. I already needed at least the lowest tier for online play, so that huge library of GPU games was essentially only $10 a month for me. But now that price is doubling, and I don't think it's worth it anymore. I still have enough owned Xbox games (plus my libraries on 3DS and Switch) that I won't miss it too much, but it still sucks.
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dameon_reaper posted...
Remember when people acted like Microsoft buying Activision was going to change the face of gaming for the better?
Tbf, anything on a Microsoft console can also be played on PC.
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someone needs to put these companies in check for real. they're getting way too comfortable with their greedy ways...
nocturnal_traveler posted...
Tbf, anything on a Microsoft console can also be played on PC.

Lost Odyssey says hi.
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Homeless_Waifu posted...
It wasn't that long ago when you were able to subscribe/resubscribe for $1...

It's the drug dealer method writ large.
Get us hooked for cheap, then raise the price. Classic.
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Enclave posted...
They were largely just Microsoft fanboys who are way too into console war shit. They refused to look at the down side.


Yeah, for months they took up residence on the PS5 boards bragging about how great that was and that Activision games (Bethesda too) will no longer be on Playstation.
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doodles40 posted...
I hope Sony sees the negative response to this and decides it would be a bad idea to raise prices on PS+ (if they were thinking about it that is).
I have absolutely 0 hope that the current 80 a year for the base tier is sticking for long. I'm tired sarge.
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