In a recent Bloomberg report, Microsoft has reportedly given up a potential $300 million in Call of Duty sales as a result of putting the game on Game Pass. In the report, Cecilia D’Anastasio said: “The price hike and other changes to the Game Pass plans are a sign that Xbox’s big streaming push is still not generating the revenue …
Read More »Microsoft recently jacked up the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $30 a month, but you may not have to pay that increased rate just yet. Online retailers are still selling codes for prepaid Game Pass subscriptions at the previous $20-per-month rate. Case in point: you can pay just $60 for three-month code from Amazon, stack your codes and …
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Microsoft says it “understand[s] price increases are never fun for anybody” following its decision to raise the prices of Xbox Game Pass tiers. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft director of gaming and platform communications Dustin Blackwell said that it is “trying to reinforce” its offerings by “adding more value to these plans” alongside the price increases. “It’s something we don’t …
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Microsoft recently announced price hikes for some tiers of Xbox Game Pass, including Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The Ultimate tier, which offers the most games and features (as well as access to PC Game Pass), went from $19.99 per month to $29.99. Those who subscribe to PC Game Pass are now being charged $16.49 per month, up from $11.99. …
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Georgia Levy-Collins and Peter GillibrandBBC Newsbeat Activision The Call of Duty series is one of the biggest titles available via Xbox Game Pass Fans have reacted angrily after Microsoft announced price increases to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. The company announced that the most popular tier of its Netflix-style video games system – available to PC and Xbox players …
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As the dust settled on Microsoft’s shock price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which jumped 50% from $19.99 to $29.99 in the U.S. in what amounts to an extra $120 a year, fans reacted with a mixture of anger, cancelations, and frantic subscription stacking. Meanwhile, a poll of 10,000 IGN readers showed 45% of our audience isn’t interested in …
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Microsoft has recently increased the price of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate memberships from $19.99 to $29.99 a month, while also renaming and updating its other membership tiers. In response, major US retailer GameStop has stated on Twitter/X that it will continue selling Game Pass Ultimate at the old price “in-store and online,” sidestepping the increase for now. We will …
Read More »If raising console prices wasn’t enough to scare you away, Microsoft has also increased the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent. That makes the subscription cost $30 per month when it used to be $20. Even if it comes with more games and the benefits of a Fortnite Crew subscription, you wouldn’t be wrong for wanting to …
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