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Xbox Raises Price of 6-month Gold Sub to $59.99 (Up: Policy reversed, prices to stay the same)
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Dabaus
Banned
Remember when Phil tweeted back last year " We dont care if you buy a ps5 this holiday"? If playstation is your competition why would you promote that kind of language? To be "Good guy Phil" so for twitter clout? Would Nadella approve of that? Or is there a long term, ulterior motive MS isnt ready to talk about yet? Think about it.
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Knitted Knight
Banned
Official. Damn!
No Changes to Xbox Live Gold Pricing, Free-to-Play Games to be Unlocked [Update] - Xbox Wire
[UPDATED on 1/22/2021 at 8:52 PM PT] We messed up today and you were right to let us know. Connecting and playing with friends is a vital part of gaming and we failed to meet the expectations of players who count on it every day. As a result, we have decided not to change Xbox […]news.xbox.com
You were saying?
PS gamers: Stock on PS+ as well as a precaution. This market is an oligopoly after all.
This is bad for all of us. F MS.
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Dabaus
Banned
With 45 million PS Plus suscribers a 10 dollar increase would be 450 million dollars, 20 would be 900 million dollars, per year. All profit. And still be the cheapest option for online play, well besides nintendo and PC. Thats alot of money. They could even sweeten the deal like access to crunchy roll or sony movies and people wouldnt even complain.
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Knitted Knight
Banned
Which is why this is bad for all of us. If Sony has no market pressure fear of consumer flight within its target demographic because its poor excuse of a competition is gouging the few consumers they have left then someone like Jimmy boy will be extremely tempted to gouge us as well (just look at EU game pricing for PS games) to impress his bosses. F'ing MS man.
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Rikkori
Member
So he was just passing off his own dumb guesses as 'leaked info'? This fat soybean has got quite some nerve!
ethomaz
Banned
You have a batch of keys available to your retail... the keys are unique for that specific product ($60 1Y card).@ethomaz that's not the way these digital codes work, LOL. There will be a small queue to ensure availability (why these get exhausted at points of above average sales) but the system is essentially real-time, just like phone top-ups etc. You don't have months and months of digital "stock" on hand.
While that batch of keys is not all sold the online store can sell them.
When they start to sell the new batch of keys it start the new price.
Who is talking about months? lol
The new cards reached the retail yesterday.
BTW eat that fresh crow: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/
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ethomaz
Banned
That is what he do every time... it is not the first neither the last.So he was just passing off his own dumb guesses as 'leaked info'? This fat soybean has got quite some nerve!
There are amazing old wine tweets from him.
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driqe
Member
Microsoft is increasing the price of Xbox Live Gold - The Verge
Bundling it with a 'low tier' of Gamepass? Making F2P games ACTUALLY F2P?
What do you think?
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Banjo64
cumsessed
£10.99 a month so £131.88 a year if you don’t get any deals.
I’m assuming we’re getting a similar hike in the UK and I’m expecting 12 month cards from retailers to disappear soon.
ethomaz
Banned
Bbbbbut I checked Amazon, Bestbuy, Gamestop, etc etc etc online... are you saying I had no ideia what I was talking about?No Changes to Xbox Live Gold Pricing, Free-to-Play Games to be Unlocked [Update] - Xbox Wire
[UPDATED on 1/22/2021 at 8:52 PM PT] We messed up today and you were right to let us know. Connecting and playing with friends is a vital part of gaming and we failed to meet the expectations of players who count on it every day. As a result, we have decided not to change Xbox […]
You were saying?
I'm in DENIAL so it could only be FAKE!
I'm sure hackers hacked that MS page... I will sent a tweet to my uncle Phil ASAP.
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
COD news channels are starting to pick this up. Good, hope it spreads everywhere and gets tons of backlash.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Their forecasts for HW sales aren’t so good if they feel the need to be so aggressive.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
They wont, they expect you to grab your ankles and enjoy it. Sony fans should have fought against this bs for the ps4 and and same for MS fans when their online was introduced because they started the paywall trash. Unless its booty box heavy console gamers wont do shit.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
Did those retailers just up the price?
ethomaz
Banned
Nope... they need to sell all old keys first.
I only checked BestBuy and Amazon.com btw.
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icerock
Member
I mean, the blog post itself doesn't justify anything because there's little to justify. They are literally adding nothing of value to Gold, just trying to coax people into pay for GamePass Ultimate which is gonna set them $180/year.
You look at the numbers on Xbox, 80% of console users never subscribed to GamePass. Those who were into MP gaming, or wanted to use apps like Netflix for streaming, they continued to pay for XBL Gold. MS were never gonna kill their golden goose which was XBL Gold, they are just trying to get more people to pay the price which they want.... well that's the danger in a subscription based business. You can cheer every acquistion, or every moneyhat, in the end the corporations will squeeze you by the balls. And, you can't do anything about it, since all your progress/save is tied into that subscription.
You look at the numbers on Xbox, 80% of console users never subscribed to GamePass. Those who were into MP gaming, or wanted to use apps like Netflix for streaming, they continued to pay for XBL Gold. MS were never gonna kill their golden goose which was XBL Gold, they are just trying to get more people to pay the price which they want.... well that's the danger in a subscription based business. You can cheer every acquistion, or every moneyhat, in the end the corporations will squeeze you by the balls. And, you can't do anything about it, since all your progress/save is tied into that subscription.
skit_data
Member
Wow, not a good look. That account has 2 million followers as well.
the longer i think about it, the more i see this is a consumer friendly move.
why tie someone for 12 months to your service? 6 months is more than enough, and the price stays the same as 12 months! everybody wins!
but seriously guys...
u know whats gonna happen when everybody is on gamepass right?
why tie someone for 12 months to your service? 6 months is more than enough, and the price stays the same as 12 months! everybody wins!
but seriously guys...
u know whats gonna happen when everybody is on gamepass right?
driqe
Member
What do u mean by this?
Man I hate paying for online games it's affected me playing games alot as I can't justify paying for online just to have a few games. I like to dip in a online game here and their but not enough to justify a price. This is why my Switch gets barely any play, I know Nintendo online is dirt cheap but I would literally play a game like Smash Bros or Mario Kart maybe 10 hours in a year and that's it. I turned on Switch the other day after a long time and out on some Mario Maker 2. Tried to play a user created level and got message need Switch online. Then I simply thought I guess I can't play this and turned the Switch off. If Switch had free online I would have played it more and even be tempted to buy more games.
ethomaz
Banned
It is a 50% price increase if you look at old price... 6 months was $39.
They issue that makes it looks like 100% is that they removed completely the 1 year option that should be $99 now.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Its not.
DarkMage619
$MSFT
"If you’re an existing online 12-month or 6-month Xbox Live Gold member, there’s no price change. If you choose to renew your membership, it will renew at the current price."
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Stuart360
Member
Didnt realize that, thought it was a straight doublling of the price.
Well a new gen starting, a 40% hike, 50% hike, i could see that to be honest. Its just the way the world works with stuff like this.
Hopefully they add a few incentives at least.
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armchair market analyst right here ..probably u was in class with don matrick don't u?
Bonfires Down
Member
They’re gonna justify it by FUCK YOU GIVE ME MONEY
Fbh
Member
They won't.
They'll probably just give some generic PR statement about about ensuring the best experience or something.
And as gaming audiences have proven again and again they'll bitch an moan for a month or two but most will just keep paying. In a year no one will care anymore and in 2 years we'll see people happily positing about how they managed to grab a year on a 50% sale for only $60.
Sony will probably follow in 10-15 months (maybe not up to $120, but more than $60)
That's smart.
Keeps people subscribed because if they don't renew, the next time they want back on the service the price will double
They'll probably just give some generic PR statement about about ensuring the best experience or something.
And as gaming audiences have proven again and again they'll bitch an moan for a month or two but most will just keep paying. In a year no one will care anymore and in 2 years we'll see people happily positing about how they managed to grab a year on a 50% sale for only $60.
Sony will probably follow in 10-15 months (maybe not up to $120, but more than $60)
That's smart.
Keeps people subscribed because if they don't renew, the next time they want back on the service the price will double
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DarkMage619
$MSFT
They removed the year option that is Still available at retailers everywhere. You'd figure those years subs would be gone since they dropped the year option from MS last year. I am not yet convinced that this is the end of the world. Nobody likes a price hike but this seems easily circumvented.
icerock
Member
If you play through a game on GP, you'll need an active subscription if you want to experience it again months/years down the line. Main problem with recurring subscription, no option but to be hooked into it forever. Unless, you buy the game outright, at whatever price it is going for then.
It just becomes very expensive over time when more publishers will join in. Just look at TV/Movie space.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This same thing WILL happen to GamePass in a year or two also. Trust me! MS will attempt to make that $7.5 Billion back.
v_iHuGi
Banned
I've plenty of photos to prove his right about Series S sitting on shelves.
Oh all pics taken by myself too.
I guess you missed the PR piece. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/
They are "strengthening the digital safety of our players" (should be standard expectation of the product).
They are "enabling new ways to share" (should be standard for a subscription product - else you're paying for the same old shit)
They are "enabling new ways to communicate and play with your friends" (they mean you're funding xCloud, even though you have to pay extra for it)
They are "delivering industry leading reliability across our network" (again, standard expectation of any product)
They are "strengthening the digital safety of our players" (should be standard expectation of the product).
They are "enabling new ways to share" (should be standard for a subscription product - else you're paying for the same old shit)
They are "enabling new ways to communicate and play with your friends" (they mean you're funding xCloud, even though you have to pay extra for it)
They are "delivering industry leading reliability across our network" (again, standard expectation of any product)
Only way to justify it... Is to include Gamepass.... As an ultimate subscriber... This doesn't effect me directly... But I'm definitely worried this means Gamepass prices will increase as well. 100% increase is definitely a deal breaker especially when sony has similar services significantly cheaper.
levyjl1988
Banned
Welp, after I finish my 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1 I'm gonna quit. It's getting too expensive now. 
I'm not using the most out of it anyways due to work.
I'm not using the most out of it anyways due to work.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I can see Gamepass going up to $15 a month and Ultimate going up to $20 a month by 2023.
LisaMariaMartin
Banned
By releasing good games. This move will kill them if they don't deliver on that front. I guess they are confident enough about that.
One thing is for sure though, this news killed any hope for Sony stans that MS might release any of their games on PS5.
One thing is for sure though, this news killed any hope for Sony stans that MS might release any of their games on PS5.
driqe
Member
Fortnite on PS -free
Fortnite on PC -free
Fortnite on NS -free
Fortnite on XB -$120/year
ok wtf
the paywall must be getting removed right? RIGHT??
Dabaus
Banned
Yes.
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Thirty7ven
Banned
This is just pure business. Lock people into a rental service, dissuade them from buying games, eventually reduce the quality of discounts in games and then raise the price of the service, because people will be almost forced to pay the increase since they will realize they haven’t bought a game in three years.
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