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[XXL]

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Should make a poll. When does Gamepass cost 30$ a month? 2026?

 

[RagnarokIV]

oh noes

 

[XXL]

When does Gamepass cost 30$ a month? 2026?

When they get them all over to PC GamePass. Lol. And honestly it's still a bad deal compared to Steam.

 

[Loomy]

This tier sounds shittier the more details they release about it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

 

[GreenAlien]

Seems fine to me. Who wants to play the beta (release) version anyway?

 

[Pancakes and Sausage]

This sucks and no longer offers me any value. I will be switching to core

 

[The Pleasure]

 

[Connificent]

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

Wait when Microsoft says Day One games are they just talking about 1st party releases or do they mean the 3rd party games launching on Game Pass as well??

 

[XXL]

Wait when Microsoft says Day One games are they just talking about 1st party releases or do they mean the 3rd party games launching on Game Pass as well??

It sounds like it's all of them.

 

[Dacvak]

Can someone summarize the changes coming to Game Pass and when they're expected?

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Wait when Microsoft says Day One games are they just talking about 1st party releases or do they mean the 3rd party games launching on Game Pass as well??

Who knows. I would guess it's first party titles, and you'll still see third party stuff launching day one, maybe at the same rate, maybe less.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Can I just sub to ultimate for one month @ $20 whenever a game comes out?

 

[Draugoth]

Microsoft finally realized that Day One Games were a bad bussiness decision

 

[adamsapple]

Can I just sub to ultimate for one month @ $20 whenever a game comes out?

Of course.

80% ~ GP users are on Ultimate already.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Of course.

80% ~ GP users are on Ultimate already.

Source on that?

 

[Topher]

 

[Gambit2483]

More than 3 months = D.O.A.

 

[That Damn Kid]

 

[adamsapple]

Source on that?

Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers Make up 70-80% of Total Game Pass Users

A recent statistic regarding Game Pass Ultimate has been revealed that may surprise some gamers who subscribe to the Game Pass service.

fandomwire.com

Probably a little more skewed now that Gold -> Core is also counted in GP, but still likely the overwhelming majority.

 

[bender]

New COD releases, previous year's COD goes on Standard. That's one way to add value I guess.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Case by case PS5 ports

 

[XXL]

Can someone summarize the changes coming to Game Pass and when they're expected?

News - Platform - "Xbox Game Pass Standard" is launching in September

A new tier called "Xbox Game Pass Standard" is launching in September. https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-is-getting-major-changes-with-a-new-tier-without-day-one-games-and-a-range-of-price-increases Soon, Xbox Game Pass for Console will be shuttered for new users only...

www.neogaf.com

The OP of the main news source has most of the details so far. Along with this thread.

 

[adamsapple]

New COD releases, previous year's COD goes on Standard. That's one way to add value I guess.

Makes sense. Most games are probably not gonna get dated as much as a CoD game.

 

[XXL]

 

[bender]

Makes sense. Most games are probably not gonna get dated as much as a CoD game.

I'm still curious if these "delays" are related to 1st and 3rd party titles.

 

[Heisenberg007]

The "sometimes longer" contingency makes this confirmation kind of useless.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

MS needs time to port to GP Standard.

 

[XXL]

I'm still curious if these "delays" are related to 1st and 3rd party titles.

At this point it sounds like it, based on the absence of information.

They 99.9% would have said the 1st party games are still coming Day 1. Like they clarified with PC GamePass.

 

[StereoVsn]

It's basically PS+ model. I mean it's not the end of the world, just not sure it's going to work the way Xbox execs expect it to.

Edit: I do find it hilarious that PC GamePass is becoming so much better via Console Peasant Standard version.

That's ok though as their PC backend is still shit. Also, you mostly can't play games offline unless Xbox app does a daily check or something.

 

[Haint]

Why does this even exist, they'll have wasted more money paying the retards to think up and market this tier than it'll make in its lifetime. Nobody's going to pay $15 for year long delays and a heavily redacted library.

 

[ssringo]

 

[XXL]

The "sometimes longer" contingency makes this confirmation kind of useless.

I'm going to assume it's going to be based on how much the current game under consideration is selling.

The better it's selling, the longer it will take.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Starting to make more and more sense they're doing this to have more people accept GPU's new pricing.

 

[XXL]

Starting to make more and more sense they're doing this to have more people accept GPU's new pricing.

Or move over to PC.

 

[Robb]

Into the trash it goes.

 

[analog_future]

I don't know why anyone is acting surprised here.


Obviously Microsoft wants to push their highest tier of Game Pass and any sooner than 6 months and they'll cannibalize their own subscriptions.

 

[Connificent]

 

[Topher]

Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers Make up 70-80% of Total Game Pass Users

A recent statistic regarding Game Pass Ultimate has been revealed that may surprise some gamers who subscribe to the Game Pass service.

fandomwire.com

Probably a little more skewed now that Gold -> Core is also counted in GP, but still likely the overwhelming majority.

Where is the source in that article? Last number we had post-merger of Gold into Game Pass was 34 million. Of those, around 12 million were reported to be Gold previously. So that means 65% were Game Pass as a whole and less than that would be GPU.

 

[Dacvak]

News - Platform - "Xbox Game Pass Standard" is launching in September

A new tier called "Xbox Game Pass Standard" is launching in September. https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-is-getting-major-changes-with-a-new-tier-without-day-one-games-and-a-range-of-price-increases Soon, Xbox Game Pass for Console will be shuttered for new users only...

www.neogaf.com

The OP of the main news source has most of the details so far. Along with this thread.

Wow. Wtf is Microsoft doing? adamsapple you've got some 'splainin to do

 

[bender]

Or move over to PC.

I'd be really curious to see the split in subscriber numbers between PC and Xbox. My assumption is that the PC tier isn't priced higher because they are still trying to build up subscriber numbers.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Uncle Phil couldn't have expressed his message to fans any better.

 

[FeralEcho]

Why does this even exist, they'll have wasted more money paying the retards to think up and market this tier than it'll make in its lifetime. Nobody's going to pay $15 for year long delays and a heavily redacted library.

It ain't Xbox if there isn't some retarded piece of hardware or software the marketing team has to fumble their information through to the masses.

 

[Jigsaah]

PC Gamepass is the place to be right now. However, with the increase to it's price, I will definitely be staggering my sub from now on.

Only subbing when there are games I want to play.

 

[Mr Moose]

Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers Make up 70-80% of Total Game Pass Users

A recent statistic regarding Game Pass Ultimate has been revealed that may surprise some gamers who subscribe to the Game Pass service.

fandomwire.com

Probably a little more skewed now that Gold -> Core is also counted in GP, but still likely the overwhelming majority.

With Game Pass Ultimate, which accounts for nearly [70-80]% of the current […] million Game Pass subscribers

The fuck does nearly 70-80% mean?

Where is the source in that article? Last number we had post-merger of Gold into Game Pass was 34 million. Of those, around 12 million were reported to be Gold previously. So that means 65% were Game Pass as a whole and less than that would be GPU.

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases1/202330/M_10646_9311516_7443_3.pdf

 

[LakeOf9]

As many of us suspected, the game pass model was never sustainable

 

[XXL]

I'd be really curious to see the split in subscriber numbers between PC and Xbox. My assumption is that the PC tier isn't priced higher because they are still trying to build up subscriber numbers.

They have to compete with Steam, which is a bigger mountain to climb than competing with PlayStation.

Even at its current price PC GamePass is still a bad value (aside from subbing for a month here and there) compared to Steam.

For example, I bought Halo MCC, Every Fallout game ever made, Prey and both Dishonoured games for around $30-$35.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Can I just sub to ultimate for one month @ $20 whenever a game comes out?

Yup.. been doing just that for years.

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As for the OP, I called this lol... just said as much in the other thread.