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[odhiex]

Xbox Game Pass Standard, the new basic tier of Microsoft's subscription service which costs $14.99 a month, doesn't include major games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Starfield, Diablo 4, and much more.

Microsoft announced the revised Game Pass tiers in July and as of September 12 the changes went into place. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has risen from $16.99 to $19.99 a month and still includes all the typical benefits, but the Xbox Game Pass Standard tier is quite different from its predecessor.

It replaces Game Pass for Console (though those already subscribed don't have to upgrade) and includes significantly less benefits. Subscribers no longer gain access to day one titles or access to EA Play, Xbox Cloud Gaming, perks, Quests, and discounts on games in the Game Pass library. Microsoft said players would also be denied access to "specific entries to the Game Pass Ultimate library," and that list has now been revealed to be fairly extensive.

A total of 41 games are now available only through Game Pass Ultimate for new subscribers, including the aforementioned Modern Warfare 3, Starfield, and Diablo 4 but also Forza Motorsport, MLB: The Show 24, Octopath Traveler 2, Payday 3, Age of Mythology: Retold, and more. The full list is available below, courtesy of ResetEra user vixolus who collated the list.

Players subcscribing to Game Pass Standard therefore have access to 370 games instead of 508, according to the Xbox website. The remaining 96 titles belong to the EA Play library, which is not included in Xbox Game Pass Standard. Players looking to access this additional library of heavy hitters will need to pay $19.99 a month for Ultimate instead of $14.99 a month for Standard.

More in the link: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-g...-modern-warfare-3-starfield-diablo-4-and-more

This seems like a push for a higher-tier Game Pass Ultimate, eventually.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

 

[Bridges]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Microsoft thinks that everyone who owns Xbox who might become a Game Pass subscriber has already subscribed because new users in the ecosystem have more less plateaued, they're not seeing growth there so instead they need to extract more money out of people by raising prices and enticing users to Ultimate.

PC Game Pass on the other hand, has a lot more potential for growth in their eyes. There is a large percentage of PC users who don't subscribe to Game Pass so they still are incentivized to make it as attractive of a deal as possible.

They're giving their userbase the short end of stick because they already have their money. If GP adoption was much higher on PC than it was on Xbox we'd be seeing the opposite.

 

[odhiex]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Maybe Microsoft still saw that the number of PC Gamepass subscribers is growing, so it needs a bigger push.

Meanwhile, Console Gamepass has (presumably) reached its potential subscribers. This is just a speculation, we don't know the actual numbers since Microsoft doesn't publically share those.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Best deal in gaming.

 

[Hrk69]

But does it include Concord?

 

[Ashamam]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Migration strategy. Shift console users to PC, simple as that. You can bet the next Xbox will just run the PC version of games, there will be no console version. They'll probably just mandate a 'console' preset for settings that defaults if you are running on a so called 'Xbox'.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

The Xbox standard.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The Xbox standard.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This seems like a push for a higher-tier Game Pass Ultimate, eventually.

to make money ASAP.... The future of GP is on a tightrope.

 

[bender]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Microsoft isn't going to give up charging people to play online and that makes up the bulk of the price difference.

 

[March Climber]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

They have a much larger fight on PC.

 

[Topher]

Ironic that Game Pass started only on Xbox consoles and now Xbox consoles have the worst options for Game Pass.

 

[adamsapple]

Best deal in gaming.

But does it include Concord?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Ironic that Game Pass started only on Xbox consoles and now Xbox consoles have the worst options for Game Pass.

 

[Cakeboxer]

They should have done one thing from the start no matter the tier: No AAA games on release
Game Pass should've gotten them after the first year and Ultimate after 3 months.

So people wouldn't have stopped buying games. I was a Game Pass fan until i realized i have no more appreciation for games and ended up not playing most of them at all and not because i didn't like the selection or the games. I even waited and bought some games after they left Game Pass. Glad my subscription ends 2025.

 

[Topher]

Maybe PC Game Pass, but Standard is useless and Ultimate is too expensive. I'm moving over to that once I sell my Xbox Series X and my Ultimate sub runs out.

 

[semiconscious]

as long as you think of it as $20 to play a new release you're interested in for a month, game pass's still acceptable, imo. of course, the problem then is waiting for a new release you're interested in...

 

[Eszti]

fantastic everyone tries to rip one off.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Straight-up removed games.

 

[Sintoid]

Time to put money for your games, gamers
Industry starting being tired of giving free stuff to attract you

 

[Mownoc]

PC Gamepass is where it's at. If you're an Xbox Console owner MS loves to screw you.

 

[I'm nobody]

But does it include Concord?

Joke getting old move along now

 

[Banjo64]

Game Pass ended up like GWG quicker than I imagined. No lessons were learnt.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

We don't pay for xbox live.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Yeah for sure, currently I'm only using PC Game Pass. But they gotta fix the app and the downloads it's absolutely crazy how it is.

 

[Life Diff]

What doesn't make sense to me is just how much of a better deal pc game pass is. It costs less than standard yet has day 1 releases and contains all the games mentioned in the article.

Microsoft often overlooks PC gaming performance though. Digital Foundary spoke about the Forza issues and speaking from my own experience, Doom Eternal on gamepass crashed multiple times due to DLSS but my steam version seems to have none of these issues

 

[Three]

Game Pass ended up like GWG quicker than I imagined. No lessons were learnt.

GWG got shit because they moved their decent game drops to Gamepass so they can extract more money. Now Gamepass Standard is getting shit by removing decent games so that they can extract more money with Ultimate. The cycle continues.

 

[Skifi28]

Time to put money for your games, gamers
Industry starting being tired of giving free stuff to attract you

They've been training their entire userbase not to buy games for years, it might be a little late for that.

 

[demigod]

Joke getting old move along now

The joke would only be funny if folks were calling it a masterpiece. Unfortunately for them, everyone knew the game was shit when Sony revealed the trailer.

 

[peish]

Gamepass PC is our last hope. I will uninstall their rewards app once MS stop giving us "free" gamepass.

Techincally it is not free, i have to tap-in daily on their reward apps! I deserves those free gamepass games.....


Gamepass rip 2017 - 202?

 

[SHA]

Microsoft thinks that everyone who owns Xbox who might become a Game Pass subscriber has already subscribed because new users in the ecosystem have more less plateaued, they're not seeing growth there so instead they need to extract more money out of people by raising prices and enticing users to Ultimate.

PC Game Pass on the other hand, has a lot more potential for growth in their eyes. There is a large percentage of PC users who don't subscribe to Game Pass so they still are incentivized to make it as attractive of a deal as possible.

They're giving their userbase the short end of stick because they already have their money. If GP adoption was much higher on PC than it was on Xbox we'd be seeing the opposite.

Could they convince that huge number in the pc community? I highly doubt they could,

 

[SRTtoZ]

lmao what the heck is even the point of that tier.

 

[Sonik]

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Microsoft's endgame for Game Pass, except it would have been 30 per month if they had managed to monopolize the industry like they planned at first, thank God they're incompetent

 

[Klayzer]

Straight-up removed games.

No outrage from the bought media and shills.

 

[demigod]

Best deal in gaming.

Best deal in gaming where you own nothing.

Best deal in gaming where promised day 1 games are being removed from the service unless you pony up.

Best deal in gaming where you’re treated like a second rate citizen.

 

[Klayzer]

Best deal in gaming where you own nothing.

Best deal in gaming where promised day 1 games are being removed from the service unless you pony up.

Best deal in gaming where you’re treated like a second rate citizen.

The silence from Team Green is interesting.

 

[rickybooby87]

The chickens have finally come home to roost, while this will be viewed as sucky for some, this is probably needed to keep GamePass healthy (dollar wise).

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Gamepass PC is our last hope.

No, it's not. It's the same stupid rental system that locks you into paying a subscription for as long as possible. You rent everything, you own nothing.

 

[MikeM]

Best deal in gaming?

 

[Skifi28]

The chickens have finally come home to roost, while this will be viewed as sucky for some, this is probably needed to keep GamePass healthy (dollar wise).

No offence intended Little Chicken

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Microsoft thinks that everyone who owns Xbox who might become a Game Pass subscriber has already subscribed because new users in the ecosystem have more less plateaued, they're not seeing growth there so instead they need to extract more money out of people by raising prices and enticing users to Ultimate.

PC Game Pass on the other hand, has a lot more potential for growth in their eyes. There is a large percentage of PC users who don't subscribe to Game Pass so they still are incentivized to make it as attractive of a deal as possible.

They're giving their userbase the short end of stick because they already have their money. If GP adoption was much higher on PC than it was on Xbox we'd be seeing the opposite.

I agree with your assessment, but with one caveat.

I think when Microsoft launches their next "xbox" which will be a PC, they'll unify around pricing.

 

[Heisenberg007]

No outrage from the bought media and shills.

Most of the media outrage is usually sponsored. The campaign against the "expensive" PS5 Pro also seems to be funded. HeisenbergFX4 also said that money is being poured out for an anti-PS5-Pro campaign.

And if companies like Sony isn't sponsoring these campaigns against Game Pass, the media shills have no reason to write about these.

 

[DragonNCM]

 

[DryvBy]

Xbox, you dropped this

 

[DragonNCM]

They have a much larger fight on PC.

yeah...they flop console wars.....clowns....

 

[Brucey]

No, it's not. It's the same stupid rental system that locks you into paying a subscription for as long as possible. You rent everything, you own nothing.

Seems like best path is pc gamepass, paying for months as needed, I.e one month for new cod "rental" etc

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Media is suspiciously quiet....lol the article states "go big or go home" smh

 

[Clear]

Most of the media outrage is usually sponsored. The campaign against the "expensive" PS5 Pro also seems to be funded. HeisenbergFX4 also said that money is being poured out for an anti-PS5-Pro campaign.

Oh please! Why would any competitor actually spend money to disrupt the launch of a niche product? It makes zero sense.

Stop looking for conspiracies and just put it down to the usual motivations; self-serving attention grabbing, insecure platform loyalists reacting to perceived threats to their platform of choice, and good old fashioned ignorance and entitlement!

Sorry, but the general level of discourse around gaming on the internet is still as atrocious as it ever was, for the most part. When people hold up outlets like DF as bastions of intelligent reportage despite years of evidence demonstrating the opposite to be true, you have to accept its fucking clownworld out there.

 

[nowhat]

Best deal in gaming?