Jez Corden: PC Game Pass is the best deal in gaming

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has long been touted as the "best deal in gaming," — no longer (that's now PC Game Pass, potentially, but I digress).

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It's really tempted of me to just call it greed (especially given the $100+ billion annual profits Microsoft enjoys), but the fact the other tiers didn't get price increases suggests to me something else. I expect that the reality here is that this was a structural change to adapt the service to maturing user behaviour.

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In conclusion, I think Microsoft saw how much additional volume, subscribers, and sessions they could extract when they did have such a high-quality sprint. Into the summer, headlines were written about how well Xbox Game Pass had been positioned in the spring-summer quarter. Blue Prince, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Expedition 33, and even more. Microsoft will have looked at the data emerging from that quarter, and thought "damn, what would it cost to be able to do this every quarter?"

I imagine the answer was $30.
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It's saving me 140 bucks in the next month on Cod and ToW2 so I'm not too mad about it yet...
 
Lol, enjoy it while it lasts. PC Gamepass is reportedly going away next year or before next gen. Once Premium and Ultimate tiers achieve full parity with its catalog.

Not sure if this method works, but you should be able to play the play anywhere titles on PC Gamepass via consoles.
 
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Don't have an Xbox and buy everything on Steam? Here's a discount.

Longtime loyal Xbox fan? Pay us double, because no one is buying our console anymore.

Oh…here's a Fortnite thing and a bunch of old Ubisoft games no one cares about anymore.
 
"I expect that the reality here is that this was a structural change to adapt the service to maturing user behaviour, which has at least in part created a less-than-virtuous cycle hurting both Xbox Game Pass and Call of Duty, and potentially, misbalancing the service. "

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"Last fiscal year, Xbox Game Pass sales reached a record high of $5 billion. It's a profitable business"
-Sarah Bond
 
It's obviously not greed. It's poor planning and a lack of foresight. They thought Game Pass by this point would have a customer base large enough to offset the unsustainable cheap prices, but they were wrong.
 
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Topher said:
"I expect that the reality here is that this was a structural change to adapt the service to maturing user behaviour, which has at least in part created a less-than-virtuous cycle hurting both Xbox Game Pass and Call of Duty, and potentially, misbalancing the service. "

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"Last fiscal year, Xbox Game Pass sales reached a record high of $5 billion. It's a profitable business"
-Sarah Bond
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Funny enough I had an accounting class yesterday and the guy was like « some companies like to boast revenue as it is something super important but all it matters to the shareholders is profit »
 
Darkkahn said:
True, they should increase the price.
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They will. It seems like they are trying to move people to PC Game Pass as the console winds down. It will lead to either A. They increase the price or B. They fold it into GPU. I am going with option B.
 
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They should instantly raise the price again to $100 a month just to show everyone that it was so much better than everyone thought it was.
 
Well that didn't take long. I was wondering how long it would be before they flipped. Jez is the first, others will follow.

It's all good news, folks. It's the necessary investment MS needs to make GamePass be the bestest ever.
 
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They will. It seems like they are trying to move people to PC Game Pass as the console winds down. It will lead to either A. They increase the price or B. They fold it into GPU. I am going with option B.
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And they won't stop at $30 a month. We will have another price hike by 2027 at the latest. Maybe even next year.
 
The problem is not the value, because it's there, it's that you are paying for the full package. xCloud, day one, in-game benefits, all devices, you get it all, and for 30 bucks it's still fair for the amount of stuff you get.

But if you don't use xCloud and only play 1 or 2 day-one games, the value is not 30 bucks a month.

The problem is that game pass ultimate includes too much shit you don't need. It's like buying a happy meal for 30 bucks and you get 400 hamburgers.
 
"It's really tempted of me to just call it greed (especially given the $100+ billion annual profits Microsoft enjoys),
but the fact the other tiers didn't get price increases suggests to me something else."

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Jez probably had massive withdrawals from canceling Ultimate and couldn't stan for it anymore so now he turned his gaze to PC Game Pass instead.
 
If it's such a great deal, why does Microsoft to to great lengths to keep it from sight, burying it at the bottom of the Game Pass chart and almost never mentioning it outright? 🤔

Enjoy it while you can, PC Game Pass players, the writing is on the wall that they will be sunsetting that hidden tier sooner rather than later. I give it until Summer of '26 before they stop accepting new subscribers to that tier and end renewals for it.
 
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Didn't take long for him to change his tune. Guess Sarah gifted him some more beans.

What a fucking tool. These paid Xbox shills are insufferable
 
I guarantee PC gamepass is either going to get another price hike next year or phased out completely as the other three tiers all work on pc now.

They're not going to be keeping day one PC games for $16.50/month for long.

So this new "best deal gaming" isn't going to last very long at all.
 
Mownoc said:
I guarantee PC gamepass is either going to get another price hike next year or phased out completely as the other three tiers all work on pc now.

They're not going to be keeping day one PC games for $16.50/month for long.

So this new "best deal gaming" isn't going to last very long at all.
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Yeah, itll be gone sooner rather than later
 
I expect that the reality here is that this was a structural change to adapt the service to maturing user behaviour...
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well, that's something that at least we all know we'll never ever be getting from jez...
 
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