StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I'm subbed to 2025 at the one month renewal price. And before that it was 3 years at $1. To me the price of GP is a non-issue. It's whether or not they get rid of the renewal promo, and what price the service is per month.
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Microsoft Raising Prices on New, First-Party Games Built for Xbox Series X|S to $70 in 2023
- Thread starter Kiraly
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No, world changed , war etc , MS is late , Sony was as fast as a money grabber could be !
Zok310
Banned
Yup, a lot of shit from that camp is not gonna age well.
Super_Chicken
Member
I love everyone suggesting to just sub to gamepass...
"You will own nothing. You will eat bugs and enjoy them." comes to mind.
Can't wait for what the future has in store. This applies beyond games and really society as a whole is just in a downward spiral with the same mentality.
Eventually games keep increasing in price. Less and less people want to spend $100-200 on a game. Developers don't release as much AAA titles because can't really recoup costs unless they DLC the hell out of it. "New"-year old titles make their way to gamepass as they usually do. Content of gamepass begins to deteriorate.
"You will own nothing. You will eat bugs and enjoy them." comes to mind.
Can't wait for what the future has in store. This applies beyond games and really society as a whole is just in a downward spiral with the same mentality.
Eventually games keep increasing in price. Less and less people want to spend $100-200 on a game. Developers don't release as much AAA titles because can't really recoup costs unless they DLC the hell out of it. "New"-year old titles make their way to gamepass as they usually do. Content of gamepass begins to deteriorate.
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intheinbetween
Member
It seems it will
Right .. no one listens music on Spotify, or watches movie on Netflix, Amazon or HBO MAX
welcome to now. Gamepass is the future .
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FBeeEye
Banned
It will happen. All streaming services have done it so I wouldn't be surprised.
crunchyBiscuits
Member
Phil raised the price because he didn't want to be seen as anticompetitive by having his games priced lower.
Real talk though... Figured this would happen eventually. Does it suck? Yes, for people who like to own their games. Gamepass price increase feels inevitable at this point. Hope all of y'all with go subs are maxed out already
Real talk though... Figured this would happen eventually. Does it suck? Yes, for people who like to own their games. Gamepass price increase feels inevitable at this point. Hope all of y'all with go subs are maxed out already
bentanchorbolt
Banned
Slippery slope fallacy.
I don't need to *own* games in most cases. I don't need a collection of physical media to feel good about playing games. It's very likely that I will play a game once and never again, unless its a tentpole type game, in which case I will buy.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Operating expenses are why they're losing money, and they're going to have to cut back on that if they want to make any profit. Not just price increases
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Are we still pretending that movies and games are the same? I guess so.Right .. no one listens music on Spotify, or watches movie on Netflix, Amazon or HBO MAX
MisterXDTV
Member
But people will keep telling us that Game Pass is good for the industry and IS VERY profitable...
Reality = a disaster waiting to happen
You can buy 3 years of Game Pass Ultimate for the price of TWO GAMES
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Duh. It was going to happen eventually. $70 sucks but it doesn’t impact me as someone subbed to GP for years to come still.
I think people are more upset about $70 games when crossgen games have an artificial extra $10 slapped on top like EA, 2K, Activision, Sony, Ubisoft games have done.
Microsoft keeping $60 and smart delivery was a nice, consumer friendly move. Going fully nextgen on titles starting in 2023 makes the $70 price tag clear. If Motorsport was cross gen id be annoyed if it was $70 for example. A game like MSFS being $60 made sense bc it was a late port. But there havent been any exclusive X/S games since launch otherwise.
I think people are more upset about $70 games when crossgen games have an artificial extra $10 slapped on top like EA, 2K, Activision, Sony, Ubisoft games have done.
Microsoft keeping $60 and smart delivery was a nice, consumer friendly move. Going fully nextgen on titles starting in 2023 makes the $70 price tag clear. If Motorsport was cross gen id be annoyed if it was $70 for example. A game like MSFS being $60 made sense bc it was a late port. But there havent been any exclusive X/S games since launch otherwise.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
sainraja
Member
Ah, alright, Sure, sure. You got me. You can still address the actual point I was making in my post though.
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Loxus
Member
Do those things take $100 million+ to make?Right .. no one listens music on Spotify, or watches movie on Netflix, Amazon or HBO MAX
Aren't big movies first released through movie theaters before streaming services?
ZoukGalaxy
Member
But Phil is our buddy, how is it possible ?
Oh, I know, you must subscribe to gamepass to avoid this. Got it Phil.
*pay everything, own nothing baby*
Oh, I know, you must subscribe to gamepass to avoid this. Got it Phil.
*pay everything, own nothing baby*
Pop
Member
FBeeEye
Banned
What if we don't want to own? I rent and I lease a vehicle. I buy games I want once they reach the bargain bin. I also spend a good amount on DLC for GamePass and FTP games.
Buying a game for full price feels like too much of a commitment.
GHG
Member
Wait, you people buy Xbox games?
too lazy to check if this joke was posted already
People have already said it, and not as a joke.
Klosshufvud
Member
No and it was just as shitty when they did it.Did Sony/EA/Activision ?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
MisterXDTV
Member
Dick Jones
Gold Member
I knew they were going 70 but I'm only shocked at the stupidity of having this news out before Christmas. Aaron Greenberg, great job at controlling the narrative pal 
Thankfully this didn't affect anyone here as they are all on the $1 upgrade and won't need to buy games. I'm sure Uncle Phil won't close that loophole in 3 years.
Thankfully this didn't affect anyone here as they are all on the $1 upgrade and won't need to buy games. I'm sure Uncle Phil won't close that loophole in 3 years.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
I still think that the AB acquisition is the main driver here. No way concessions won't include not selling AB games for less on Xbox vs. other platforms.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
I bought the premium version of the last Forza and will buy the next Forza as well and subbed to game pass.
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
And I mentioned Disney plus
FYI. Disney+ was stagnant and they brought in Hulu and ESPN+ to increase the subscriber account. Throughout this time, they increased the price point and removed day one releases from the service. You tried to blame the pandemic altogether without realizing that they waited to release some movies on their service near the same time HBO released big movies such as the suicide Squad day one on their service.
twilo99
Gold Member
WHO STARTED IT???
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
Notice...
They didn't say they were raising prices for hardware.
They didn't say they were raising prices for hardware.
Mr Moose
Member
"I don't care now that MS is doing it" Congrats.
Topher
Identifies as young
I've pulled together all the people who said Ratchet and Clank's $70 price tag was ok because it wasn't cross gen.
Hawking Radiation
Member
Right .. no one listens music on Spotify, or watches movie on Netflix, Amazon or HBO MAX
LOL I don't use any of these services.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
jm89
Member
Yet....
Personal opinions won’t get you far. Subscriptions is where to world is going . Even new cars have subscriptions for features. It’s a money making business.
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LordCBH
Member
No? Those are just the ones they’ve publicly attached a 2023 date on
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I've pulled together all the people who said Ratchet and Clank's $70 price tag was ok because it wasn't cross gen.
There's at least 88 of these crazies
Catch 'em kill 'em.
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Hawking Radiation
Member
So we're getting nickel and dimed by both PS and Xbox.
Now can't we all get along as fellow gamers since we're getting fucked from all sides?
#SayNoToConsoleWars
Now can't we all get along as fellow gamers since we're getting fucked from all sides?
#SayNoToConsoleWars
Klayzer
Member
Pretty much a nothing burger, now that Microsoft does it. -Xbox fans on Gaf.
Topher
Identifies as young
There's at least 88 of these crazies
Catch 'em kill 'em.
Ah man.....if there was ever a poll that I wished showed how people voted.....it is that one.
OuterLimits
Member
Nintendo will be the last big company to do it. Probably when their next system launches.
GHG
Member
Because some people literally want to purchase what they want and be done with it. If the stance on that is "why would they when gamepass exists" then what you're inadvertently saying is that the games aren't worth purchasing (in some cases this clearly isn't true). Not everyone wants to be infinitely beholden to some subscription service in order to have access to their favourite games.
Good lord.