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[Skifi28]

The merger happened almost a year ago

And only now are they starting to release Activision games on gamepass. Coincidence?

 

[GHG]

Someone please put phils face on that gif.

I'm happy for you man. You haven't been yourself for weeks. You have that gleam in your eye again, that bounce in your step.

 

[MikeM]

The fact that $14.99 a month no longer gets you "day one" tells you everything you need to know.

They fucked it.

Wait.......so PC Game Pass will continue to get day one games, but consoles (standard) will not get day one?

What the hell? They just kicked their console gamers in the nuts.

Shows how they treat their console “family.”

And it seems their confusing naming conventions from Xbox has now bled over to GamePass lol you can’t make this shit up sometimes.

 

[adamsapple]

Time to re-up to the full 3 years before these changes take effect. I'm sure they're gonna increase the reward point values for it too.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Time to re-up to the full 3 years before these changes take effect. I'm sure they're gonna increase the reward point values for it too.

Man, I really need your hopium dealer number.

 

[reinking]

I said this generation might be my last Xbox console. This pretty much seals the deal for me. I will play my Xbox games where they should be played, on PC. (Or PlayStation ).

 

[JTCx]

I’ll keep buying dirt cheap codes off key sites. Can’t remember the last time I paid more than like $4 a month for Ultimate

Imagine trying to viciously defend Microsoft and at the same time trying to weasel out of their product.

Couldn't be me.

 

[GHG]

Time to re-up to the full 3 years before these changes take effect. I'm sure they're gonna increase the reward point values for it too.

You guys really don't want to support the company/business you stan for huh?

It begs the question, have you been trying to convince yourselves or everyone else all this time?

 

[Generic]

"The new price will be $19.99 per month, or $74.99 per year."

Still much cheaper than PS+ Extra. I envy the green bros...

 

[Clear]

Kinda puts the whole Xbox on Fire Stick thing in context too. No streaming unless you pay for Ultimate...

 

[Topher]

"The new price will be $19.99 per month, or $74.99 per year."

Still much cheaper than PS+ Extra. I envy the green bros...

$74.99/year for Ultimate was a mistake. They removed it from the article.

 

[Nydius]

Man, I really need your hopium dealer number.

Right? That's some high quality stuff.

It's awfully bold of him to assume they'll let a grandfathered Game Pass tier exist for another three years. They'll almost certainly come along and tell Game Pass Console users that they're being migrated into Game Pass Standard at some point. It's clear as day that they only want one tier to offer day one games, and it's Ultimate. (Edit: Well, two, counting PC.)

 

[Mr Moose]

Prices are wrong, $75 is Core not Ultimate. Ultimate is $20 a month.

https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/42/85/42850801-4997-491d-a5bd-69c5bd7948ac.pdf?n=FINAL%20Game%20Pass%20price%20updates%20by%20country%20and%20currency.pdf

 

[gokurho]

Excellent decision!
Phil is a management genius

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Jesus, what a clusterfuck.

 

[JTCx]

adamsapple come chat to us.

Not only the price got an increase. Microsoft told the basic bitches to get fucked.

Lmao.

 

[truth411]

This is a Stealth price increase.

Also no Day one games at $14.99 says it all. The whole point of GamePass was Day one Games.

 

[Alphagear]

The merger happened almost a year ago

First COD coming to Gamepass soon.

 

[adamsapple]

You guys really don't want to support the company/business you stan for huh?

The reward thing is in-house, it's not like I'm using grey market keys from g2a or some shit.

 

[Generic]

$74.99/year for Ultimate was a mistake. They removed it from the article.

Well, this sucks.

 

[gokurho]

This is the day of great headlines

as a result of inflation

 

[Astray]

 

[GHG]

The reward thing is in-house, it's not like I'm using grey market keys from g2a or some shit.

Well don't waste time posting here, get on that hamster wheel.

 

[odhiex]

So, they have GP Core and Standard tiers with no day one games, neither cloud gaming. PC Game Pass includes day one games, and GP Ultimate includes everything.

Does GP Standard includes online play?

I blame Sony for its confusing PS plus tiers lol.

 

[j0hnnix]

I think I'm gonna start doing door dash to pay for my shitty hobbies.

 

[truth411]

Wait.......so PC Game Pass will continue to get day one games, but consoles (standard) will not get day one?

What the hell? They just kicked their console gamers in the nuts.

Snap, I didn't notice that!

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

I think I'm gonna start doing door dash to pay for my shitty hobbies.

Gaming as a hobby is one of the cheaper ones anyway.

 

[Draugoth]

Price Changes are worldwide

 

[hinch7]

Yeah this was expected. The amount of people who would sub a month to play a game or two and dip out, must've been a lot. Guess the gig is up.

Also this is in advance of Blop 6, so I'd imagine they didn't want people to do exactly that.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

The whole GP's identity was built around the Day-One policy.

They've basically killed the product in the long run.

 

[GHG]

Price Changes are worldwide

ARS got fucked.

 

[ulantan]

xbox hates xbox

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

ARS got fucked.

Same happened with Turkish PSN prices just days ago though. Some currencies are not doing that well.

 

[Optimus Lime]

So, Microsoft FINALLY get a tiny, teensy weensy little bit of good will and traction with their userbase, and their response is to hike the price.

Fucking idiots. Phil Spencer really is the worst CEO of anything ever.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Price Changes are worldwide

 

[Punished Miku]

The whole GP's identity was built around the Day-One policy.

They've basically killed the product in the long run.

It'll just be like Ubisoft and EA Play. Both have day 1 and 1 year later tiers. That's my guess.

 

[odhiex]

Play it day one with Game Pass*

 

[salva]

im so confused, but will just see whats happening when my ultimate expires in 2026.

 

[Astray]

The whole GP's identity was built around the Day-One policy.

They've basically killed the product in the long run.

This is them killing day 1.

As I said before, I'm interested in how this impacts their 3rd party gp deals. Those deals now cover a lesser part of the GP user base than before.

I guess that ties with the rumors of reduced deals and less gp money available to small devs.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

It'll just be like Ubisoft and EA Play. Both have day 1 and 1 year later tiers. That's my guess.

By that logic why even bother with Xbox, just go with PS Extra or Deluxe. You're still missing the hot releases 'for free' but at least the back catalogue is orders of magnitudes stornger.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

"...and doesn't include day one games"

Chorizo was right after all.

waiting for an apology from certain individuals.

 

[PropellerEar]

ARS got fucked.

 

[King Dazzar]

But which tier comes with Burger King vouchers?

 

[Punished Miku]

By that logic why even bother with Xbox, just go with PS Extra or Deluxe. You're still missing the hot releases 'for free' but at least the back catalogue is orders of magnitudes stornger.

Only thing I'm interested in is the new stuff. I buy a ton of games and typically don't need old games.

As I said, all 3 of the subs I listed have day 1 still.

PS+ games are usually so old even a 1 year old GP lower tier would be newer.

 

[StereoVsn]

 

[Astray]

 

[yurinka]

So basically they are replacing the day one games on the mid-tier console GP for online MP and old games (on a PS+ fashion) and are increasing the price of everything. GPU now will cost $240/year.

GPU will now be the only way to have the day one GP games on console.

 

[azertydu91]

Hey HeisenbergFX4 do you think that this is the new tier you've been telling us about or is it something else?

 

[Topher]

So basically they are replacing the day one games on the mid-tier console GP for online MP and old games (on a PS+ fashion) and are increasing the price of everything. GPU now will cost $240/year.

GPU will now be the only way to have the day one GP games.

PC Game Pass will also get day one games.

 

[adamsapple]

So basically they are replacing the day one games on the mid-tier console GP for online MP and old games (on a PS+ fashion) and are increasing the price of everything. GPU now will cost $240/year.

GPU will now be the only way to have the day one GP games.

GPU
PC game pass
existing continuing console game pass

the Standard is only for new customers, existing console GP will not be turned into standard.