Microsoft just raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99/month, and fans aren’t happy. Many are canceling, some are calling for a boycott, and even Microsoft’s website is struggling to keep up.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Jesus Fucking Christ, it was $4.99/month a few years ago; what did Microsoft expect? Even at that price it was hardly worth paying for…

    I haven’t paid a subscription for entertainment for a handful of years now, but now I’m starting to understand why people are canceling streaming services en masse. Disney+ was $6.99/mo back when I had it but I heard it’s also $20-something a month now too. People just needed a good excuse to cancel, and now they have one.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      Theoretically, now that Microsoft owns half the AAA studios, you could expect Gamepass to have a lot of day 1 AAA games.

      Unfortunately, they just bought all the studios and… ordered them to stop making games or something.

      I’d cancel if I hadn’t done it several years ago. Oh well.

    • Gladaed@feddit.org
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      2 days ago

      At 5 euros a month it was a steal. It was an amazing value in the moment and games deflate quickly. Economic realities ended it. But that doesn’t mean it was shit.