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.

  • Supervisor194@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is the endgame of all subscriptions. I have not one. Purchase where they will let you purchase without DRM, for the rest: 🏴‍☠️

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Unfortunately piracy doesn’t help the people who need it here. Hard to pirate on an Xbox, and Xbox players aren’t generally the type to just ditch the ecosystem where all of their game progress and friends are just to jump to a platform they have no experience or history with

      • unfinished | 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        Switch to gaming on Windows? Windows sucks compared to Linux, but for people who don’t wanna leave the ecosystem, Windows should be quite compatible with most Xbox games and multiplayer. Also it’s absurdly easy to pirate games on using a .site like fitgirl-repacks

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          Two problems: I’m a console player because I have no money for PC parts, so I’m priced out already. But also, if I did have a good computer, I’d have to convince my friends to all pick up PCs as well, and I think they’d sooner quit gaming altogether than switch to mouse + keyboard