Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Gets a Price Cut (theverge.com) 17
Microsoft is cutting the monthly price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, but the tradeoff is that new Call of Duty releases will no longer arrive on the service at launch. Instead, they'll show up about a year later. The Verge reports: After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that "Game Pass has become too expensive for players," Microsoft is dropping the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 a month, and PC Game Pass moves to $13.99, down from $16.49 a month.
The price drops are being fueled in part by future of Call of Duty titles no longer joining Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass at launch. "New Call of Duty games will be added to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass during the following holiday season (about a year later), while existing Call of Duty titles already in the library will continue to be available," says Microsoft.
The price drops are being fueled in part by future of Call of Duty titles no longer joining Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass at launch. "New Call of Duty games will be added to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass during the following holiday season (about a year later), while existing Call of Duty titles already in the library will continue to be available," says Microsoft.
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if my loose interpretation of news is accurate, xbox is doing pretty poor with market share and might make more money short-term by selling cross-platform than limiting it to boost their xbox sales.
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Microsoft does not own CoD.
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Microsoft does not own CoD.
Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard in 2023, along with that was Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games and Raven. So yeah, Microsoft owns CoD because they own the publisher and the developers when they acquired Activision.
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I forgot Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard because everything they make is bad.
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Nah. Everyone just hates you and hopes that you kill yourself.
Refunds? (Score:2)
Re: Refunds? (Score:3)
When I had Xbox live I tried to play it and you have to install a bunch of them just to play one and the game starts in multiplayer mode only and has to be restarted to play single player. Every time! It was the most bat shit insane gaming experience ever.
Wasnt it raised when they were chest thumping? (Score:2)
Wasnt it raised when they were chest thumping?
Why buy in now? The second they get an ounce more popular(attractive) they will raise the price and get all uppity again.
Re: Wasnt it raised when they were chest thumping? (Score:2)
I cancelled mine when they raised it, I have no plans of going back.
subscription model wont die (Score:2)
There's gotta be a way to kill the subscription model without killing game development entirely. Day-pass, 10-pass?
I might play a game for a few hours a month. I might not play for months at a time, then find myself in an airport with nothing better to do. I don't want to fart around with subscriptions to play a game for a flippin hour. I had an XBox Live account when it started out, mostly because my former boss was running that division at MS and playing Halo online at home was almost as fun as playing Un
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There's gotta be a way to kill the subscription model without killing game development entirely. Day-pass, 10-pass?
Just skip to the part where we go full circle and add a slot on the front of the next Xbox where we can feed it quarters to keep playing.
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...was almost as fun as playing Unreal Tournament on the network at the office....
Great news! All of the Unreal Tournament games still work for online play on modern PCs! It's still fun, still dirt cheap, no subscription, and SWATHS of maps and mods all over the internet!
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You guys with all your good answers. Can't a guy just whine about how everything was better in the late 90's?
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Even on Xbox you can still buy the games. You only need the subscription if you want to play online, but you can buy the lowest tier service without all the games.
You don't need a subscription as every game offered is still available for purchase separately.
Or rather rent, since digital purchases are not quite purchases, just a long term rental.