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Topics: Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Microsoft
Topics: Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, Microsoft
Following Xbox’s announcement of a price hike for Xbox Game Pass, many users rushed to cancel their subscriptions but were unable to do so.
As if Xbox wasn’t getting enough criticism from gamers, it’s now decided the best course of action is to inflate the price of its best Xbox Game Pass tier, and then try to justify it with bonus features nobody asked for.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has often been considered a pretty sweet deal in terms of gaming subscription services. It had some tough competition from the likes of PlayStation Plus Premium, but in my opinion, the day-one Xbox launches made it slightly better than Sony’s service.
This felt like a common opinion but that’s all changed following this price hike.
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will now have to pay 50% more each month to remain subscribed, and as you’d expect, fans are not happy about it.
In protest, many subscribers have decided to vote with their wallets rather than their words, and cancel their subscription to show Microsoft that they’re displeased and want change.
Yesterday, it was reported that the online page that lets you cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription actually crashed under the weight of those scrambling to remove their memberships.
If that’s not an obvious sign to Microsoft that a mistake has been made, I don’t know what is.
The page seems to be working now but that hasn’t stopped the horde of subscribers throwing their memberships away until a resolution has been found.
There are, of course, a few hacks you can do to pay less. For example, PC players have their own tier of Xbox Game Pass that gives them day-one releases but less of the fluff that comes with the console day-one equivalent.
I also saw GameStop announce that it’ll continue to sell Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at its previous price point, though I’m not sure how long that will last.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate used to be regarded as one of the best deals in gaming; how the mighty have fallen.
Xbox has been here before though back when it tried to raise the price of online multiplayer access, when it was hit with a similar outcry from fans as it is right now.
The company did eventually backtrack on its decision, so perhaps something similar is on the cards for this Xbox Game Pass fiasco.