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Microsoft increases price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, despite record subscription profits last year

Microsoft has increased the price of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, along with a shake up of its tiers. Game Pass Ultimate will now cost $29.99 per month (UK pricing to be confirmed). It ...
The Enterprise Journal

Magnolia Mornings: October 21, 2025

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Polygon

What the latest Game Pass changes mean for your subscription

Microsoft announced on Oct. 1 a new set of changes for Xbox Game Pass that will affect across all three tiers of the service, including folding Windows PC games into every tier — and raising the price ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5

A new Bloomberg report based on interviews with former Microsoft employees has offered more fuel for speculation about the continued viability of Game Pass, including Microsoft's own alleged estimate ...
VG Chartz

Xbox Reportedly Lost $300 Million in Call of Duty Sales Last Year Due to Game Pass - News

Microsoft this week announced it is increasing the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent to $30 per month. A former employee has told Bloomberg that Xbox lost $300 million in sales of Call of ...
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Want To Cancel Xbox Game Pass To Avoid The Price Hike? Here's How You Do It

Since its launch in 2017, Xbox's Game Pass platform has been a go-to platform for online gamers looking to maximize their gaming options. When the popular online gaming service debuted, it promised ...
Des Moines Register

Xbox Game Pass price increase announced by Microsoft. How much will it cost?

The world of gaming has seen its share of price hikes over the years. From the costs of video game consoles to the games themselves, the prices for arguably one of the most popular hobbies for ...
Kotaku

The Enshittification Of Game Pass Is Here

Some things happen slowly and then all at once. So it appears to be with Xbox Game Pass. Once hailed as the “best deal in gaming,” it’s now best known as the deal that just keeps getting worse. A ...
GameSpot

Call Of Duty Lost $300 Million In Sales Due To Game Pass - Report

Microsoft's decision to make Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 a day-one launch title appears to have cost the company millions. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the biggest-selling game of the year in the ...
TweakTown

PC Game Pass hiked to $16 a month, $200 a year, includes day one first-party Xbox games

TL;DR: Microsoft's PC Game Pass price rose 37% to $16.49 monthly, including day-one access to new first-party games like Call of Duty Black Ops 7. Microsoft's third Game Pass price increase has ...