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This is obviously just a money grab at this point, isn't it?

News of the family plan ending in August comes just days after Microsoft bumped its overall Xbox Game Pass monthly prices. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has move from $14.99 per month to $16.99 (€14.99 / £12.99).

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A big ol "I told you so" to all the people back in the day on Reddit who called me stupid for saying "These prices are only temporary to draw you in so you keep subscribing." Everyone told me "Microsoft is being good for once, they're letting all of us normal folk play games we couldn't before, and we can play games we normally wouldn't buy!"

Which sure, but none of them saw that was temporary. Maybe I'm old and I remember how Netflix roped people in with the huge catalog of streaming titles and how every show you wanted to watch was there, and then when that catalogue dwindled to nothing and the price shot up.

Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man who happily pays for games still

[–] FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think gamers are just different based on taste. I tried the subscription and didn’t find anything I wanted to play (see my other comment). There are gamers who like it because they want to play games they wouldn’t buy. I buy games I want to play. I pay less than 120 bucks a year on games because I wait for discounts on Steam, I guess. For me the GamePass isn’t useful, as I’ve learned by trying it. For others, it is useful because they want to play all the games they can.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Given what you get for game pass, is it costing more really a deal killer? If you have the internet it's still super worth it, and if they double the price it'll still be pretty good.

[–] FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Is this service maybe better for people with an Xbox console? I tried Game Pass for PC and wasn't impressed. I won't be renewing. I'm glad I could try it for cheap to see what it's like, though.

[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I hope they don't kill family share feature also...

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

For once I’m glad I have no friends.

[–] Chrishering33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We never got it in Germany anyway. Which was annoying, cause I would have really liked it for my best friend and I.