50% Game pass increase incoming!

[Scarfacé]

I hope I'm proven wrong but I expect this will follow the same pattern as all of the other subscription services:

1. Announce steep price increase/clamp down on subscription sharing.
2. Public backlash of people saying they're cancelling, goodbyes, they're done with it for good etc.
3. Several months later, announce record number of subscriptions.
4. Profit.

The past several years I've gotten Gamepass Ultimate cheaper due to a friends employee benefits but I personally wouldn't pay full price, even prior to the maassive increase. As someone with a full time job and kids, it can take me ages to finish a game, I just wouldn't be getting good value at full price. Ultimate is the one with the biggest increase (over 50% is bonkers) and I wonder what proportion of their customers that covers - I've just looked it up and it's estimated/claimed as being ~70%, which is way higher than I thought it would be. Maybe this will result in people downgrading to lower tiers. I wonder what chunk of their customer base is parents buying it for their kids...

 

[Jase]

I’m still on my discounted period on ultimate until next year. If I had to pay full price now I wouldn’t. Yes there’s going to be 75 day 1 games they say but of those how many would I actually want, not many, so I’d be better off getting the keys and playing on my preferred platform steam.

 

[LOAM]

I've cancelled

 

[sgavan]

Luckily I got a email from xbox saying my auto renew will be the higher price, lucky as I forgot to switch it off now cancelled. I just don't think the subscription is for me, netflix etc are ok because they can be watched in hours or binge days, where as games need more investment in time and I, and maybe others, don't switch as much each month.

 

[mattyfez]

I've never really understood the game pass thing..
I play very few games at any one time and I generally pirate them to test them out, and if I think it's worth it I just buy individual games

 

[Yrkoon]

I've never really understood the game pass thing..
I play very few games at any one time and I generally pirate them to test them out, and if I think it's worth it I just buy individual games

i find the pc only one to be worth it but i let it build up a load of games i wouldnt mind playing then hammer it for a month or a few months then unsubscribe

 

[dan958]

Realised the only game I actually play now on GamePass is Flight Sim, so cancelled GP and bought the game outright.

 

[LOAM]

Realised the only game I actually play now on GamePass is Flight Sim, so cancelled GP and bought the game outright.

Bit similar tbh, I fell into the "got it for one game" and then never really found anything else on it worth bothering with. It's shocking really but at under a tenner a month it didn't take the ****. A price increase if appropriate I can deal with but 50% is just greedy, I have been meaning to get rid of it for a few months so this was a good prompt.

The whole subscription model/ SaaS though is getting out of hand. We use NBS chorus at work, it's pretty vital to our workflows and since the RIBA sold it to an investment decision of Lloyds in 2021, it's gone from £1250 a seat to......£7500 and don't even start me on Autodesk

 

[chaparral]

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers

“At this time, these increases will only affect new purchases and will not affect your current subscription for the market in which you reside, as long as you are on an auto-recurring plan,” explains Microsoft in an email that was sent to some Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers overnight. “Should you choose to cancel your plan and repurchase, you will be charged at the new current rate.”

Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that the email is genuine, and it’s not impacting subscribers in the US or UK. “Our recent Game Pass update remains unchanged. Current subscribers in certain countries will continue renewing at their existing price for now, in line with local requirements. We’ll provide advance notice before price adjustments take effect in these countries,” says Kari Perez, head of Xbox communications, in a statement to The Verge.

Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes for some subscribers

Some European countries won’t be impacted by subscription price hikes yet

www.theverge.com

Guess i wait an see if mine does increase.

 

[LOAM]

I got an email off them yesterday saying my subscription was going up as of 4th November. Not sure how that can be interpreted as anything other than the price is going up on the 4th November

 

[chaparral]

I got an email off them yesterday saying my subscription was going up as of 4th November. Not sure how that can be interpreted as anything other than the price is going up on the 4th November

I just looked and i haven't had any e-mails from them yet.

But guess i be getting one soon..

 

[Pookie Bear]

My normal payment came out a few days ago, and when I checked online, it said my next payment (of the usual amount) was planned for next month. No emails or mention of an increase at the moment. I'll definitely cancel one they increase my price - I'm ok with £15 a month, but not paying more. I get a lot out of it!