Microsoft just raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99/month, and fans aren’t happy. Many are canceling, some are calling for a boycott, and even Microsoft’s website is struggling to keep up.

Microsoft just raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99/month, and fans aren’t happy. Many are canceling, some are calling for a boycott, and even Microsoft’s website is struggling to keep up.

  • mvlad88@lemmy.worldEnglish
    291·
    3 days ago

    I was planning to cancel it a while ago but this actually made me do it.

    Why?

    • because of life obligations I consider myself lucky if I can play something once per week.
    • with the money that I spend on the subscription I can buy a (more) older game(s) and keep myself entertained for half a year.
    • having the latest releases is nice, but I can wait one year and buy it on some sale and if not… mneh… Whatever…
    • sure you get hundreds of games with Game Pass, but most of them are either noise or not my type of genre.
    • fuck Microsoft.
    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, I’m in a similar situation. Don’t get a lot of game time and I’ve got a pretty large backlog of stuff I want to play. If I like the look of something I wishlist it and buy it on sale for less than £10.

      I think the gamepass model is going to be struggling with economic factors - many of us are working more and have less playtime, and money is tighter.