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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.

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[-] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 28 points 2 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.

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.

this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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