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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 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

[–] RisingSwell -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.

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