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RUMOR: Microsoft to introduce new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription (14,99$ month for Xbox Live Gold + Gamepass)
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But how will this impact the decline in young men having sex in the past year of their lives?
wrong forum?
Its just the $60 a year XBL Live divided by 12 + the normal $9.99 for GamePass.
Maybe for people who don't seek out deals this is...good?
Maybe for people who don't seek out deals this is...good?
Yeah, this seems like the most logical step. Throw xCloud in somewhere and it becomes insane value: for 15-20 bucks per month, you can access hundreds of high quality games of all kinds (first party, "second party", third party, indies, etc.) from at least 4 generations of consoles, playable among a variety of devices (Xbox One, the next Xbox, PC, iOS and Android at least), with no compromises since you get the full game and online is included. Play Anywhere, cross-progression on many titles, and it becomes an incredibly inviting package regardless of whether you're a hardcore gamer or a newcomer.
A completely obvious but great next step.
Be interesting to see what else they cook up, but I'd also be surprised if they don't include EA Access at some level as well.
Be interesting to see what else they cook up, but I'd also be surprised if they don't include EA Access at some level as well.
Just MS wants to make subscription services more important moving forward. So a lot of the new things coming from MS will be tied to subscriptions.
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Based on what Brad sams is saying...seems that there is one for PC. I was hoping they wouldn't make a Game Pass specific to PC. Grrrr.
If they have other tiers, that would be great. This one is just what everyone already has.
For the people who pick up Game Pass when there's a major release and then drop it until the next major release... you'd be dropping your XBL as well, so it kind of insulates Microsoft from that population of deal-seekin' consumers which is nice for them.
For the people who pick up Game Pass when there's a major release and then drop it until the next major release... you'd be dropping your XBL as well, so it kind of insulates Microsoft from that population of deal-seekin' consumers which is nice for them.
I suspected as much, as xCloud will definitely be fitted into these plans sooner or later, and who knows what else.
well, there it is. been waiting for this.
this will be the umbrella for streaming too i'd imagine
this will be the umbrella for streaming too i'd imagine
It strikes me that this could have an impact on Games With Gold; if they're actively selling merged subscriptions, it suddenly comes across as more of a raw deal if a given month's GWG titles include ones that are already established on Gamepass. Or are they perhaps already avoiding Gamepass titles with the GWG release? I don't follow it that closely.
Not really a good deal since Game Pass is $10/month and Gold at $5/month would equal $60 per year. It's potentially interesting if they make a 12 month offer or something though but $15 per month isn't for those who already subscribe to Gold all year around. It's no discount compared to buying 12 months of Gold and individual months of Game Pass. I guess it's useful for those who buy one month at a time though.
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as someone who rather sub to these things on a month by month basis, rather than yearly, this a good deal
yes if you sub to Live Gold for a whole year upfront, but this is monthly. If you buy 1month of Live Gold is U$9.99, so this would give you U$5 off on a monthly sub
yes if you sub to Live Gold for a whole year upfront, but this is monthly. If you buy 1month of Live Gold is U$9.99, so this would give you U$5 off on a monthly sub
Gold should be free with Gamepass. It's insane that you require a second subscription to get the full experience of the games in your Gamepass sub.
Gamepass is pretty cheap all things considered for the value it gives. Expecting it to have the additional value of Gold ( which has discounts and GwG ) is a stretch at this point of time.
2 completely different services, why would 1 be free because you subscribed to the other?
Because you can have individual subscriptions to one or the other, it certainly could be problematic to have both and have there be overlap.
I just did a spotcheck and there certainly is overlap. Both Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light were on GWG and are currently on Gamepass, at least in the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Games_with_Gold_games
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-game-pass/games
Damn, I'd definitely do that, the more subscriptions I can consolidate the better.
But I have like 2 years of gamepass lined up at this point so it might be a while before I move my subscription over.
But I have like 2 years of gamepass lined up at this point so it might be a while before I move my subscription over.
I would (obviously) prefer that it came with a small discount for combining the two, but this is the obvious, sensible next step from Microsoft.
I'm not sure Microsoft has a choice. The games on GP are spread between different stores/launchers on pc. Also, a subscription with games focused on pc gaming has a lot more chance to succeed.
Wait you don't want a PC game pass at all? Or you wanted a console + PC all inclusive game pass?
I'm assuming the latter lol
I'm confused isn't Gold already $5/month when you buy annually and Game pass is $10/month?
Where is the savings?
Where is the savings?
Seems like a great deal, even more so if this gets the deals that PS Plus/Gold typically get around holiday time.
Depends. If you buy a year at 1 time it's the same price. But if you have a monthly renewing gold sub it's $10/month. Gamepass is $10/month. So instead of paying $20/month you pay $15.
So yeah if you purchase a year it's whatever but if you don't want to do that in a lump sum you end up saving Money
Good to see this happening as an option, makes sense and far better than needing 2 subscriptions for both.
Hopefully Sony do this with PS+ / PS Now too.
Hopefully Sony do this with PS+ / PS Now too.
Gold isn't $5/month... if you buy it monthly.
The savings is that you get yearly price for Gold instead of monthly price for Gold.