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Official Update on Xbox Live Gold Pricing from Microsoft
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Yes, in the OP it says prices remain the same for anyone who is currently on auto-renew
You get more of an incentive to pay 5 bucks more to get Game Pass Ultimate.
That's all I got
Lol. People thought they were going to get rid of it.
Sony increased it not too long ago, I expect Nintendo to eventually do it.
The worst thing is that you still need it for f2p games (unless I missed it in the OP).
Sony increased it not too long ago, I expect Nintendo to eventually do it.
The worst thing is that you still need it for f2p games (unless I missed it in the OP).
The only way this isn't totally boneheaded from MS is if somehow they were to include access to all first party multiplayer content and service games for free with Live Gold. Not just for all future titles like Infinite, Gears6 etc but ESO, SoT and MCC too.
It would cost them nothing and is the only way I can think they can make playing multiplayer games on an Xbox an enticing prospect, because if this is the future of Gold then, nah!
It would cost them nothing and is the only way I can think they can make playing multiplayer games on an Xbox an enticing prospect, because if this is the future of Gold then, nah!
You're never getting latest fifa or madden on game odd day 1 though maybe 6 months but usually it's a year, especially for madden and fifa who are very popular
So let's say i only play FIFA. i would have to pay 60€ + 160 € for GPU. Instead of 60+60 on Playstation. How is that pretty interesting? Just for the week earlier or the 10% discount of a game that is 10-20€ off on retail anyways at release?
A $10 increase on a $50 per year service
This is a $60 increase on a $60 per year service. I have never seen ANY subscription service double with its next price increase
It's a shocking increase, they obviously don't want to axe Gold and wait to see if people sign up to Gamepass instead at 120 bucks. It's manipulation and daft at that.
Also it's just so stupid, not everyone would guess just buy Gamepass instead so you could have people paying 120 bucks for Gold none the wiser or outright just pissed off at 120 bucks for Gold instead of giving Gamepass a go.
Multiplayer should be free and let Gamepass speak for itself. Idiots.
Also it's just so stupid, not everyone would guess just buy Gamepass instead so you could have people paying 120 bucks for Gold none the wiser or outright just pissed off at 120 bucks for Gold instead of giving Gamepass a go.
Multiplayer should be free and let Gamepass speak for itself. Idiots.
Has he? A paywall for MP is generation revenue for Sony and Microsoft beyond believe. From a business perspective removing the paywall and the service (Plus, Gold, Online) would be "botching" it. As much as I hate to pay for online that's the reality of it.
I know. But before this change there was a chasm in price between both. Gold was still viable because it was significantly cheaper. It's no longer significantly cheaper. It's a games worth less and doesn't give you access to 100+ games on Xbox and PC. this will push people to gamepass ultimate. That's all I'm saying.
That's the problem when people get too invested in these companies, they forget that they exist to make money.
For how the current system is for PS+, why would the increase the price? Same with Nintendo? Nintendo better not because their general online experience is still shit in comparison to PS+/Gold.
Can we all agree any company who say they pro consumer is probably lying out there arse eg ea,ubisoft,cdpr and now xbox
This is about to scare me into buying another year of playstation plus for $30 at cd keys.
Edit: Bought. also getting an extra 3 months added on too. apparently there is a promotion right now on psn. So 15 months for $30.
Edit: Bought. also getting an extra 3 months added on too. apparently there is a promotion right now on psn. So 15 months for $30.
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It's a bold af increase, yeah. But we know it's to push people towards GPU. The "value" of just XBL is horrible.
Lol people keep saying this is a incentive to get more people to buy Game pass. I just see this as them wanting to make up money that they're losing on game pass LMAO. I thought game pass was going to get a price increase pretty soon but I wasn't expecting this. People seem to be forgetting that MS is a business and they weren't going to keep taking a loss on game pass.
If it costs $120 a year to play the games then its not really F2P at all. Should be calling it something else.
If you're not partaking in Bing Rewards and you're in a region that supports it, you should be. It's basically free GPU all the time.
MP will never be free. There are too many people who only play annual released games like CoD or NBA2k who need mp but have no interest in Gamepass. MS will not let revenue from those people go away.
Holy shit, I guess I need to buy 3 years of gold on Amazon before is to late? I was waiting for a discount :c
The one way of this making sense is with them removing F2P paywall, lol imagine the marketing:
''GEARS 6 MULTIPLAYER, NOW FREE TO PLAY!*''
*Xbox Live Gold subscription needed for online play, $120 a year.
I think this hurts MS more in the end. People like my brother who don't think twice about spending the $60 to play a few games online of madden a year and have their kid/s play Minecraft are going to start unsubscribing. There's the game pass argument but my brother doesn't know about game pass, would have no use for game pass, and doesn't want to know about game pass. He has like 3 jobs and kids and hobbies and chores.
It's 100% this. They're making Xbox Live Gold ludicrously expensive so people are more likely to sign up for GamePass Ultimate. They want as many people as possible to pivot to GamePass Ultimate.
I'm already signed up for GPU, so this doesn't affect me (yet). But it's still extremely shitty to jack up the price on Gold for those who only want to play online and don't care about GamePass.
I've been trying to do more with Bing Rewards but im not very consistent with it :/
Why did they join the team MP paywall to begin with? Money.
This is an absolute PR gift to Sony.
Sure, they could raise prices down the line after Microsoft absorbs the backlash. Or they could follow their playbook from 2013 and make a big announcement about PS+ prices NOT increasing and that F2P games don't require PS+. It'll just cause more bad PR for Microsoft because people will notice the Gold increase.
Sure, they could raise prices down the line after Microsoft absorbs the backlash. Or they could follow their playbook from 2013 and make a big announcement about PS+ prices NOT increasing and that F2P games don't require PS+. It'll just cause more bad PR for Microsoft because people will notice the Gold increase.
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So the renewal prices for those that already gave gold (and presumably no form of GamePass) does not change.
The price increase really is a way to steer new players toward GamePass it looks like.
[Spiderman, Ratchet Avatars]: OUTRAGED
The price increase really is a way to steer new players toward GamePass it looks like.
[Spiderman, Ratchet Avatars]: OUTRAGED
The easy fix to all this is staring them right in the face. Ditch Gold and make Game Pass Ultimate your gold standard.
Of course it's going to be money, but the last time they rose prices, it was from 50 to 60 for a year. Do you expect Sony to go from 60 to 120 for a year for the exact same service with no where to upgrade to?
Considering they even went full retail with these new prices and already killed off 12 month subscriptions, I don't think so.
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- Raise price of gold by 2x (we are here)
- Convert people to GPU
- Raise price of GPU by 2x
- Slowly reduce total content from GPU
- Introduce GPU+ which reintroduces removed content
How so? Anybody who is looking at buying the Xbox as a second console is doing it for one of two reasons: Xbox exclusives or access to the Game Pass library. It would be a smarter decision for anyone buying a Series S for exclusives to also grab Game Pass.
I dont agree, I think they will eventually remove pay barrier for F2P games. The reason why F2P games still aren't free is because of the number of people willing to pay for XBLG. If they just switch it off and allow F2P they are possibly losing all those subs or at least a big chunk of them. Its just simple behavioral psychology, if they switch it off people have to make the decision to signing up again to a service or just play F2P for free. On the other hand if you make it so unattractive for people to continue paying for XBLG that GPU seems an even better deal then they will move.
Once enough have moved you can retire XBLG.
And if they do what are we going to do?
Not rhetorical but 100% honest question, what are we going to do? it must be something because this is getting out if hand and it is really predatory.
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