Microsoft Jacks the price of the game Pass ultimate up to $ 30 a month

Microsoft has announced Some important changes for Game Pass. It is some of the levels to rebranding, making it a bit easier to keep track of which games and functions are available on GamePass about Xbox consoles, PC and Cloud Gaming.

However, there is a painful price increase here. The high-end plan, Game Pass Ultimate, now costs $ 30 a month. That is a price increase of 50 percent compared to the previous $ 20 per month, and there is no annual or quarterly option available to make that stitch less.

That means that the price of a game pass the ultimate membership has almost doubled in 15 months. Microsoft earlier Increased the price From $ 17 to $ 20 in July 2024. The latest change now means that Game Pass Ultimate for $ 360 a year is now more than twice as expensive as PlayStation Plus Premium, which is currently $ 160 on an annual plan.

Microsoft Recently announced A price increase for his Xbox series X/s consoles too. The systems will be more expensive to buy in the US from this Friday. Also pre-orders for the Rog Xbox Ally Handheld Just went liveMicrosoft confirms that the higher model would cost $ 1,000. It will be very expensive to be an Xbox fan, people.

In all honesty, together with a price increase, Microsoft Game Pass Ultimate expands in other ways. Today it adds more than 45 games to that low, including a whole group of Assassin’s Creed- and Far Cry titles, as well as other Ubisoft games. That is largely due to adding Microsoft Ubisoft+ (which costs around $ 16 a month) To Game Pass Ultimate Today.

On November 18, Ultimate members will receive Fortnite Crew as part of their subscription. That gives players access to the Fortnite Battle Pass, 1,000 V-Bucks added to their account every month and other benefits. That usually costs $ 12 a month, so the game passes the ultimate price increase in some Fortnite The favor of players – if they ever stop long enough to view other games and get more value for their $ 30 a month.

Microsoft also notes that Ultimate subscribers can play one games for more than 75 days each year (ie those who join the service) in Xbox consoles, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. That comes on average to at least six a month. The ultimate library now contains more than 400 games, including titles from EA Play.

As part of these changes, Xbox Cloud Gaming is officially outside beta and ultimate subscribers have access to what Microsoft claims is the streaming option of the highest quality with the lowest waiting times. They will be able to earn up to $ 100 in rewards per year by playing games.

There are changes on the other side on the other two main game pass levels. Standard subscribers will transfer to Premium, and Game Pass Core members will have an essential plan. (Essential and Premium are the same names that are PlayStation applications for the basic and high-end PS Plus plans, facts fans.)

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