New Xbox CEO Reportedly Told Employees That “Game Pass Has Become Too Expensive for Players”

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has reportedly commented on last year’s price increases to staff, hinting at subscription changes coming soon to its gaming service. It’s been barely two months since taking the reins from Sarah Bond and from scrapping the “This is an Xbox” marketing slogan, to now supposedly telling staff that Game Pass is […]

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[Brian_B]

Not wrong.

When it was $9 for one device, or $15 for ultimate - it was fine. I subbed on and off, and enjoyed it on both my PC and Xbox. I always found the rotating menu annoying though - games kept rolling off and that just doesn't seem like a great idea, but anyway, was nice to be able to try out newer games with little investment, or just bounce between a large number of titles

But now.. they segregate the available games depending on what tier you are subscribed. And, of course, the lower tier games you are just better off buying. I mean, you could legitimately argue that for all tiers really, but it's especially bad when only ~50 games are offered, and most of those are indy junk.

When the biggest draw is Fortnite... a free game anyway.... and roughly 1/4 of the library are other F2P games as well - why bother?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I bailed a month or so before the price hike. Played Indy Jones and a couple of other new releases, which made the monthly $15 worthwhile. After that there was nothing I wanted to play that I did not already own. Now that I am on Linux full time, microslop can suck it.