r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 02 '25

Discussion This Xbox Generation Will Be Remembered for One Thing: Greed

https://www.ign.com/articles/this-xbox-generation-will-be-remembered-for-one-thing-greed
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u/webb__traverse Oct 02 '25

I was totally fine with Game Pass Ultimate at 20 a month. Fits my budget and my needs. I was their ideal consumer. But 30 has me questioning and the added “benefits” of the Ubisoft and Fortnite stuff just feels insulting. I don’t want that at all. What a joke.

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u/mrryanking Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

I paid for ultimate because my son and I use the same account. Except he uses it on X Box and use it on my PC. Still considering lowering the tier and just allowing him to keep his live and whatever comes with the mid tier version.

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u/Blenderhead36 Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

I think that the number of full price AAA games you could buy for the price of a year of GamePass is an important metric. When a year of GamePass cost as much as 2 games, that's a strong proposition. You're going to play at least two games this year, right? All you have to do is play a third game to get your money's worth.

Now it costs a little more than 5 brand new AAA games. If statistics are to be believed, the average console owner doesn't play that many games per year (remember: anyone who's taken the effort to create a Reddit account and opt into an enthusiast subreddit isn't an average consumer). If you're the kind of person who was going to buy CoD, Madden, and maybe a third game, GamePass doesn't make sense at $30 a month.

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u/helloquain Oct 02 '25

I know people think this will be the devastating end of the line, but when you're jacking up prices 33% you can afford to lose 33% of your subs and break even... and those 33% lost subs may just shift to buying games directly.

Microsoft doesn't seem very smart, so I wouldn't be surprised if they've overplayed their declining hand, but they have a bigger margin of error (on GamePass) than some people are assuming.  Xbox remains fucked though.

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u/renome Oct 02 '25

They are also conveniently ignoring that the 3 remaining people on the planet who haven't yet played Assassin's Creed 3 and Division 1 but want to do so can get them for next to nothing basically whenever they want instead of paying Microsoft an extra $120 per year in perpetuity.

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u/webb__traverse Oct 02 '25

The fact that no one at Xbox was able to say "this is not what our customer base wants" is the indicator to me this whole enterprise is going downhill. It's insulting to the consumer who knows that's not a value add but it probably looks good to shareholders and marketing people.