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[ripeavocado]

C'mon guys, keep paying for the games passes they will never raise the prices astronomically when they will be able to do so and you will not have any other mean to play.

Why are people so dumb.

Gold should be free like on PC it costs barely nothing to the platform holder that is still making huge profits on it through the fees they receive for every game sold.

 

[alienator]

well, somebody gotta pay for that Bethesda acquisition

 

[I'm nobody]

This is set up to get everyone to panic buy lol
Ms is desperate for numbers


If true this gotta pay for them Gamepass Dev peep games should be upto or over £50 not shared pound pots

 

[Tulipanzo]

This aged well

 

[Zoro7]

I just love how pro consumer Microsoft is. Great value was the key word.

 

[azertydu91]

I just love how pro consumer Microsoft is. Great value was the key word.

Let's just wait to see if it is real first.

 

[M1chl]

Are there 1 year gamepass ultimate subscriptions? Can’t find one....

No, max is half a year as far as I am concerned. However there wa some crazy sales here in January, so I dunno. Better ask in the Xbox OT...

 

[AV]

Imagine not just buying a Brazilian key from CDKeys or whatever and using a VPN to activate it. Shit's like $20 for 6 months and takes five minutes to do.

 

[Shelookdlvl18]

Paying to play online is a scam. It's a hidden cost that largely goes ignored when considering if consoles are better value products.

Then Xbox also has the audacity to charge you for propriety storage expansion.

Yeah, no thanks.

I absolutely agree...


Right up until crossplay became prevelent. That narrative that cheaters are extremely rare on pc, has been proven complete bs. If paying for either XBL or PSPlus gave you the option to exclude pc players, then the price would definitely be worth it. If both PSPlus and XBL doubled their price, I'd be pissed, but it'd still be worth it.

However, seeing as things currently are, with crossplay not always being an option... Paying for either XBL or PSPlus isn't worth it.

 

[Thomish]

Gotta pay for those acquisitions some how...

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

This is basically the standard MSRP for regular Game Pass. MSRP Gold = 10$/month, MSRP GP = 10$/month, MSRP GPU = 15$/month

Makes GPU look really good but that price is kind of insane for regular gold.

 

[Three]

Random reddit photo= facts now



Got it. Forgot what forum I was on for a sec.

MS have blatantly even told you that they have stopped selling the 12 Month subs and you post amazon stock

Microsoft Stops Selling 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions

The one- and three-month subscriptions are still available, but you can't sign up for a year anymore.

www.pcmag.com

 

[RPS37]

They can’t seriously be doubling the price with seemingly no explanation.

 

[Aidah]

Gold isn't even worth the original price for them to increase it.

 

[jezhumphrey75]

Imagine playing with aim bots and hackers all day.

You don’t pay a whore for sex. You, pay her to leave.

Same idea.

It’s not worth the grief it can cause because it’s “free”.

Imagine thinking this, pc games for 20 years came across hackers a handful of times

 

[DavJay]

Game pass to increase too?

 

[anothertech]

Maybe this is what Qanon meant by 'the storm'

We all thought it was political but it was just Xbox gold!

 

[DaGwaphics]

They can’t seriously be doubling the price with seemingly no explanation.

I guess on a technicality, they wouldn't be raising the price, just eliminating the discounts on longer terms. Does make GPU a better value in comparison.

We'll just have to get used to being the premium service on the premium console. (Please don't do it MS, this is hard to spin as an Xbot)

 

[Shelookdlvl18]

Imagine thinking this, pc games for 20 years came across hackers a handful of times

Imagine thinking this. Playing crossplay with pc come across a few a week.

You're using the same old tired excuse, only now that crossplay allows everyone to play with pc... Console players now know that you're full of it.

 

[Redlancet]

I still remember with a big smile how a lot of idiots on forums tell everybody how Microsoft was going to make gold free, lol its What it Happened when you are a fanboy and a naive idiot, they are the only ones who made people play for fucking fornite for gods sake

 

[Thirty7ven]

I still remember with a big smile how a lot of idiots on forums tell everybody how Microsoft was going to make gold free, lol its What it Happened when you are a fanboy and a naive idiot

People talking like MS is their friend will never not be funny.

 

[Tommi84]

The endgame game was/is pretty obvious to some already. Get user in the ecosystem, lure them while taking a loss. When you decide you have already lured enough - increase the price

 

[TBiddy]

People talking like MS is their friend will never not be funny.

Same could be said of those of you that lean blue.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Consumer friendly

 

[Redlancet]

People talking like MS is their friend will never not be funny.

All off them want your mone, thats the point

 

[Redlancet]

Same could be said of those of you that lean blue.

Well the ones who make threads about The birthday of the ceo as if. He was your father are more special

 

[FranXico]

Game pass to increase too?

Probably not. I imagine the intention would be pushing people into buying gamepass.

 

[TBiddy]

Well the ones who make threads about The birthday of the ceo as if. He was your father are more special

I don't care. It's just idiotic to pretend that only Microsoft fans act like their favorite company is their friend. It's very evident on this forum (and even the poster I quoted above) that the Sony fans are just as one-eyed.

 

[Gojko_of_Rivia]

In 5-10 years I could see Microsoft stop selling games all together and just have gamepass/netflix model so user can't own games and have to keep subscribing for low monthly price of $19.99. It is the direction they are going for.

 

[Wizz-Art]

This is such a

move.

It's highly unlikely a pro-consumer company like Xbox would do something like this.

 

[Captain Toad]

This is such a

move.

It's highly unlikely a pro-consumer company like Xbox would do something like this.

Lol, are you serious? MS doubles the price of Gold in the most shady way possible and you blame Sony?

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Wait so is this official or are we still going on a random reddit post

 

[GHG]

Imagine thinking this, pc games for 20 years came across hackers a handful of times

Sometimes people will make up all sorts of nonsense to make themselves feel comfortable in their beliefs/purchases.

 

[Wizz-Art]

Lol, are you serious? MS doubles the price of Gold in the most shady way possible and you blame Sony?

Oh, it is confirmed? I don't blame Sony, I said it would've been a Sony for the payers move if it's true and nothing like Xbox would do.

 

[Captain Toad]

Oh, it is confirmed? I don't blame Sony, I said it would've been a Sony for the payers move if it's true and nothing like Xbox wpould do.

Lol fanboys

 

[GHG]

Oh, it is confirmed? I don't blame Sony, I said it would've been a Sony for the payers move if it's true and nothing like Xbox wpould do.

So all the services are free on Xbox?

The humanitarian console strikes again.

 

[Captain Toad]

Wait so is this official or are we still going on a random reddit post

It's still real that Microsoft removed the one-year Gold option, thus doubling the price of Gold.

 

[Wizz-Art]

Is it confirmed? Like the XSX vaping that was found to be an hoax...

 

[Captain Toad]

Is it confirmed? Like the XSX vaping that was found to be an hoax...

Is it confirmed MS removed the option to buy a year of Gold? Yes.

 

[McHuj]

This aged well

Possibly, plans changed. Maybe that was an option they were exploring 7 months ago. Often times when rumors leak, it from products and business plans that are in flight and subject to change.

Although if MS does double the price of Gold, I expect Sony to follow soon. Too much money left on the table (thankfully I subscribed through 2027)

 

[Wizz-Art]

Is it confirmed MS removed the option to buy a year of Gold? Yes.

Don't spread FUD, you can buy a year of Gold anywhere. I'll help you ->12 Month Xbox Live Gold Membership - (EU) | Xbox | CDKeys

 

[DavidGzz]

Ouch. Gold and GPU must be doing really well if this is true.

 

[Captain Toad]

Don't spread FUD, you can buy a year of Gold anywhere. I'll help you ->12 Month Xbox Live Gold Membership - (EU) | Xbox | CDKeys

That's CDKeys. Now, go log onto to Xbox and try to buy a year from Gold from Microsoft.

Microsoft Has Stopped Selling One-Year Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions - Thurrott.com

Microsoft has confirmed that it is no longer selling one-year Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, leading to speculation about the future.

www.thurrott.com

 

[RoboFu]

I didn’t even know they made 6 month sub retail cards?? Lol

 

[sircaw]

Is it confirmed? Like the XSX vaping that was found to be an hoax...

If it is confirmed, it's a really bad thing.

 

[Papacheeks]

Wait so is this official or are we still going on a random reddit post

It's hard to nail down actually because of the changes in xbox live in past year. No more 12 month subscription. Gamepass rolls xbox live into it. So I wonder if this is just short term. Also wonder if they make an announcement of gamepass in some form getting added on to any xbox live sub? The cards shown in reddit just say xbox live 6 month.

So until we here anything from MS themselves we are at the mercy of random retail screenshots honestly.

 

[ethomaz]

Don't spread FUD, you can buy a year of Gold anywhere. I'll help you ->12 Month Xbox Live Gold Membership - (EU) | Xbox | CDKeys

MS themselves stopped to sell/produce 12 months gold code/card.
It is obvious old codes/cards are still being sold lol

Why to you say it is FUD? Non sense.

 

[fermcr]

PC online free yet?... oh, wait...

 

[DaGwaphics]

Is it confirmed MS removed the option to buy a year of Gold? Yes.

When? 12 months for $60 is and has been still available from all retailers. In digital form mind you. Keep in mind that MS would invalidate outstanding digital codes if they wanted to change the price, just like Sony did when they invalidated all digital codes from retailers. And many retailers sold out of these codes intermittently on BF, invalidating the silly "these are old codes" argument. Why repeat the same tired lies over and over again?

Not to say they couldn't remove the discounts for 6 or 12 month purchase, certainly they could.

@ ethomaz that's not the way these digital codes work, LOL. There will be a small queue to ensure availability (why these get exhausted at points of above average sales) but the system is essentially real-time, just like phone top-ups etc. You don't have months and months of digital "stock" on hand.

 

[kyoji]

Just a glimpse into the subscription dominated future so many of you think is a good idea....

Remember this when they put the squeeze on you and remember I warned you.

You'll own nothing... the companies will own you instead. Everything held hostage behind a subscription price that they control.

Bryan is absolutely right and ive been thinking this for a while, you see it happening with digital music already and its disgusting. Im not a fan of this model taking over in gaming because of the subsequent events bound to follow, if its a really cheap price quality and scale are bound to be cut back, Theres room and a place in gaming for indys and for tripple A I just dont think they can co exist long term without one suffering under a sub model.

Ill still treat those images as rumor but its common practice in retail to get new items and not officially list them or have them on the floor for sale yet.