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Jennifer Young

$30 a month for Ultimate — I don’t think Game Pass is worth it anymore

Xbox Game Pass photoshopped to be sinking in the ocean.

Microsoft finally pulled the trigger. As of today, Xbox Game Pass has undergone another makeover with a price increase. Some of these changes, at least for the lower tiers, appear to be consumer-friendly reshuffles, but the headline story is that Game Pass Ultimate has just increased by nearly 50% in price. And in a climate where streaming subscription fatigue is at an all-time high, that’s a hard pill to swallow. For the first time, I'm questioning if Xbox Game Pass is still worth it for me.

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