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Brendan Lowry

Baldur's Gate 3 director reacts to Xbox Game Pass removing Call of Duty from day one access alongside price drop — "It is a good thing creatively"

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A few weeks after reports suggested the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma was pushing for "lower-priced tiers" of Xbox Game Pass and said the service "has become too expensive for players," Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has now gotten a sizable price cut. Originally $29.99/month, its price has now been reduced to $22.99/month — a large $7 drop.

It's almost a full reversal of the huge price hike that came last October, though it hasn't come without a different cost for subscribers; new Call of Duty titles will no longer be available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass on day one, and will instead come to Microsoft's subscription service one year after launch. Still, the overall reception to this change so far has been positive.

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