The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a document at the US Court of Appeals saying that Microsoft’s price increases for Game Pass subscriptions and new entry-level Game Pass Standard tier is a "degraded product". Why? Because the new $14.99 Xbox Game Pass Standard will not include day one games, however it will include multiplayer.
New Game Pass users will not be able to sign up to the previous $10.99 Game Pass for Console, which included day one access. The FTC said, “Microsoft’s price increases and product degradation—combined with Microsoft’s reduced investments and product quality via employee layoffs—are the hallmarks of a firm exercising market power post-merger.”
