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Yesterday we learned about the changes that Microsoft is preparing for its Xbox Game Pass subscription. Now, in addition to the price increase, it will have different modalities, all a bit confusing, but if you want to know all the details, I recommend you read the news that we published yesterday where we explain it.
The reasons why they decided to increase the price are several, although fundamentally they want to see a better return on investment, at least that’s how I understood it. Microsoft has been gradually increasing the price of Xbox Game Pass over the last three years, if we look without going too far until 2022, The service was significantly cheaper than it is today and much more than it will be in the coming months.
Reasons for Xbox Game Pass price increases and changes
It seems like the growth of Xbox Game Pass is very limited to the growth of Xbox, so Microsoft is looking for greater economic performance while subscriptions keep pace with console sales. On Xbox, players have a service in Xbox Game Pass that they like and that works, but it doesn’t have the same reception on devices or on PC, where subscriptions don’t grow organically in the same way. For him, With this change in subscription formula and the increase in prices, they are looking to offer more options, in order to create more subscribed players.
For PC, there are no significant changes, Microsoft will keep the games on the service from the day of launch. Here the bet is clear, on PC the market has no borders and it would be like shooting yourself in the foot if you take away one of its biggest attractions, the launch of games. For its part, on console, everything is limited to the growth of the sales base and this is something that is not moving forward at the speed that the American company is looking for, although it is not that it seems to worry too much about it. We will see what all this has in store for us in several years, But right now, it’s hard to see what’s going to happen and where Microsoft wants to take us with Xbox and Xbox Game Pass.
