I’ve always been a massive advocate for Xbox Game Pass. Having the ability to play AAA day one releases on a console without having to fork out $120 per game seemed like a great concept for a subscription service, it still does.

That’s why I’m in two minds about today’s price-hike announcement, and let’s be clear, that’s what it is despite being dressed up as a “we are renaming the plans” thing, but it’s hard to ignore such a significant rise in price.

To break it down, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can choose from three “upgraded” tiers: Essential, Premium, and Ultimate that replaces “Core, Standard and Ultimate”.

To be fair to them each plan does now feature an expanded game library. included in the lower tiers now is a nice selection of PC games and all plans now have unlimited cloud ga

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