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Just over half a year ago, Microsoft announced that it was increasing the price of its highest tier of Xbox Game Pass by 50%, with the price soaring from $20 a month to $30. Today, the Xbox maker compromised on that decision in a bid to make the subscription cheaper again, but closer inspection shows that not much has actually changed. At least, if you still plan to play Call of Duty annually.
Microsoft has, with immediate effect, reduced the monthly price of Game Pass Ultimate from $30 to just $23. To compensate for that, the annual release of Call of Duty will now be excluded from the service, with each new iteration only being added to the Game Pass library approximately a year later. What the price decrease achieves is an annual saving of $84, but also the exclusion of a game that will cost $70 at launch. So if you’re still planning to jump into one of the biggest franchises in gaming on day one, and remain subscribed for the rest of Game Pass’ benefits, your actual saving is just $14 annually.
Why would Microsoft give that away for seemingly nothing? Likely because the number of active Game Pass subscribers
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