Microsoft to Raise Prices of Xbox Series X and Game Pass Subscriptions
cnet.com
cnet.com
Even then, it's a fantastic service - I don't have to buy individual games anymore.
But overall, the service is fantasic. I get Forza, Halo, Madden, FIFA, a ton of indies, old Xbox and Xbox360 titles, and more all with a kickass multiplayer service across all games for $11-17 bucks a month. In the advent of $70 games, that's a great deal.
Long may it continue. I really like MSFT's strategy in the gaming sector, and while I hope the Activision acquisition goes through, I have a feeling MSFT will be quite well off if the deal is off.
Activision is indeed toxic, but they do have a host of great games both under their Activision banner and their Blizzard banner. I can see why a lot of people are against it, and I don't blame them to be honest. I just hope the acquisition happens because it means more games for Game Pass subscribers and perhaps with the additional capital that being bought by a multi-trillion dollar brings. Personally, I'd love another Starcraft (or an expansion/update of SC Remastered).
Ideally, instead of this sort of $$ done on an M&A deal I'd like to see MSFT buy up 50 smaller studios and give them free reign to build whatever they want so long as it's exclusive to Xbox and PC, as opposed to buying 1 publisher for dumb money and milking its main cash cow.