Defining Duke Ultimate, Episode 97 | Xbox Game Prices Go Up - Are You Down?
Added 2022-12-07 17:01:02 +0000 UTCXbox has officially joined the ranks of 2K, Sony, and Ubisoft where they have announced they will be releasing their first party studio titles at $69.99. Many have awaited the moment Xbox dropped their "nice guy act," but is this truly it with Game Pass and console prices remaining firm? While Matty and Cog get into the nitty-gritty on $70 games, Xbox has much to consider with their pricing scheme moving forward. For example, their plethora of live service games and how they do (or don't) price games akin to Sea Of Thieves or Contraband moving forward. There is also the price ceiling raising meaning the possibility of passion projects like Grounded/Pentiment see their floor raise as their perceived price still looks appetizing compared to $70 and we'd be none the wiser. There is also the conspiracy theory of how Xbox ultimately benefits from this thanks to Game Pass existing. Indeed, there are many angles to tackle for this one, but all of them go "up."
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As someone who stopped collecting games two generations ago, the more games that I get on Game Pass day one that I want to play, the better. And the disc based games I do buy get traded in anyway once completed so a $70 purchase becomes more like $35-$40. I don't see Microsoft raising the price of Game Pass base. I can Ultimate going to $20 which if they include a yearly option at a 25% discount, then the price increase wouldn't even matter.
peter42O
2023-01-03 20:28:41 +0000 UTCAgreed
Piston Pants
2022-12-08 05:15:09 +0000 UTCGameprices going up isnt a big deal if you just wait.unless its nintendo
There’s No I in LLC
2022-12-08 04:34:24 +0000 UTCI never pay full price for games. Gamepass or just wait for a sale. Most games go on sale within a month or so and I don’t mind waiting.
Ryan Greenwood
2022-12-08 01:21:40 +0000 UTCGreat discussion! Thanks for some more awesome content!
PsychCoffee
2022-12-07 21:28:58 +0000 UTCGreat episode! Go Phils!! Mets suck lmao!
Mike
2022-12-07 17:48:34 +0000 UTCBefore they think of raising the price of gamepass they got to get rid of xbox live. I know they tried raising the price of that last year by double and it caused a shitstorm so they backed off, but that was an attempt to get those guys to switch to gamepass ultimate which would have been cheaper than a 19.99 xbox live subscription would have been. Their next move is going to be to just do away with live and put all those users into gamepass ultimate for the remainder of their subscription and then going forward they have to be in ultimate to get live. After that you can then start trying to raise gamepass itself once it's unified.
Piston Pants
2022-12-07 17:33:42 +0000 UTC
