more than 2,000 euros for each console generation and with nothing in property

Game Pass The price of your Tier More expensiveand not a pinch: an entire 50% that will apply to the Ultimate rate, a spectacular rise from 17.99 to 26.99 that is added to the one we already lived in July 2024, where 14.9 went to a still discreet 17.99 euros per month. A decision that puts on the table Not just an economic issuebut it forces the player to reflect on the nature of the service and what he obtains in exchange for the rate.

Everything, nothing. It is an access system to games that We have completely naturalized to the point of turning it into a fee that governs the rest (PlayStation Plusfor example, it is “Sony’s game passs”). But it is amazing how we have become accustomed, over time, to His indisputable sticksvery visible, go unnoticed. That could change with this notorious price increase.

The first thing is first. In spring this year It was already very clear that Microsoft’s main business was to make games to get in Game Pass. For a couple of seasons the company was already completely open to the idea that Xbox consoles are not necessary, but that it can be played with the platform titles on any screen with screen, thanks to the cloud. It was at that time where, in addition, we saw something unusual: Microsoft had become the main PlayStation editor, thanks to the success of games such as ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’, ‘Minecraft’ E ‘Indiana Jones and the big circle’. There is no doubt: the least in Microsoft is their own consoles.

We can play when, where and as we want. It is an idea that has a clear dark reverse: we have nothing in property, we are only renting a service. And the accounts are increasingly uphill: if each console generation lasts seven years, and we opt for the ultimate option of the service, we will have spent more than 2,200 euros to play. Strictly in playing, but not in a console and games that we can, for example, resell to cover future expenses. We are paying a money for nothing tangible in return, a drama that we already know well about the streamingbut somehow, he felt different when we had a very visible console next to the TV.

Too cheap to be true. The funny thing is that the general sensation, As my partner Álex Alcolea saysis that Game Pass was “too cheap”: offer front -row games like ‘Silksong‘ either ‘Clair Oscur: Expedition 33‘(more everything that Microsoft studies develop) from day one was a bet that sounded very well for the player, but than made more than one analyst scratch the head: Was it economically sustainable in time? The purchase of activation by 68.7 billion dollars He only adds doubts to the subject: Game Pass smelled too much of a bargain.

Taking ball. Microsoft has been trying to overcome its competitors for a while with an economic muscle’s blow: the purchase of Bethesda and Activision, the very affordable prices of Game Pass -rebosante for years of an indisputable attraction, between set in streaming and important releases on a day one- and survival without apparent problems to the Sales fall of Xbox Series. But all that seems to begin to change, and the price increase of Game Pass seems to sound at the beginning of the change: will we see up in the other rates? Will Microsoft definitely claudicate to have exclusive one in your service? Will there be more Xbox consoles? At the moment, we all have to undertake a considerable reflection on how much and why we are willing to spend.

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