As the changes to Game Pass are met with disdain and mockery it feels like the entire Xbox brand is teetering at the abyss, but how did Microsoft get itself in this position?

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Microsoft caused quite firestorm on social media when it announced a significant price increase for its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription tier. Effective immediately, the new cost is $29.99 per ...

Thanks to new reporting from Bloomberg, we now have a clearer idea of the motivation for Microsoft's current gaming ...

It’s a tale as old as time. You see a deal that’s too good to pass up—Xbox Game Pass for a buck! A whole month of glorious, uninterrupted gaming bliss. You ...

A pop-up is telling people that Microsoft Rewards points will no longer be able to be directly redeemed for Xbox Game Pass subscription time. It appears that starting on October 1st, 2025, the only ...

Following a whiplash-inducing 50-percent price hike for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass and the Xbox brand overall are in a funky place. That nauseating price increase is likely the loudest adjustment ...

Microsoft has solid cloud and AI momentum, improving margins, and balanced asymmetry. Check out the earnings preview of MSFT ...

Within less than two weeks of raising prices of its Xbox consoles, Microsoft has brought price hikes to the digital realm in the form of a huge Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike—and gamers are not ...

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Some other Game Pass plans are being upgraded and will be renamed, but they aren't getting a price increase. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in ...

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