Curated By: Shaurya Sharma
Last Updated: August 09, 2023, 12:10 IST
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Microsoft is revising GamePass trial period forward of Starfield’s launch. (Image: Microsoft)
Microsoft’s Xbox GamePass Service trial, which is obtainable for Rs 50 per 30 days, has been decreased to 14 days from a month. Here’s what we all know.
Microsoft’s Xbox GamePass Service trial, which is obtainable for Rs 50 per 30 days, has been decreased to 14 days from a month. Notably, Xbox has provided the month-long trial for Rs 50 for fairly a while, and this comes simply earlier than the launch of Starfield on September 6—which is the corporate’s greatest narrative-driven unique in years.
It shouldn’t be clear why Microsoft has decreased the period of the discounted trial interval, however players on Twitter are speculating that it’s as a result of Microsoft doesn’t need players to complete it by paying solely Rs 50 or $1.
“Obviously so people don’t play Starfield for $1. I don’t know why people are so surprised about offers like this getting shorter or ending entirely,” a consumer posted on X.
Xbox just lately in June additionally elevated the costs for numerous GamePass tiers in India and throughout totally different areas. GamePass Ultimate for a month now prices Rs 549, as an alternative of Rs 499, and Game Pass for console is now Rs 379, up from Rs 349.
In the US, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was elevated from $14.99/month to $16.99/month, and Xbox Game Pass for Console jumped from $9.99/month to $10.99/month. PC Game Pass pricing stays unchanged.
Microsoft had additionally introduced that it will likely be ending the preview of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends and Family plan on August 15. This, coupled with the truth that Xbox management has repeatedly said that the present pricing for Xbox Game Pass shouldn’t be sustainable, means that the corporate could also be restructuring the service in an effort to make it extra worthwhile.
“We’ve held price on our console, we’ve held price on games… and our subscription. I don’t think we’ll be able to do that forever. I do think at some point we’ll have to raise some prices on certain things,” Phil Spencer, Xbox chief, mentioned final 12 months. It seems Microsoft is doing precisely what it mentioned it could do final 12 months.
Source web site: www.news18.com
