Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s video game subscription service that was popularly referred to as the “Netflix of video games” in its early days (until Netflix started including games in its subscription plans). Since its launch, it has rapidly gained popularity.. It is true that the promotional offers with a very low fee in the first months helped the service to grow rapidly in the number of subscribers, but also that many of them knew the service well and decided to continue the period of reduced fees further. the past.

The subscription model has from staunch defenders to absolute opponentsand although the reason is never extreme, it is true that both sides have some perfectly defensible arguments. Personally, and I’ve said this on previous occasions, I’ve always found Game Pass to be a very, very interesting proposition, and what’s more, I’ve been a subscriber for years. And if I stopped being one, it was mainly due to lack of time to play, otherwise I would probably continue to be one… at least until now.

What we are going to tell you today does not surprise us because Redmond already announced it a few months ago. I mean the reorganization of the subscription plans, which will eventually translate into the elimination of the cheapest for consoles, the appearance of a new basic plan and of course an increase in price, which we have been expecting since we started doing the numbers about what the Activision Blizzard King acquisition meant for the company.

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Now, after months of waiting, Microsoft has confirmed the launch of a standard Game Pass subscriptiona “new” plan that completely departs from anything that has been part of the Game Pass DNA in all subscription levels until now. And as we told you a few weeks ago, subscribers at this level will have to wait up to a year or more to enjoy the new versions… well, before they can play them, they’ll have the new what I got i got platinum blonde.

This would be passé if the price of this subscription was more competitive than the current ones, but it is not, because Microsoft has included it in its price increase, so now we pay about the same for the Ultimate plan as before, but with this very significant limitation. And yes, it is understandable that there are sometimes price increases, but a way to reduce what is included in the subscription level to improve margins… let’s just say it’s ugly.