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Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours / month

Game Pass Premium: 10 hours / month

Game Pass Essential: 5 hours / month

And if you'll allow me to editorialize, there's a popular enough conspiracy theory that these platforms want to funnel you into cloud gaming for constant subscription revenue. I think the Why We're Making These Changes section is exactly why these services will never be able to deliver that service at a price people are willing to pay. It's expensive to provide this service, and they're making sure they don't lose any money on it by charging at least what it costs to provide.

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[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow those rates are outright stupid. Someone looked at those numbers and decided that was a good idea. Are they braindead or are they hoping for this to fail?

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they're hoping to make a profit off of what they're charging rather than loss leading.

[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At some point you gotta offer a decent product if you want people to use it, let alone make a profit off it.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

To my eye, all of the moves Xbox has made lately is to package up something that someone else can afford to buy off of Microsoft's hands, and that includes selling them a subscription service that brings in more money than it costs. That's only conjecture, but it seems to fit.