Just cancelled mine. I have barely been doing ~2 games per year, and the cost was low enough for me to not really care about the months I didn't play at all.
But a price increase is the straw.
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I work in the IT software licensing industry, it's a fucking cancer I can't wait to fail so bad that when we have the first extended internet outage failure so bad that it shows the world that subscriptions are a liability that shouldn't exist
I just bought 12 month of Ultimate on eBay. I always did this in the past, because it's cheaper than buying directly from Microsoft. So far, I made good experience with it.
The way it usually works is, that you get a few codes you need to redeem. I got three codes for 36 month of EA Play and then one code for Ultimate that is supposed to transform the EA Play subscription to 12 month Ultimate. But due to the the price hike, the subscription transformation changed as well and I did not get the 12 month.
I'm now in contact with the seller and he tries to find a solution. I want to have my 12 month Ultimate that he offered for the price. But it also sucks for the seller. Seems like we both didn't know. He basically sold it to cheap. I paid 150€ for 12 month Ultimate and he just now increased the price to 200€.
The new prices are insane! 150€ a year is already my upper limit. I'm not gonna pay 200€ or even more a year. I think, if my new subscription is over, I will not extend it. I like the idea of Game Pass, but that's to much money.
The thing is I really like Game Consoles. I want to play in front of my TV. I wish, Steam would make another Steam Machine with Steam OS. I do want an all in one solution. The last thing I want is a gaming PC. I hope, alternatives to Xbox Consoles and Playstation come up.
I know, I could also use the XBox without GamePass, but I do play online something and it would be nice to get away from subscriptions completly.
I wish Steam would make another Steam Machine with Steam OS.
It's rumored they're working on one codenamed Fremont.
It's also rumored they're working on Half-Life 3. Let's see what happens first. 😉
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I'm usually fine with paying more for things I enjoy that are worth it. Like $70 games are just not a big deal to me.
I'm also too lazy to cancel most things. I've ignored Game Pass price hikes before and justified them by thinking of all the games I played without buying.
But this one is just ridiculous. There's no value here, no way for me to justify it. I was enjoying Silksong on Xbox because I didn't have to buy it, but now that I do have to buy it I guess I'll do that on my Switch instead. Replaying it is going to be rough, especially without my Elite controller.
I hope Microsoft gets their shit together, because Xbox has been my favorite game platform for years.
I’m doing my part!
I wasn't one of the unsubscribers here but I still can't believe I stuck out on GP for so long back when I did unsub
Oh, they got rid of the 12 month core plan completely and renamed core to essential (isn't essential the basic playstation plan?).
I guess I won't buy more than 1 month at a time for multiplayer. That's going to save me a lot of money, since I don't play xbox online very often.