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Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 days ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Xbox first party titles expected to hit $80 USD this holiday; Game Pass pricing currently unchanged.

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

The breadth of the Game Pass catalog is far larger, and Microsoft isn't exiting the console market, as much as they don't care about exclusivity. So personally, I doubt it, but I don't have a crystal ball.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, there's probably a fair bit of overlap between GamePass and PSN Premium games.

I suspect to try and push their own products, we'll be entering an age where games are $80, and almost never go on sale, purely to make their own subscription services seem better value. And then they'll crank the price of those as well.