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Microsoft admits Game Pass price hike drove away "millions" of subscribers (www.techspot.com)
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[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It's competitive out there for hardcore gamers and Microsoft is losing. The ones who are buying on a massive scale are their demographic (obviously).

I personally kept gamepass through the price hikes because it's the only thing I pay for gaming wise. They don't make much off of me. I pay the monthly fee, play the free games, and occasionally buy a game that's like 80% off. I will buy games on day 1 but they are usually huge releases like GTA6 or Fable.... Games that come out once a generation or longer.