Microsoft hikes price of top-tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $10
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Microsoft The company said on Wednesday that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate increased its subscription price to $ 29.99 per month.
$ 10 increase, all Game passage Their plans, necessary and premium plans will remain at the same price as $ 9.99 and $ 14.99, respectively.
The Game Pass Core layer will no longer exist and instead will be transferred to the foundation layer, standard subscribers will move to the Premium layer.
“As we continued to develop the Xbox Game Pass, we focused on offering more value, more benefits and more wonderful games in every plan.” He said. “Whether on the console, the PC, the cloud – be playing all three – there is a Game Pass option designed to fit your game style.”
The new Ultimate layer would cost $ 359.88 for a year, and the premium layer would cost $ 179.88 per year and the basic layer would cost $ 119.88 per year.
Comparatively, the highest layer of the PlayStation Plus Premium is set for $ 159.99 annually, an extra layer $ 134.99 and the basic layer is set $ 79.99.
Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will now add more than 45 new titles on Wednesday to reach more than 400 games and more than 75 -day version each year.
Ubisoft+ Classics, “Persian Prince: Lost Crown”, “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag”, including a series of Ubisoft games joins the final layer to offer the final layer to present And more. Users will also see up to 1440p advanced flow quality and a new prize program.
Premium subscribers will receive a extended library consisting of more than 200 games, while the basic layer will receive more than 50 titles. Both will also gain unlimited cloud access that have previously existed only through the final plan.
Microsoft previously reported a total revenue of approximately $ 5 billion in 2024, 34 million Game Pass subscribers and the last financial year. Company data showed that the games made up 8% of the total income of the software giant in 2025.
The growth in the game has been supported by Activision Blizzard’s acquisition in 2023, the largest agreement in the history of the company, Microsoft’s turning point of $ 75.4 billion.
However, Microsoft’s Xbox series X and Series S is still fighting to compete SonyPlayStation 5 and Nintendo Key 2.
The company reported the decreasing console sales in 2025 financially, and the Xbox hardware revenue fell by 25% last year.
A few Xbox consoles will begin in October for the second time this year. The X and S series will rise to $ 699 and $ 399, respectively.
