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Price rises. Everybody is doing it. The problem is that everybody<\/em> is doing it. What might be seen as \u201cOh Game Pass is only going up a couple of dollars\/pounds a month, it\u2019s still a great deal\u201d is never seen on top of the rise of everything else. I\u2019m not even talking about the cost of living crisis, I am talking about the cost of subscribing<\/em> crisis. Spotify, Netflix, YouTube \u2013 the cost of using multiple services on the internet is rising faster than most people can cumulatively cope with and something will have to give. It\u2019s not like Broadband\/fiber is cheap to start with.<\/p>\n Take Game Pass in my household \u2013 I have to pay for two Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions \u2013 one for me (probably for work, ahem) and one for our son. In the UK the price will rise<\/a> to \u00a314.99 from \u00a312.99. So times that by two and that\u2019s \u00a34 a month more. Times that by 12 and that\u2019s a \u00a348 a year increase. Don\u2019t forget the price also rose last year as well and who is to say it won\u2019t again next year.<\/p>\n Now when you consider a single game can cost $70 or so it still looks okay, but the problem is I probably still have to buy most games anyway. It will still cost \u00a380 when EA FC 25 comes out (his favorite game). The best games of last year, BG3, Alan Wake 2, etc were not on Game Pass \u2013 in reality, between us both, we don\u2019t play 99% of what is on Game Pass, and this is a stat that is probably replicated the world over but we still need two accounts to keep saves separate or play at the same time.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not stupid, prices go up and never come down<\/a> and we are told they are down to wars here and there, energy costs, Brexit and currency strength, and the like, but also, and here\u2019s the kicker, costs go up because of greed.<\/p>\n There is no single reason that Microsoft could ever get me to accept that\u2019s not BS that there is no Family Plan for Game Pass beyond a financial one. YouTube has one, Spotify has one, and Netflix has one. So what\u2019s going on? A household pass for \u00a320 or even \u00a325? Throw me a bone, I am a loyal customer. Aren\u2019t you supposed to look after me?<\/p>\n In 2023 Microsoft cancelled their brief trial of a Friends and Family tier and it\u2019s not been mentioned since. So if both of us want to play Starfield after the price rise (we probably don\u2019t but stick with me..) it\u2019s going to cost \u00a330\/$40 a month. It\u2019s getting to the point where even for the Day One releases we kinda might as well just buy them if we are going to play them for a period of time.<\/p>\n