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Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans (news.xbox.com)
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So how are they planning on blaming this price increase of all digital goods on tariffs?

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

My g/f is all about the x-box and pays for the game pass. She argues it lets her try games without committing to purchase. And I was like, "that's what demos are, and they used to be something the industry offered for free." $120 a year for the cheapest plan so I can demo single player games. I could buy 3-8 games that are new to me for that price by being a late adopter and getting it on sale after reading user/industry reviews to give myself a shot at being happy with the purchase. In the time I've known her, my g/f bought one game she played through the pass because it stopped being available through the pass, (party animals is the game in question.)