Overview
- Microsoft cut Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass to $13.99 on Tuesday, with the lower prices active now.
- Starting this year, new Call of Duty games will join Game Pass about a year after release, and existing Call of Duty titles stay in the library.
- Xbox said Ultimate’s benefits, including day-one access to other first-party releases and online multiplayer, continue, and Premium and Essential prices are unchanged.
- New Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma said Ultimate had become too expensive for many players and cast the change as a response to feedback.
- Industry analysts said Call of Duty’s day-one stint on Game Pass failed to boost subscriptions or console sales, and the price cut should help value seekers even as launch-day CoD requires a separate purchase.