- Microsoft game and platform communication director defends the new Xbox game success prizes
- Dustin Blackwell suggests that Microsoft is trying to add more value to the playing levels
- PC Game Pass remains the cheaper way to play on the first day of play
It becomes more and more obvious that consumers are not satisfied with Microsoft and its new Xbox game success prices, the ultimate level hike being the worst offender at $ 29.99 / £ 22.99 £ 35.99 per per month – and it does not seem that Microsoft is retreating on its decision.
As Tweaktown, the director of game and platform communications for Microsoft, Dustin Blackwell said, said that the price increases in the Xbox game pass are never fun for anyone ”, but insists that more value is added to the game’s success plans, in a statement to The Verge. This position seems in contradiction with the fan reaction which stems from its initial advertisement announcement, given mass cancellations alone.
I doubt that the comments of this nature are well with consumers, whatever the efforts of Blackwell to provide better reasoning for price increases. In fact, his comments suggest that Microsoft will not return his decision, even if it means losing subscribers, which is already happening.
With the new ROG Xbox Ally X at a price of $ 999 / £ 799 / $ 1,599 at, alongside the coherent price increases in the X series and the Xbox series, and now a model of game success that will cost $ 360 per year, it is sure to say that Microsoft does not make favorites at this stage.
Analysis: it is more logical to play on PC on the consoles of Sony or Microsoft
With measures like this Microsoft, the PC game becomes much more attractive for console players. Many would say (including me) that it has always been. Although none of the price increases in the Xbox Game game is excellent news, PC Game Pass remains the cheaper option on Game Pass Ultimate, at $ 16.49 / £ 13.49 / $ 19.45 to, which is accompanied by new games on the first day.
In addition to PC Game Pass, the PC ecosystem offers several affordable game options. Console windows, such as PlayStation Store, generally do not have high discounts, but on PC, it is much easier to find larger price reductions for PC games via markets as loaded (formerly CDKEY).
I mentioned it earlier, but PC Gaming does not ask you to pay access to online multiplayer, and most of the Sony’s exclusive triple-a titles find themselves on PC a year or two after their initial launch.
While Microsoft feels the weight of the counterpoup now, it will not be surprising to see Sony increase its PlayStation Plus prices. If this happens, it will only place the games on PC a step above console games, and this will only be decisions made by Sony and Microsoft.
