- The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Pass is still available at $ 19.99 at GameStop
- GAMESTOP undertakes to continue the membership price model of $ 19.99
- Several windows also have the level of membership available for $ 19.99 per month
While Microsoft is faced with a backlash after the new price standard for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, many have quickly found solutions or alternatives to the payment of $ 29.99 per month – and fortunately, a familiar commerce store came using players.
Announced on X, Gamescop has promised to continue the sale of ultimate Xbox Game game subscriptions for the price of previous $ 19.99, both in stores via physical and online gift cards. This occurs after having made many tweets to condemn the price increase, further emphasizing its position on the guarantee of guaranteeing the best offers to players.
It is an excellent gesture of the games and popular trade shop, and I have no doubt that this will open up additional pressure on Microsoft to resume its decision to increase prices, and it would not be the first time either.
Although it may seem that Gamestop is alone on it, it is also available for $ 19.99 on Amazon (in the United Kingdom and the United States), Best Buy and Staples. We do not know if the prices remain unchanged in the windows (apart from GameStop) because they have not yet entered into force since the recent announcement of Microsoft, but it is certain to say that the position of Gamesop on the issue can encourage others to do the same.
Anyway, this is the ideal time to enjoy the price of $ 19.99 per month when it still lasts; There is a good chance that some retailers can adjust prices to adapt the new plan of Microsoft accordingly, and even if I am convinced that Microsoft will eventually come back to his decision, it is better to be safe than sorry.
Analysis: I am tired of the apologies of “market conditions”, because the game gradually decreases from its pastime nature
If there is something that this current climate in the game tells me, it is because the game may become a monopoly and a hobby of a rich person, with Xbox and Nintendo increasing prices according to ridiculous standards. Game Pass is only an other example of recent price increases, and I don’t think it will stop anytime soon.
This is also aggravated when you realize that Nintendo is involved in the attempted game mechanics of patents, with prosecutions deposited in Pale (probably because of its main successes), where said mechanisms should be considered simple for any game developer. I have always thought that patents in the games should not exist, but I get lost.
I fear that if things continue on the way to game societies trying constantly to apply unjustified price increases often attributed to “ market conditions ”, alongside larger publishers effectively intimidating small studios in submission via unjust proceedings, then the game is in difficulty (if it is not already it is not anyway.)
At the very least, apart from prosecution, the players have a voice to help repel such measures, and what is done by voting with our wallets – and it is great to see that a large majority of us are on the same wavelength concerning the Xbox passenger pass and its blatant price.
