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I luckily had my Game Pass Ultimate maxed out at 3 years when they made the changes last year, so I'm good for another 2 and a half years before I need to worry about paying for it. The main reason I subscribe is for day one games, while Ultimate has a LOT of new extras that I will never use. That felt like the main justification as to why they raised the price from $20 to $30 per month. 

I'd be all for a cheaper tier that only comes with the library of games and day one games (minus Call of Duty), and has no extras. But I have a feeling that would cause millions to downgrade to a lower tier. 

Now if they keep the same tiers but have ad-supported versions for less money I might consider it to save money depending on how intrusive the ads are.



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Similar, I am fine till 2028 but I would like bundles like a netflix one considering I have it already. Anyway another exciting week coming up with the partner preview. We could have some nice announcements from anyone.






Well goldman looks good =p






The Expanse Osiris Reborn looks fantastic.
Stalker 2 Cost of Hope looks amazing.
Stranger Than Heaven has my attention.
The Eternal Life of Goldman looks sick.

After the DD_ and now this Microsoft is just shoving dicks in me from every angle. I love it.



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G2ThaUNiT said:

I called the date and time on stream the other day. They always do this the weekend of E3/Summer Game Fest on the Sunday at 1pm ET.

I am glad it is a Gears of War: E-Day Direct. It is the only main first-party Xbox title for this year we haven't gotten a deep dive into. Well ignoring the annual CoD release.



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news, as well as posting random gaming content. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

As part of the return of Xbox, we made the decision to bring it back to LA to recognize the players who’ve been with us over the years.

Damn she is awesome. While Sarah was like 'F**K the fans'






konnichiwa said:

As part of the return of Xbox, we made the decision to bring it back to LA to recognize the players who’ve been with us over the years.

Damn she is awesome. While Sarah was like 'F**K the fans'

Pretty much. It seems like she really wanted the whole "This is an Xbox" to be even more than just the ability to play games on any device. She wanted that to extend to the player community as well. After all, how can there be an Xbox community if everything is an Xbox? Seems like she wanted Xbox to be synonymous with the entirety of gaming.



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konnichiwa said:

As part of the return of Xbox, we made the decision to bring it back to LA to recognize the players who’ve been with us over the years.

Damn she is awesome. While Sarah was like 'F**K the fans'

Not sure this makes her awesome.  I am more on the show me type of person not token BS.  Right now, nothing really has changed.  The direction of the new Xbox is the same as it was before and dropping an ad campaign really doesn't mean anything.





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