So I missed the news last week because apparently there wasn't a thread made on it. So I will use this opportunity to ask you the question in the thread title.

In case you missed it like I did, MS is increasing the price of Gamepass for all tiers.

• New Game Pass Standard launching in Sept, doesn't include day one games. Includes online play but no Cloud gaming. Priced $14.99 per month.

• Game Pass Ultimate price increase to $19.99/month from $16.99/month

• PC Game Pass price increase to $11.99/month from $9.99/month

• Game Pass Core increased from $59.99/year to $74.99/year.

The price hike was predicted by many I assume as it was quite obvious. I personally predicted a Netflix style strategy, keep it cheap for a few years to build a decent install base and then increase the price steadily.

Here's a history of those price hikes. https://flixed.io/netflix-price-hikes

Gamepass golden age was from 2017 to 2024. Netflix is similar with little change from 2007 to 2013.

Netflix then price hiked standard subscription in 2014,2015,2017,2019,2020, and 2022.

I think a price hike in the next 3 years would be a good prediction.

Update: For those who guessed October 2025, you would be correct.



Game Pass Ultimate price increase to $29.99/month from $19.99/month

PC Game Pass price increase to $16.49/month from $11.99/month


Now same as before. Guess the next Game Pass price hike. Will the yearly trend continue? Or will they hold off a bit next year?

I remember when you could get like a 1$ upgrade path or something? for gamepass, and people stacked up years worth of it.
I remember there were like Oreo Cookies, with free gamepass trials inside.... same with Doritos bags?

Now it's frekking 30$ a month.

Also you were generous with your "3 year prediction of a price hike".
The answer was "A bit over a year later".

Within 2 years, I expect it to go up again.
However not by much,... like ~5$.

The thing is, at 30 your already pushing things imo.... They have to know that from the reactions online.
I thing it'll be abit longer before they try again to raise them.

I think the PC gamepass is going to either see a drastic price increase or lose Day1.
Right now they are trying to do the "build up" phase on pc.
Give it 2 years, and things will likely change.

Didn't they just raise it to $29.99?

Yes. 

This thread was from 1 year ago.

So he came back too it, to say, okay around a year was the answer.

Now he asks once again, when will it go up (again)?  (from it's current 29.99$ price)

1year? 2years? 3years? ect.



I think PC gamepass is the one that loses Day1 releases or gets a price increase first.
And it'll be atleast 2years before we see gamepass go over 30$.

It all depends on how many subscribers they will be losing from this. If they lose over 30%, the odds are they're going to reverse their decision, and maybe instead downgrade the service to not include as many day 1 releases.

I think the amount it went up was more surprising than the timing. I don't think anyone expected it to go all the way from $20 to $30.

Launch (2019) - $15
July 2023 - $17
July 2024 - $20
October 2025 - $30

They've been raising it annually. But with a 50% jump they better stop. It's a ridiculous price rise and increasing it again any time soon would be outrageous.

It all depends on how many subscribers they will be losing from this. If they lose over 30%, the odds are they're going to reverse their decision, and maybe instead downgrade the service to not include as many day 1 releases.