Xbox Drops Game Pass Ultimate Price, Brings Bad News for Call of Duty Fans

SCIENCE & TECH: Xbox Game Pass gets price cut but won’t include new ‘Call of Duty’ games

Microsoft has dropped the price of its video game subscription service and the platform will not include future “Call of Duty” game releases on launch day, the company said Tuesday, in the first major strategy shift under new gaming boss Asha Sharma. Starting Tuesday, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will now cost $22.99 a month from $29.99 while PC Game Pass is priced at $13.99 from $16.49 monthly, the software firm said in a blog. After years of bettin…

Xbox is giving Game Pass Ultimate a rare price cut — but there's a Call of Duty catch

Xbox is lowering the price of Game Pass Ultimate to $22.99, but the trade-off is that future Call of Duty games will no longer be Day One.

Game Pass Ultimate's price drop marks the end of an era for Xbox

On Tuesday, Microsoft reversed course on its 50% price hike on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate it instituted just six months ago. Under new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma, the company has slashed the price of its top-tier Game Pass subscription from $29.99 to $22.99 per month. Subscribers are losing day-one access to Call of Duty games going forward, but that cost-cutting measure looks like the right move. Xbox tested its most loyal customers' breakin…

Microsoft Lowers Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Price, Axes 'Call of Duty' Perk

It's still more expensive than it was last fall, but you can now save up to $7 per month. On the downside, you'll lose immediate access to Call of Duty.

Xbox Game Pass Now Costs Less, but That Doesn't Mean It's a Good Deal

The monthly subscription is less again, but subscribers will lose out on Call of Duty until a year after launch.