Microsoft has recently implemented significant price hikes for its Game Pass services, drawing both criticism and scrutiny from the gaming community and media alike. For Game Pass Ultimate, the monthly cost will jump from $20 to $30 a 50% increase while PC Game Pass will rise from $12 to $16.50. In defending the new pricing, Microsoft’s director of gaming and platform communications, Dustin Blackwell, stated that “price increases are never fun for anybody” and emphasized that the company was “listening to feedback” while trying to add more value to the subscription packages.
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Nevertheless, the timing and magnitude of these increases arrive amid broader debates about rising subscription costs, “day-one” release models, and shifting expectations of gaming services. For many users, offerings like day-one access to first-party Xbox titles will remain, but the steeper prices could strain retention or lead to more selective subscription choices. Microsoft’s challenge now is to maintain community goodwill and perceived value as the industry evolves especially as players weigh whether the enhanced benefits justify the higher fee.
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, they DO NOT NEED A MEASLY TINY $2.5B+, INSTEAD, THEY COULD MAKE SOMETHING ACTUALLY NEW, like maybe… a new Videogame or perhaps add more into Microsoft 365 (ik copilot is good but… copilot litterally never even works in word!
), Or maybe they could invest some cash into Making Edge better, Or Maybe IDK ANYTHING that makes AT LEAST $10B+/yr cause doing this for $2.5B+ is a terrible move and the amount of people who might LEAVE GAMEPASS might result in LOSING MONEY 
Ik NewEgg’s yearly revenue is around $1B-$1.5B but even still [Anthony Chow’s net worth is estimated to be between $30 million and $50 million as of 2023. He reportedly earns an annual income ranging from $2 million to $8 million from his role as the CEO of Newegg]. Bro is chilling at that rate meanwhile Elon Musk trynna be a trillionaire because he isn’t settling for “billionaire”. Holy GREED! Yk what.. W NEWEGG for not being a greedy snob like freakin Microsoft over here 
