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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games
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Microsoft has lowered the price of its Game Pass subscriptions, reducing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass to $13.99 a month. The price cuts come while the service will no longer receive new Call of Duty titles on day one of release. Call of Duty has historically been a poor fit for the Xbox Game Pass lineup.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Verge·Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games
- TechMeme·Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price from $29.99 to $22.99/month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99, but both tiers won't get new Call of Duty games (Tom Warren/The Verge)
- Engadget·Xbox cuts Game Pass prices but new Call of Duty games will no longer hit the service on day one
- Ars Technica·Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing
- The Verge·Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
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