Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans
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Xbox has introduced new tiered plans for Game Pass, including Essential, Premium, and Ultimate, sparking concerns and skepticism among users about the changes and their impact on existing subscribers.
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On one hand Game Pass can be a good deal and it has not reached the enshittification stage yet so I am sure they are paying good money to the creators of the best games, for now. Once they crush the competition it’s an old story and it’s going to get worse. Games will get so bad that people will decide to play outside instead.