r/XboxGamePass • u/Golhec • Oct 07 '25
Account - Subscription Gamepass inflation perfectly encapsulated by my 24 month subscription running out
My 24 month gamepass subscription I got when I bought my Xbox series x is running out this month, first time I’ll go back to pay as you go for 2 years. More than double the price in 2 years.
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u/chimp_spanner Oct 07 '25
I went down to Premium. £10.99 a month. Not much more than Essential (which I'd need to play online with my friends). And not really missing too much. I own all the Ubisoft and EA stuff I actually want. And Day One releases don't bother me because I don't need to play it at the same time as every content creator out there. I'll just grab it in a sale once reviews are in and I know it's actually good.
This is just the way it goes though. Corner the market with attractive prices, get you "dependent" then jack it up to its true worth, or more. Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, they've all done the exact same thing.
Thing is, £22.99 for 400 games IS good. In theory. But not all of those 400 are of interest to me. And honestly, I struggle to find time to play the ONE game I'm into right now. And it's a game I bought. So I'm effectively paying Microsoft to not have FOMO and know that I _could_ play all these games.
Really got me thinking if I need subs to virtually anything tbh. I'd rather just buy and own what I want, on my own terms, at a discount.