You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a month

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ryujin470@fedia.io⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.polygon.com/xbox-game-pass-console-grandfather-accounts/

Only if you are subscribed to Game Pass for Console, a plan that was discontinued in 2024 and is no longer available for new subscribers. (The former Game Pass for Console plan had day one new releases but lacked online multiplayer).

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You can also buy 30 month subscription cards for $20 from GameStop… Until they run out.

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theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
so a strange, grandfathered loophole. Doesn’t help the new subscribers, and there are plenty of reasons to cancel Game Pass besides the steep price for Day One games. But sure, I guess there is probably a narrow raft of subscribers that will stay happily subscribed, thanks to this loophole, despite the price increases across the board.

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- thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  This is not a “loophole”, but normal business. Game Pass is not the only service who keep the old contract for current subscribers. This way people think twice if they cancel, because they would “loose” the cheaper price and day one releases and so on, its the same contract as before, which is a huge difference to the new.
  
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- JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well, if they subscribed before, why wouldn’t they stay subscribed at the same price with the same features? Why is it a “narrow raft”?
  
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ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
And if you’re only interested in a brand new game every two months (on average), you could just buy the games at full price on release day.

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