Introducing Xbox Game Pass Core, Coming This September - Xbox Wire
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Today, we’re continuing our commitment to give players more choice and value by introducing Xbox Game Pass Core, launching on September 14. Game Pass Core is the evolution of Xbox Live Gold. Game Pass Core will give players access to our advanced multiplayer network, a select collection of over 25 games to play with friends […]
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The enshittification of Xbox live has begun, as we all predicted it would when gamepass became a thing.

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As long as they don’t change my $60/yr price point, I’m ok with it. I never really played too many of the games with gold games anyway.

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Oh boy just you wait.

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Lmao, I’m sure I won’t have to wait long either. Subscriptions tend to climb unfortunately. I used to pay $10/mo for netflix, what’re we at now? Like 16-18?

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I think it’s like 20 something now actually, but that may be because I have the 4k one or the more screens one, whatever idk. My wife needed it. Being a PC guy I’m still of the opinion charging for multiplayer is dumb anyways, it’s pretty cool it’s been the same price for like 20 years though.

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Enshittification of Xbox Live was day one of launch, dude. Online used to be free, nobody charged for it until Xbox did.

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Look we’re not going to have this argument, it’s been had a billion times on the internet. I’m a PC guy, paying for online is dumb. But a lot of people do and the service they get from it is going to be getting worse and more expensive in the future.

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