I'm not saying it will but what would happen if they change their minds and increase the price at some point?
Probably nothing.
Edit: Actually he didn't confirm that the price would not increase. He said that a prediction that it will increase to $15 by the end of the year is wrong. Could be $14.99 and his statement is still true, it's not $15.
Netflix's entire business is those subscriptions. That's totally different. Game Pass is only one part of MS's business, so price hikes aren't as necessary. Game Pass could increase in price someday, but not every year or two.
I stocked up to a max of 3 years at no more than $5 per month. Even quite a few free months thanks to Microsoft Rewards, Game Pass Quests, and Mixer giveaways. No need to even pay the full $10 price if you watch for deals.
@Palitera During their big sales usually. Last year during E3 I believe you could get 6 month codes for $30. It's a bit of an investment upfront but if you buy 6 of those you'll be good to go. You can also earn free months via rewards.microsoft.com by doing tasks, bing searches or even from earning achievements in games.
But to answer your question, if they changed their mind, they'd just raise the price, and this comment would not be addressed by them, but I'm sure it'd be mentioned by the community.
However, generally, MS is more likely to decide this after their fiscal year is up, and analyzing the data from this year, and if they're going to apply it to this year. But they may have already made long term plans on what the price may be for a certain time frame.
You can get 450 per day searching with Bing on PC and mobile. I typically only get about 350 a days on PC doing Bing searches and the activities MS has on their rewards dashboard.
Game Pass takes 9000 points a month. But you are better off waiting until you have generated 17,000 and getting three months.
For me, at 350 points a day nets me about 10,500 points a month. I currently have 17,391 points so I can cash those points in for another three months when I am ready. When I do, MS will send me a redeemable code that I can use on the Windows Store to extend my Game Pass. Well worth it, imo.
or, you can save your constant grinding and time and just go to cdkeys. ive gotten a month of game pass there for $1.50 ...i bought several and gave away a few codes to friends for Christmas...granted that was a sale they had, which happens every so often...on average i get game pass from there for less than $5 usually....i'd say it beats wasting time grinding for points just to get a free month.
@King_Noctis I agree, they are just like drug dealers trying to get you hooked on the product before they jack up the price. They even have it on sale for $1 a month* to pull you in.
ok so lets say it does in 2 years, thats fair enough, what if with the increase they also add 50 to 100 more games, would a 12.99 price or even 14.99 price a month for 300 games plus all first party games to choose from be worth it. thats still a heck of a deal
That's a good deal if it stays at $14.99 and if the first party exclusives are great without Microtransactions, but if it gets to $20.00 I will definitely question that. Basically it would be like Gamefly. So basically you'll be paying for Xbox live gold, gamepass, microtransactions, and any other subscriptions you have like EA Access all that adds up
I'm really liking gamepass. I just downloaded Aftercharge and it's better than I thought it'd be. Also it saved me from buying Sea of Thieves at launch.
I'm not saying it will but what would happen if they change their minds and increase the price at some point?
Probably nothing.
Edit: Actually he didn't confirm that the price would not increase. He said that a prediction that it will increase to $15 by the end of the year is wrong. Could be $14.99 and his statement is still true, it's not $15.
Damn well that's nice!
Nice! I've gotten a nice pace going with building up MS Rewards points so this is most welcome news.
so that means it will increase in 2020, cool
But it will next gen I can guarantee it.