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Microsoft Xbox refutes FTC's claim of "XGP product downgrade": it can be connected

2024-07-22

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Due to Microsoft's price increase and adjustment of XGP, the FTC claimed that it was "downgrading" the product and harming consumers. In response, Microsoft issued a statement saying that its changes to the XGP subscription service were to provide consumers with practical choices at different prices.



Microsoft said that the new Xbox Game Pass Standard (basic version) allows players to play a game library containing hundreds of old games and enjoy multiplayer online rights, priced at $14.99 per month. In the past, Xbox Game Pass Console (console version) did not provide multiplayer online rights. If you want to go online, you need to pay an additional $9.99, a total of $20.98 per month. Although the highest-end Game Pass Ultimate version will increase from $16.99 per month to $19.99, the service will provide many new games through "first release and play" to reflect its value, including "Call of Duty", a game that has never appeared in the subscription service.





Although Microsoft emphasizes that the XGP basic version provides multiplayer access, the value of multiplayer access is not "indispensable" for many players compared to "play on the first day". Compared with the XGP console version that once had "play on the first day" and the XGP basic version that can "play multiplayer", which one do players think is more cost-effective?