Xbox Game PassPay, got worseUS
Price increase on Ultimate and Game Pass for Console
Game Pass Ultimate rose to $16.99/mo and Game Pass for Console to $10.99/mo; PC Game Pass stayed $9.99
What changed
- Game Pass Ultimate
- Was Before: $14.99/mo
- After: $16.99/mo
- +$2 · +13%
- Game Pass for Console
- Was Before: $9.99/mo
- After: $10.99/mo
- +$1 · +10%
- PC Game Pass
- Before: $9.99/mo
- After: $9.99/mo
- Unchanged
When it hits your bill
- New subscribers
- Existing subscribers
- Existing members paid the new prices from August 13, 2023; members with an annual code at renewal (Engadget, June 21, 2023).
What this means for you
Ultimate cost $2 more a month (+13%) and Game Pass for Console $1 more (+10%). PC Game Pass didn't change.
Context
this change$22.99
now$14.99
2022$19.99
2024$29.99
2025
Evidence
The Xbox Store listed Game Pass Ultimate at $14.99 a month on June 29, 2023 and $16.99 on July 14, 2023. Game Pass for Console went from $9.99 (June 10) to $10.99 (August 11, 2023); PC Game Pass was still $9.99 on July 17. Engadget (June 21, 2023): 'The price changes will take effect for new Xbox Game Pass members on July 6th. It won't apply for existing subscribers until August 13th', and members with an annual code pay the new price when they renew. Xbox's support article on this change is no longer online.
Sources
- Xbox Store: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (before, Jun 29 2023) · archived
- Xbox Store: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (after, Jul 14 2023) · archived
- Xbox Store: Xbox Game Pass for Console (before, Jun 10 2023) · archived
- Xbox Store: Xbox Game Pass for Console (after, Aug 11 2023) · archived
- Xbox Store: PC Game Pass (unchanged, Jul 17 2023) · archived
- Engadget: Microsoft is raising Xbox Series X and Game Pass prices in most countries (Jun 21, 2023) (secondary) · archived