Xbox Game Pass could add flexible plans with a lower price

Xbox evaluates a flexible model for Game Pass

Microsoft is studying a flexible Game Pass and pricing in dollars based on usage.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate reduced its monthly price to $22.99, in a move that seeks to recover users after previous decisions that impacted the subscriber base. The information was reported by Windows Central, from sources inside the Xbox team

In this context, Microsoft is also considering a broader change: implementing a flexible subscription system that allows each user to choose which services to include and which to leave out.

A “choose your plan” model for Game Pass

According to the Jez Corden report, the company is studying a customizable scheme that would expand the current options, beyond the Essential, Premium and Ultimate levels

Among the evaluation changes, users could configure their subscription with different combinations of services.

Exclude Xbox Cloud Gaming to reduce the monthly cost
Remove benefits from services linked to specific games
Choose which extras to keep within the plan

In this context, Microsoft is also considering a broader change: implementing a flexible subscription system that allows each user to choose which services to include and which to leave out.

A “choose your plan” model for Game Pass

According to the Jez Corden report, the company is studying a customizable scheme that would expand the current options, beyond the Essential, Premium and Ultimate levels

Among the evaluation changes, users could configure their subscription with different combinations of services.

Exclude Xbox Cloud Gaming to reduce the monthly cost
Remove benefits from services linked to specific games
Choose which extras to keep within the plan

For example, the possibility of eliminating benefits such as Fortnite Crew, which includes additional content, premium battle passes and virtual currency, is mentioned

A “choose your plan” model for Game Pass

The impact on day one games

Another point under analysis is access to releases from day one. Historically, first-party Xbox titles were available since their release in Game Pass Ultimate

With the recent price reduction, Microsoft confirmed that upcoming Call of Duty games will not follow that rule. They would be added to the catalog some time after the launch

This setting allowed the subscription price to be lowered, and opens up the possibility that other titles or franchises will also become optional within

future plans.

New levels under study: TRITON and Duet

The report also mentions new internal levels under development with code names TRITON and Duet.

There are no official details about its operation.

The leaks indicate that they could offer specific combinations of content or services, in line with the idea of a more segmented system.

The strategy behind the Game Pass change

Some of these decisions are related to the new management of Xbox. According to a leaked memo in April, CEO Asha Sharma stated that the price of the service was high and that it needed to be made more

competitive.

This internal document mentions the intention to transform Xbox Game Pass into a more flexible system, with different configurations that will require testing before its final implementation.

Xbox Game Pass could add flexible plans with a lower price

A “choose your plan” model for Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass could add flexible plans with a lower price

A “choose your plan” model for Game Pass

The impact on day one games

New levels under study: TRITON and Duet

The strategy behind the Game Pass change

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