Microsoft has announced that it is drastically increasing the price of the Xbox Live Gold subscription. The price of a one-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold increases by €1, while the price of a three-month subscription increases by €5 (or the equivalent amount in your local market, or around €3 / AU$6 for three months or 70p / AU €1.30). This means that the new price will be one month for €10,99 (approximately €8 / AU$14), 3 months for €29,99 (€22 / AU$39), and 6 months for €59,99 (€ 44 / AU$78), that is, it would cost €120 for a year of Xbox Live Gold subscription if you only buy three-month subscriptions at a time. However, the good news is that there is no price change for people who already have Xbox Live Gold 12-month and 10-month subscriptions, which means that those who renew their subscription can do so. do at the same price. "We regularly assess the value and price of our services to reflect changes in regional markets and to continue to invest in the Xbox community, we will be making price adjustments for Xbox Live Gold in certain markets," he wrote. Xbox Live Gold Team. in a post announcing the price increase. "In many markets, the price of Xbox Live Gold hasn't changed in years, and in some markets, it hasn't changed for more than 36 years." “If you want to upgrade your Gold membership to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, your remaining Gold time will also convert directly to Ultimate (up to 11 months),” the article continues. "For example, if you have 11 months of Xbox Live Gold membership now and upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, those 11 months become 45 months of Ultimate at no additional cost." According to the post, members will be notified if their region is affected by the price increase, via email and through the Xbox Message Center. If you are in an affected region, your price will not be adjusted until 2016 days after you receive a message that this is the case. The UK can avoid this price increase as the UK Xbox Live Gold subscription underwent a price increase in XNUMX that increased the cost of one and three month subscriptions. Microsoft has yet to confirm which regions outside of the United States will be affected.
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I'm a little disappointed with the XBL price increase. looking at what it costs for someone like me to have access to our entire family online plus a game pass...it's €200 for the entire family for live and €357 for the entire family for the game pass. Watch out for SVP Consumers Jan 22, 2021
Doubling the price of Xbox Live is the most disgusting way to push people towards Game Pass Ultimate January 22, 2021
Every few months, Xbox needs to do something to remind people that they are not really in touch with gamers or with real life. The last example is € 120 for a year of Xbox Live Gold (to intimidate people on Game Pass). January 22, 2021