The company is spinning it as part of an upgrade since it includes an expanded catalog of games.
After raising prices twice for the Xbox console, Microsoft is also increasing the monthly cost for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $19.99 to $29.99 per month.
The company announced the 50% price increase for the Ultimate tier, spinning it as part of an upgrade. In addition, Microsoft quietly increased the PC-only Game Pass plan by a similar rate, from $11.99 to $16.49 per month.
In return, subscribers will have access to an expanded catalog of games, which includes over 75 newly released titles per year on the day of their launch for Ultimate subscribers.
“That includes some of the most anticipated upcoming games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, High on Life 2, Keeper, Ninja Gaiden 4, and The Outer Worlds 2,” Microsoft’s Xbox team said in the announcement. “These join a growing library of more than 400 games playable on Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud on supported devices.
