On October 1, Microsoft shocked Game Pass subscribers by announcing a substantial (+50%) price increase for the highest tier, Ultimate, which jumped from $19.99 to $29.99 monthly. This led some users to cancel their subscriptions in droves, but did Microsoft really make a strategic mistake? Veteran games analyst Joost van Dreunen, formerly founder of SuperData Research (acquired by Nielsen Media Research in 2018), offered a more nuanced analysis in his latest SuperJoost Playlist newsletter. To start with, van Dreunen relays a take from a former Xbox employee, who said that it's a case of 'bad optics'. Certainly, such a massive […]

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The current generation of Xbox and PlayStation consoles is now more than five years old, making it well past the time we would start hearing about what the next generation of consoles will look like. We've seen several rumours on what the next-generation Xbox hardware will include, and on top of comments from Xbox president Sarah Bond, a picture of Xbox's next console is starting to form. Now, a new report from Windows Central seems to piece it together a bit more clearly, framing the next Microsoft console as a best of both worlds between the PC and console experience. […]

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