Xbox Game Pass price increase won’t affect some subscribers

Following Microsoft’s announcement that it has overhauled its Game Pass tiers, the corporate has clarified what the change means for gamers who nonetheless have an Xbox Sport Move for Console subscription energetic after being grandfathered into the plan final 12 months. Xbox confirms that anybody who at present has a legacy Console subscription and recurring funds turned on is not going to be impacted by the pricing modifications.

Earlier this week, Xbox revealed that Xbox Sport Move Final will now value $29.99 a month in a controversial move for subscribers. That change comes alongside two renamed tiers, Premium and Important, which swap up the service’s choices and don’t embody day-one sport releases. That shift adopted another change in 2024, which removed Xbox Sport Move for Console in favor of Core and Customary tiers. On the time, Xbox allowed present Console subscribers to hold on to their subscription on the similar $11-per-month worth level and with all perks, together with day-one releases. In a press release to Polygon, Microsoft confirmed that gamers who’re nonetheless subscribed to the Console tier is not going to be shifted to a different plan in the intervening time.

“Gamers who’re at present subscribed to Xbox Sport Move for Console and have computerized fee renewal enabled can proceed their subscription,” a consultant from Xbox instructed Polygon through e mail. “If gamers flip off computerized fee renewal, or their subscription lapses, they might want to choose between Important, Premium, Final or PC Sport Move plans when rejoining.”

The perks and pricing of that plan is not going to be altering both, in accordance with Xbox: “Day one video games can be found with Sport Move Final and PC Sport Move subscriptions, in addition to for subscribers who nonetheless have an energetic Sport Move for Console subscription. Gamers who’re at present subscribed to Xbox Sport Move for Console and have computerized fee renewal enabled can proceed their subscription at $10.99/month.”

When requested, an Xbox spokesperson didn’t verify how lengthy legacy Console subscriptions will stay energetic for present subscribers.

Unsure if you happen to’re nonetheless on a Console plan? To test, head over to the Game Pass website and log in along with your Microsoft account. Click on your usename within the prime proper nook of the web page as soon as logged in and click on My Microsoft Account. In case you see “Xbox Sport Move for Console” listed as an energetic subscription, you may nonetheless have the ability to get day-one video games at $11 a month as long as you may have recurring funds turned on. Ensure to cease and test if you happen to nonetheless have that golden ticket earlier than canceling your subscription, as you will not have the ability to get again into it when you cancel.