A week ago an important announcement was made for the fans Microsoft y XboxAnd that change will be for that platform game pass, with price adjustments for those who want to continue paying for a service that offers many games from premium and indie companies. This has been a point of contention for the public, including what are known as competition regulators FTC He opined that the new standard tier is rude to the public.
Here is part of the statement published on the network:
The FTC is calling Microsoft’s new Xbox Game Pass standard tier a “discredited product” in a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. FTC Claims Microsoft Activision “Exercising Post-Merger Market Power” over Blizzard pic.twitter.com/Q5tYMAKoN2
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) July 18, 2024
Microsoft is discontinuing its $10.99 per month “Console Game Pass” product. Users of that product must pay 81% more to upgrade to “Game Pass Ultimate”. For 81% of customers unwilling to pay more, Microsoft is introducing a downgraded product “Game Pass Standard” at $14.99/month.
This product costs 36% more than the console Game Pass and retains the first day release. Product degradation, the removal of the most valuable games from Microsoft’s new service, combined with price increases for existing users, the FTC alleges, are exactly the kind of consumer harm from the merger.
Microsoft’s price increases and product degradation, along with Microsoft’s reduced investment in production and product quality through employee layoffs, see FTC February 7, 2024, Characteristics of a Company’s Exercise of Market Power After a Merger.
In short, they mentioned it Xbox Game Pass Standard It’s a degraded product that hurts audiences, especially when years of promises of first-day games for various tiers that weren’t. original. That’s the deal 12 September The new tier will arrive, but users can continue to pay for the console tier and receive the same benefits, but if they cancel it and decide to pay later, they’ll immediately switch to Standard.
Through: Twitter
Author’s Note: The decision to raise the price so early may not have been the best, if they had added the Activision catalog first and then reached out for more money. Not to mention, let’s see who will continue to pay.
