Microsoft raises the subscription ``Xbox Game Pass'' for all-you-can-play games by 10%, including Japan, the Ultimate plan is 1210 yen per month

Microsoft announced through The Verge, an IT news site, that it will raise the monthly fees for its subscription-type game distribution services ' Xbox Game Pass for consoles' and ' Xbox Game Pass Ultimate '. In some countries, the price of Xbox Series X , a home game console, will also be raised.

Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23768400/microsoft-xbox-series-x-xbox-game-pass-price-increase

At the time of writing the article, the monthly fee for Xbox Game Pass for console was 850 yen including tax, and the monthly fee for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the top plan, was 1100 yen including tax. However, due to the price revision, the Xbox Game Pass for console will be 935 yen including tax per month, and the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will be 1210 yen including tax per month, increasing by 10%.

The price revision will take effect from August 13, 2023 for existing plan subscribers and from July 7, 2023 for new subscribers. However, the price of PC Game Pass, a subscription-type game distribution service for PC, will not change.

Microsoft hasn't changed the price since it started offering Xbox Game Pass in 2017, and this is the first price change. Microsoft announced in January 2022 that it would acquire Activision Blizzard for $ 68.7 billion (about 8 trillion yen), but according to The Verge, Microsoft said, ``This price revision has nothing to do with the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.'' He said he wants to emphasize that.

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'This price change for Xbox Game Pass is aimed at aligning with local market conditions, regardless of the agreement with Activision Blizzard,' said Kari Perez, Head of Communications at Xbox. increase.

Also, according to The Verge, Xbox Series X will be raised from August 2023 in most countries except the United States, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. After August 1, 2023, the Xbox Series X will be priced at £479.99 in the UK (approximately 87,000 yen), CAD 649.99 (approximately 70,000 yen) in Canada, and €549.99 (approximately 86,000 yen) in European countries. , In Australia it will be raised to 799.99 Australian dollars (about 77,000 yen).

``We have kept console prices unchanged for many years, adjusting prices to reflect the competitive state of the market,'' Perez said. In addition, it seems that the price of the lower model Xbox Series S will not change.