Microsoft brings back $1 Xbox Game Pass trial, nerfs Xbox Live Gold trick
Microsoft continues to adjust the pricing of Xbox Game Pass: After increasing the overall prices of the subscription service, the company has brought back an old offer – if you’ve never been a subscriber to Xbox Game Pass before, you can now get the first month of a Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass membership for only $1. After the first month, you’re due to pay the full regular price for the subscription.
Curiously, the offer is not available for the regular old console-only Xbox Game Pass.
An adjustment has been made to the Xbox Live Gold trick as well. People used to buy Xbox Live Gold and then convert it to Xbox Game Pass time equally – while the mechanism itself will still be around, the 1:1 conversion rate is gone. If you’re converting Xbox Live Gold to Xbox Game Pass now, you’ll be doing so under a 3:2 ratio, so 30 days of Xbox Live Gold will give you 20 days of Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass recently added GTA 5 to its library and was attacked by PlayStation boss Jim Ryan for being “value destructive.”
Anyone with a Xbox Game Pass membership will be able to play Starfield on launch day when it comes out on September 6, 2023. The Lamplighters League is another Day 1 title coming to the service later this year.
Microsoft and Bethesda have also been confirmed to attend Gamescom 2023, which should bring some good news for Xbox Game Pass members as well.
