my ultimate expires mid this month but not sure I want to pay 30 bucks a month for this. I don't really care about the ubisoft games. EA play is tied into only ultimate so its not like I can get premium with EA Play. Maybe better just to go with essential since it still offers cloud gaming and pay separately for EA Play which is a flat $40 for a year.
called target and they still are selling the 'old' 3 months sub to GPU for $60 - which is still way too much but I guess if you want to renew GPU and don't want to get raped by these new prices that's an option.
then thought about it some more and f@ck em! I probably won't pay for s*** now. pretty much this generation of consoles has sucked. maybe it's finally time to jump on the PC train.
Thanks for posting. I was already debating changing to the lowest when they allowed cloud gaming on the lowest a couple months ago. Now this makes my decision for me.
JOZ wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 1:16 pm
Thanks for posting. I was already debating changing to the lowest when they allowed cloud gaming on the lowest a couple months ago. Now this makes my decision for me.
this is how f***in crazy I am. I actually went to my local target like half hour ago to buy one of the old GPU cards but the guy told me they pulled all of them in the morning.
yeah i may just go with essential now but they didnt list if all the games will be available on essential. I really just want MSFS2020 on cloud essential. not sure how to find out.
I think this will force ppl go buy games again. Right now, I'm thinking of doing Essential at 10bucks a month, $40 EA Play yearly sub, and that's it. If I have to go buy MSFS 2020 then I'll just buy a used copy.
target online still works. you can get GPU for 3 months for $60. Maybe I'll do that and have it til the end of the year. but part of me is like why the F would I want to give money to MS after they pull this bullshit.
Not sure if they will have xmas deals on gamepass like sony does on PS PLUS around holiday time.
Man after being a xbox fan boy for 20 years this a real spit in the face to us.
I have core and just purchased Hades.. not a huge deal, but I see it's included on 'Essential' now. They are going to kill off many XBGP users with this crap. Thankfully, essential is still the same price as core.
MizzouRah wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2025 3:56 pm
I have core and just purchased Hades.. not a huge deal, but I see it's included on 'Essential' now. They are going to kill off many XBGP users with this crap. Thankfully, essential is still the same price as core.
For Core/Essential do you get all the gamepass games except the first day release games?
Thanks, went on Amazon and bought 6 digital cards (limit 2 per purchased) they are $59.99 each so that's basically a month free with this new crappy pricing structure.
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I had finally dropped to core at the end of September, so this ended up better for me, since the game selection is a bit more.
But also, instead of $10 more for a game library and cloud gaming, it's only $5. I always knew GPU was going to have a big increase someday, and I think most signs were pointing to it happening now, during the last half of another gen they lost. Since publishers and devs weren't thrilled with their returns, doubling GPU for the Day One games makes sense. More money to publishers and fewer games, customers taking that path, so publishers still have Day One customers to sell to.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are actually trying to phase out Ultimate.
