It also recently confirmed prices wouldn't rise or be detrimentally affected by its ongoing attempted acquisition of Activision.If you're currently not a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, then this deal is specifically for you. One way we do know Microsoft is trying to lower the general cost of Xbox Game Pass for players, though, is by rolling out the Friends & Family plan in more territories. Microsoft didn’t specify exactly in what form these new marketing promotions would take, when they might appear, or whether they would relate to something introductory or geared towards existing subscribers. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has remained slightly more expensive than the standard tier at £10.99 / $14.99 / AU$15.95, hence why the $1 trial promotion represented such a good deal and was a great way to onboard newcomers.

The Xbox Game Pass $1 trial offer proved so enticing not solely due to its low price point, but also as it provided access to the Ultimate version of the Xbox Game Pass tier, letting people play games on the PC version of the service as well as console. In other words, don’t expect this offer to return any time soon. Microsoft’s long-running $1 trial offer for Xbox Game Pass is now no longer available, however, with Kari Perez, head of global communications at Xbox, telling The Verge “ are evaluating different marketing promotions for new members in the future”.

That said, when it comes to enticing new players to join, in certain territories Xbox, up until now, had allowed people to trial the service for one month for as little as $1. For just £7.99 / $9.99 / AU$10.95 per month, players can stream and play literally hundreds of titles new and old, which equates to just a fraction of what they’d pay if they were to purchase each game piecemeal. One of the main allures of Xbox Game Pass over other gaming subscription services like PS Plus and Nintendo Switch Online is price. Seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft has removed one of the best entry points to Xbox Games Pass on console and PC in lieu of new introductory promotions.

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