Because raising prices for its console wasn’t enough, Xbox is also raising the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription by a whopping 50 percent. The PC Game Pass package, however, is going up from $12 to $16.50 with no new perks. — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) October 1, 2025From the people that brought you the $650 five-year-old Xbox Series X and the $1000 handheld gaming PC, comes… $30 per month for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate! /s We went from $17 to $30 in 14 months, LOL.https://t.co/wcud6Grgly — Ryan McCaffrey (@DMC_Ryan) October 1, 2025there's still no annual subscription for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. These price hikes on game pass, consoles, and games themselves are just pricing people OUT of gaming.