We’ve had quite a few takes here at Windows Central over what I can only describe as the Grav Hammer of all announcements. The 50% data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes”>price hike to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate caught us all off guard, no matter your gaming pedigree.

Each of us has had our own take, with Jez questioning Microsoft’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/did-microsoft-admit-that-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-was-simply-too-good-to-be-true-some-thoughts-on-the-why” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/did-microsoft-admit-that-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-was-simply-too-good-to-be-true-some-thoughts-on-the-why”>business directions. Brendan focusing on data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/im-leaving-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-in-the-dust-i-just-cancelled-my-subscription-and-moved-to-the-new-best-tier-instead” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/im-leaving-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-in-the-dust-i-just-cancelled-my-subscription-and-moved-to-the-new-best-tier-instead”>PC Game Pass becoming the best tier, and Jen data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/30-a-month-for-ultimate-i-dont-think-game-pass-is-worth-it-anymore” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/30-a-month-for-ultimate-i-dont-think-game-pass-is-worth-it-anymore”>questioning the very relevance of Game Pass to her wallet.

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We’ve had quite a few takes here at Windows Central over what I can only describe as the Grav Hammer of all announcements. The 50% data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes”>price hike to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate caught us all off guard, no matter your gaming pedigree.

Each of us has had our own take, with Jez questioning Microsoft’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/did-microsoft-admit-that-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-was-simply-too-good-to-be-true-some-thoughts-on-the-why” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/did-microsoft-admit-that-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-was-simply-too-good-to-be-true-some-thoughts-on-the-why”>business directions. Brendan focusing on data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/im-leaving-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-in-the-dust-i-just-cancelled-my-subscription-and-moved-to-the-new-best-tier-instead” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/im-leaving-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-in-the-dust-i-just-cancelled-my-subscription-and-moved-to-the-new-best-tier-instead”>PC Game Pass becoming the best tier, and Jen data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/30-a-month-for-ultimate-i-dont-think-game-pass-is-worth-it-anymore” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/30-a-month-for-ultimate-i-dont-think-game-pass-is-worth-it-anymore”>questioning the very relevance of Game Pass to her wallet.

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