Diamond Member Steam 0 Posted July 19 Diamond Member Share Posted July 19 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up / Access to first-party games on launch day ******** a major selling point for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. (credit: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ) [/url] The FTC says the across-the-board price increases that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service tiers represent "exactly the sort of consumer harm from the merger the FTC has alleged" when it This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . In This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up posted as part of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up in the case, the federal regulator alleges This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 's moves are a clear example of "product degradation" brought about by "a firm exercising market power post-merger." The letter's primary focus is on the soon-to-be-discontinued $10.99/month Console Game Pass tier. That's being replaced with a $14.99/month Game Pass Standard tier (a 36 percent price increase) that no longer includes "day one" access to all of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 's first-party titles. To maintain that key benefit, "Console" subscribers will have to spend 81 percent more for the $19.99 Game Pass Ultimate tier, which also includes a number of additional benefits over the current $10.99/month option.Is this “based on the acquisition”? The FTC notes that these changes "coincide with adding Call of Duty to Game Pass’s most expensive tier." Previously, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up that this Game Pass access to Activision's ultra-popular shooter would come "with no price increase for the service based on the acquisition." This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up | This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/70883-steam-ftc-attacks-microsoft%E2%80%99s-post-merger-game-pass-price-increases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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