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Microsoft broke another promise with its new Xbox Game Pass deal

Microsoft has made it needlessly difficult for people to pick the right Xbox Game Pass subscription and gone back on its word yet again

However, it’s also changed the benefits that come with each tier, breaking yet another promise it made to consumers while making the whole thing a needlessly confusing mess in the proc That will no longer be the case from September 12 if you have Xbox Game Pass Standard, removing the biggest advantage that Microsoft’s service has over Sony’s PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra tiers, while also changing a perk that’s been in place since January 2018. In recent months, I’ve let my Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription expire for the first time since it was introduced after growing frustrated with the botched launch of Redfall and the incomplete releases of Starfield and Forza Motorsport.

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