After giving up, Xbox tries again to attract new recruits to the Game Pass catchment area: the (almost) free period returns
We do not doubt the decision to raise the price of Xbox Game Pass was suffered, but perhaps this is why fans of the jade titan need a carrot after the stick: specifically, the return with great pomp of the trial period. The service has certainly attracted quite a bit of attention from the industry. Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan said that “no publisher likes the business model.” Strange, then, that Miles Jacobson (head of Sports Interactive, a division of Sega to which we owe Football Manager) has openly provided an antithesis to Ryan’s supposition to the foreign press. As much as the PlayStation bigwig has called the service “destructive” towards the value of the games, in reality the latter give a lot to the subscription.
After raising Xbox Game Pass prices this week, Microsoft has reintroduced a $1 trial offer for some membershipshttps://t.co/gtu42BIdWG pic.twitter.com/NegATtFW4H
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Is the Xbox Game Pass trial coming back?
Although the price fixed for the trial period, at the center of the trade press’s tam tam, is in dollars this does not mean that the figures are not correct one. If you remember correctly, this cheap option was available some time ago, but Microsoft has since preferred to remove it. The increase in prices for the service itself, in any case, is not excessively expensive, but we are still happy to see the giant in green making its “tastes” accessible again. With Starfield nearby, then, is the ideal time to tempt fans of the emerald cross to get married with a monthly renewal. Among the games arriving on the service, we point out the immediate availability of Grand Theft Auto V and, in the coming week, of Exoprimal.
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