FTC claimed the price increases were “exactly the sort of consumer harm” it tried to stop by fighting the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. It also labelled the new Standard Game Pass tier – which removes day one releases – “degraded”.
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Microsoft: It is wrong to call this a ‘degraded’ version of the discontinued Game Pass for Console offering. That discontinued product did not offer multiplayer functionality, which had to be purchased separately for an additional $9.99/month (making the total cost $20.98/month).
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Official - Game Price Hike Termed 'Harmful to Consumers' By FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called Microsoft’s recently announced Game Pass price rises “exactly the sort of consumer harm” it tried to stop by fighting the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard." The FTC’s letter goes on to note that, “Microsoft’s price increases coincide...
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Microsoft: It is wrong to call this a ‘degraded’ version of the discontinued Game Pass for Console offering. That discontinued product did not offer multiplayer functionality, which had to be purchased separately for an additional $9.99/month (making the total cost $20.98/month).
Microsoft says it’s wrong to call Game Pass ‘degraded’, responding to FTC | VGC
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