Recently, the Xbox Series console has seen its second price increase this year, and the Xbox Series X is now priced at as high as $800.However, Microsoft did not give up, and the Xbox Game Pass also increased its price.Game Pass Ultimate is now priced at $30 per month or $360 per year, up 50%.Microsoft's various tricks eventually triggered the "moment of uprising" of players, and they unsubscribed to Game Pass one after another. Due to too many unsubscribers, the official website collapsed at one point.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Microsoft Games executives came forward to defend the recent price increase of Game Pass, trying to calm players with the promise of "massive new games".Microsoft Game Director Dustin Blackwell recently spoke to The Verge, explaining the reason for the price increase of Game Pass Ultimate.

“We know that price increases are not an interesting thing for anyone, but we are trying to reinforce that by adding more value to these plans,” he said.

Xbox has added 45 new games to Game Pass Ultimate, including The Legacy of Hogwarts and 14 Assassin's Creed games.

In addition, the service will add 75 new first games every year.Ubisoft Plus Classics and Fortnite members are also included, and Blackwell says the monthly fee is $28 for those two alone.

Xbox Cloud Gaming and Bonus Program have also been completely upgraded, which now earns up to $100 per year with just playing the game.

Blackwell further assured fans that even if the decision is rather anti-consumer, they will actively listen to the community.“We won’t take this lightly, we are listening to feedback from players and the community and working to give them more of what they want,” he said.