How We’d Fix Xbox’s Game Pass Pricing Problem – Unlocked 710

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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More fallout from last week's Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike as DLC discounts on Game Pass get eliminated in favor of Rewards points, as well as a possible cause of the 50% price increase. We discuss how we'd fix this pricing problem Microsoft's created. Plus: Microsoft squashes a rumor about its future hardware intentions, a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming is reportedly on the way, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's episode of Unlocked IGN's weekly Xbox show,
0:05.0	we've got more on last week's big Xbox GamePass ultimate price hike,
0:10.0	including a possible cause of it.
0:13.0	Plus Xbox scrapping very quietly,
0:16.0	it's GamePass DLC discount.
0:19.0	They have issued a statement about their future hardware intentions and a whole lot more
0:23.9	coming up next.
0:25.6	This is Steve Downs, the voice of Master Chief Sierra 117, and you're listening to Podcast Unlocked,
0:32.7	the world's number one Xbox podcast.
0:36.5	Now finish this fight. Master Chief, out.
0:44.5	What's happening, friends? Welcome to Unlocked. It is IGN's weekly Xbox show. This is episode
0:49.8	710 publishing on October 9th, 2025.
0:54.5	We're recording it on the 8th.
0:55.9	My name's Ryan McCaffrey.
0:57.2	You probably know that by now.
0:58.5	You also probably know my awesome co-host, Michael Hyam.
1:02.0	What's up, Michael?
1:03.2	So, man, listen, nothing better than October baseball, dog.
1:07.8	One more game as we're recording this.
1:09.8	The man has got one more game to move on. You're going to love to see it. So shout out to all my people in Seattle. Shout out to Logan Plant. You know what I'm saying? I'm happy for you, bro. So very exciting times around these parts. I find myself getting very worked up over teams I've never rooted for before. Oh, man, watching the Blue Jays kill it, watching the Mariners kill it.
1:32.3	I'm getting heated about the Phillies Dodgers and I'm supposed to hate the Dodgers,
1:37.3	but my boy Shohay's out there doing his thing, man.
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