Xbox Agrees: Game Pass Is Too Expensive

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Podcast 598: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just did the unthinkable: she admitted that Game Pass has become too expensive for the average player. In a leaked internal memo, the new leadership is signaling a massive shift in how Microsoft handles its subscription powerhouse, moving away from the "growth at all costs" model toward something more sustainable.

But this isn't just about a price tweak. With reports swirling that Call of Duty could be pulled from day-one Game Pass this year, the very foundation of the service is being questioned. We break down the leaked memo, the "flexible system" Sharma is proposing, and why this honesty from the top is both a red flag and a relief.

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0:00.0	The I'm You know, I'm You know,
0:21.6	I'm
0:22.6	You
0:23.6	I'm The
0:40.3	The
0:41.3	The the the Welcome everybody to the X-1 Bros.
1:08.6	This is your positive gaming in an Xbox community.
1:10.8	We're the X-1, Bros. I'm an X-1 X-1 gamer. We have George the Man right here. I missed him. We used to do intros. Remember we used to do like a way back when we'd do like funny little dad joke intros? Yeah. Yeah. That was when we were fun. Are youthful optimistic? Youthful optimism. Yeah when the internet was new. Podcasting was new. We hadn't been beaten down by social media yet. Yeah. And we're new. By the way, what do you think of the new game sir? No, I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of the new GameSer control. The Tarantula Pro. Yeah, I'll pull that up so everyone can see it. For everybody that doesn't know, GameSter unveiled their tarantula pro yeah I'll pull that up so everyone can see it for everybody
1:44.2	that does know games are unveiled their tarantula pro for Xbox mpc this week um and it's kind of a big
1:51.4	deal because it looks like a PlayStation controller so for those you that enjoy the PlayStation
1:56.7	layout I think it's inferior the layout itself is inferior and this is the the OG PlayStation's because the new PlayStation controller is a little offset. Is it not? No. Oh, it's not. It's actually not. The PlayStation is right. It's actually not even close to being a little offset. Oh, no, it's not at all. It's just the, it just has the wide. Yeah, I don't like. Yeah, I don't like. I've said it once.
2:17.9	I'll say it before.
2:19.2	I think the PS5 controller is better. This one's better because they made these longer, so these are in better positions. D-pads better. Impulse triggers are nice. If only the sticks were offset. Yeah, that's the thing. It was better. Okay, here I'll pull it up so we can see it on the screen.
2:34.2	Having the extra button here in the middle, you know?
2:37.4	Yeah.
2:37.8	Sure.
2:38.1	Something. That's the thing. Okay, here, I'll pull it up so we can see it on the screen.
2:37.1	Having the extra button here in the middle, you know?
2:37.7	Yeah.
2:40.6	Sure, some developers use it as a touchscreen, which is kind of annoying, but honestly, it's just, I hope the Xbox Helix takes notes because I think the PlayStation 5
2:48.8	controller is the best controller on the market.
2:52.4	Yeah, spicy thoughts on this.
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