Xbox Game Pass Price Hike Sparks Debate

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Other Games, Video Games, Games, Leisure

4.2 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Gamertag Radio, hosts Danny Peña and Riana Manuel-Peña discuss the latest changes to Xbox Game Pass, including the introduction of new tiers and pricing. They explore the value proposition of the service, the rising costs of gaming subscriptions, and the perception of gaming as a luxury hobby. The conversation also touches on consumer reactions to price increases and the importance of community feedback in shaping the future of gaming subscriptions.

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0:00.0	Ladies and just gentlemen.
0:02.8	This is Gamer Tag Radio.
0:05.6	Welcome to Brand New Episad here, Gamer Tag Radio.
0:09.2	This is your host, Danny Pena.
0:10.2	You also joining me, Brianna Mano Pena.
0:13.9	Hello out there.
0:14.9	How are you doing?
0:16.2	I'm good.
0:17.4	I'm feeling good about months and months of gaming goodness in front of us. At this point,
0:25.6	it is October 2nd as of this recording, and there are so many games that we're about to play.
0:31.5	Actually, we were playing right now the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beta.
0:37.2	Heck yeah.
0:38.3	Yeah, I'm going to spend more time before I say my opinion about it.
0:43.9	But yeah, it was fun.
0:45.4	It was cool.
0:46.3	Yeah.
0:47.2	It's cool and I'm good at it so far,
0:49.7	which that always makes me feel better about a game.
0:52.0	Yeah, I had to get used to the animation.
1:12.2	Yeah, and the movement's different. It's a little bit different, right? Yeah. It is. Yeah. Right now they only have multiplayer available. And I think they can open up zombies during the beta. I don't know when exactly. Like, I haven't been looking. and look so many games i've been playing that's games i can't even mention which ones but it's a lot excited for zombies um
1:18.4	storyline looks cool uh i won't get into it right now because that's not exactly what we're talking
1:22.9	about today no no that's that that's not the topic so So I know yesterday, actually, I was pre-briefed of an announcement that was about to happen.
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