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Microsoft has announced that they’ve stopped offering their one month, $1 trial to new Game Pass subscribers. This discount had long been one of the most popular promotions within the gaming community as it allowed users to play through the subscription service’s extensive catalog for an incredibly cheap price.
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In a statement made to The Verge, Xbox head of global communications Kari Perez said that the tech company has now stopped their introductory offer and are instead “evaluating different marketing promotions for new members in the future.” It’s currently unclear what these new promotions are going to be, but with the Activision merger allegedly set to close soon, it may only be a matter of time until we receive more concrete information.
Unfortunately, this latest piece of news has not gone down well with Microsoft loyalists as this had been a great way of getting others to try the service for a month with almost no strings attached. If users decided to extend their subscription – and they almost always did – it was only then that Game Pass’s full price would kick in.
At $9.99, gamers could choose either the PC- or console-exclusive subscriptions, which gave them access to a set of system-specific titles along with Xbox Live Gold. On the other hand, players could also choose the Game Pass Ultimate offering instead for $14.99 to gain access to all of the titles within the catalog.
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Hopefully, the new promotions that arrive are much better than the useful $1 introductory trial offer. Otherwise, the Xbox may have a difficult time getting new players to buy into their popular subscription service.
