Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price jumps 50% to $30 a month – and users are furious

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate jumps to $29.99 per month, a 50% hike.
• Essential and Premium plans get upgrades without price increases.
• Gamers slam the changes, with cancellations crashing Microsoft’s site.

Microsoft has increased the price of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription a second time in less than a year, and it’s not by a small amount. According to the official Xbox Wire blog, the…