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Xbox Game Pass The game’s subscription service will have a new, higher price starting on November 4.
With the news that Microsoft’s popular Halo franchise will be moving to the PlayStation platform for the first time next year Hala: The campaign has evolvedThe company confirmed that it is testing a free, ad-supported version of its application Xbox cloud gamesand he is among them Game pass service.
A Microsoft official confirmed New York Times On Friday it was conducting internal tests of this ad-supported service. This service will allow access to some games via Xbox Cloud Gaming, although it is not clear how many games will be supported.
This confirms the report from Edge Earlier this month, which revealed details of rumors about the offering. Microsoft employees tested the service, which allows streaming of some games in a user’s library, as well as Xbox Retro Classic games and Free Game Day titles. During testing, about two minutes of ads played before a person could stream the game.
According to the report, it is available on PC, Xbox consoles, mobile devices, and web browsers.
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Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for more details about this ad-supported service.
It’s not clear if Microsoft will officially include this free service as a free tier in Xbox Game Pass or if it will roll out when subscription prices jump on November 4. Other video streaming services, e.g Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, They have added a lower-priced, ad-supported tier to their membership options in recent years. As of May, Nearly half are streaming service subscriptions They were ad-supported plans.
Microsoft’s Xbox business has been a bit tough for the company this year. that it Xbox Series Decreased by 22% from last year, which is likely due to… Increase the price of its devices twiceostensibly because DefinitionsWhich makes the Xbox Series Xbox Game Pass, usually a shining light among Xbox’s woes, has been canceled after news of a price increase brought it down. Service cancellation page.
According to A Bloomberg reportMicrosoft has also had multiple rounds of layoffs in its Xbox and Canceled game projectssuch as the Perfect Dark reboot, in an attempt to increase its profit margin above the industry average.