Rumor: Xbox Game Pass 'Pick Your Own Plan' In the Works - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 13 hours ago / 1,601 Views
Microsoft this week announced it has lowered the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99 a month.
In order to justify the lower price, starting this year future Call of Duty titles will no longer join Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass at launch and instead be added the following holiday. Existing Call of Duty titles already in the library will continue to be available.
A new report from Windows Central claims more changes for Xbox Game Pass are in the works. Microsoft sources claim the longer term goal is to make the service more flexible with a "pick your own plan" formula.
This would let subscribers pick and choose the content they want as part of their plan. Back-end APIs have revealed "Duet" and "Triton" codenames for Xbox Game Pass.
Speculation is that subscribers could remove Xbox Cloud Gaming, Fortnite Crew, or other elements to lower the price. Another option is give the ability to add a World of Warcraft or Minecraft Realms subscription. Fans have also been asking for the Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, which was tested in a few countries.
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It's called the, BUY INDIVIDUAL GAMES TIER
A new report from "Jez Corden" means absolutely nothing in 2026.
I would be interested...
Hopefully they keep moving in the right direction.
I'm not paying more than $20... would prefer a $10-15 plan for just the first party games
There’s still plenty of older Activision games, including CoDs from the X360 era, that aren’t on Gamepass. I thought they would have looked at adding them.
Basically the best COD games...
They are 'dripfeeding' the titles from new to old but I guess first the ones who still have a store open for skins etc.
Then again the older ones tend to be on sale a lot.
High chances these games are not going to appear, like old Forza games. It's likely due to license for things like music and voice acting, sometimes they have a limited time for use.
Game pass is in the "grey line" for distribution. It's and it's not sales of product, and this can cause a major license nightmare.
I don’t think that’s an issue for older CoD titles. All of them bar the very first one are still on sale, and that’s more because its an OG Xbox game.
For Forza, these disappear from storefronts entirely when their licenses expire. Currently the only one available is Forza Horizon 5.
I would prefer something $20 or under a month, ideally $10-$15. This is coming from someone who has NSO and PS Plus, so I don't have a primary attention span for Game Pass.
Speculation suggests a time limit on duet and triton.
