Microsoft is removing a key Xbox Game Pass benefit from permanent employees. Xbox workers will still get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for free, but everyone else will need to buy it.
Microsoft is removing the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees and some aren’t happy about it. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company started informing employees this week that in January 2024 the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for permanent Microsoft employees will no longer be available.
We’ve reached out to Microsoft to comment on the Game Pass removal, but the company didn’t respond in time for publication. The removal of the Microsoft employee benefit comes months after Xbox Game Pass saw a price hike for the first time. Microsoft moved Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $14.99 per month to $16.99, alongside price increases for the Xbox Series X console in most markets outside the US. Microsoft also launched Xbox Game Pass Core in September to replace Xbox Live Gold.
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