Microsoft has lowered the price of Xbox Game Pass.
See below for the updated Canadian pricing:
- Game Pass Ultimate — $25.99/month (down from $33.99/month)
- Game Pass Premium — $17.99/month (unchanged)
- Game Pass Essential — $13.99/month (unchanged)
- PC Game Pass — $16.99/month (down from $19.99/month)
However, with this lower pricing comes a change in how Call of Duty is released on the platform. Starting this year, new Call of Duty titles won’t launch on Game Pass on day one and will instead come to the catalogue “the following holiday season,” or roughly one year later. Call of Duty games that are already in the Game Pass catalogue will remain available.
This is a notable move from Microsoft, which had raised the price of Game Pass plans by 50 per cent in October. On X (Twitter), recently appointed Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma acknowledged that “Game Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players.” This follows recent reports of an internal memo in which Sharma made similar comments and teased plans to “evolve Game Pass into a more flexible system.”
Game Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players. Starting today, we’re dropping the price from $29.99 to $22.99/month.
Future Call of Duty titles will no longer join Game Pass Ultimate on day one. They will join this tier the following holiday after launch (about…— Asha (@asha_shar) April 21, 2026
“Our players cover a wide breadth of geographies, preferences, and tastes, so while there isn’t a single model that’s best for everyone, this change responds to a lot of feedback we’ve gotten so far. We’ll continue to listen and learn,” wrote Microsoft in its blog post.
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Source: Xbox
