Holy Sh!t, Something Actually Got Cheaper - Next-Gen Console Watch

About this episode

The episode discusses Xbox's price drop for Game Pass plans and the implications of the new CEO's direction.

Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! Xbox's new CEO is already making moves to course-correct the company's direction. Last week's leaked memo from CEO Asha Sharma has been proven true, with Xbox dropping the price of the Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass plans. Daemon, Ryan, and Max go over what's different with the new plans, what led the company to this decision, and what changes could be next. Plus we have last week's poll results and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com and Spotify. IGN YouTube Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Daemon, Ryan, Max

Topics covered

• Xbox
• Game Pass
• price drop
• CEO changes
• poll results

Keywords

• Xbox
• Game Pass Ultimate
• PC Game Pass
• Asha Sharma
• price drop
• poll results

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xbox

Products: Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass

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