XBOX has lost a lot of good will with its fans following a number of price hikes and announcements concerning its exclusive games.
The company revealed a rather complicated list of changes to Xbox Game Pass that saw prices increase across the board.
One of the more complex changes is that Xbox Game Pass for Console has been replaced by Xbox Game Pass Standard.
The new tier is more expensive than the Console tier and exchanges access to day-one releases for online play.
Since the announcement in June, Xbox has been adding fewer games to Xbox Game Pass every fortnight, and many of the games are day-one releases.
This has encouraged a number of Xbox Game Pass for Console users to upgrade their subscriptions to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in order to maintain access to new games.
Game Pass for Console previously cost £8.99/$10.99, so upgrading to Ultimate to play day-one releases is a price increase of £6/$9.
While this is a big shift for Game Pass subscribers, the quality of recent new releases has encouraged people to make the change.
One of the biggest new releases available via Xbox Game Pass this month is a new release in Sega and Atlus’ popular Persona series.
Persona 3 Reload launched as a day-one release on Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, for console, PC and Ultimate subscribers to play for free.
It was unclear if DLC for the game would also be available for free as part of Game Pass subscriptions but that has since been confirmed.
Episode Aigis is a remake of the epilogue episode, The Answer, that was previously only available as part of Persona 3 FES.
This version of Persona 3 is not available on modern consoles, and has been heavily criticised for its intense level of difficulty and lack of story.
Episode Aigis features a new dungeon, the Abyss of Time, which has almost 200 floors to explore with your party.
The remake adds new combat features, difficulty settings, and character stories and cutscenes to give the story more context.
This is the first chance many people will be able to experience The Answer for themselves, and it is available for free to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
If you want to read more about the latest addition, you can read out Persona 3 Reload – The Answer review.
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