The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has raised concerns about price increases for Microsoft Corp.’s video game subscription service in an appeals court filing.
Last week, Microsoft announced that it would do so to increase the price of its Game Pass Ultimate to $20 per month from $17 in September. It is also dropping its $11-per-month Console Game Pass, which will force players to pay 81% more to upgrade to Game Pass Ultimate or accept a “degraded product,” the FTC said in a filing Thursday with the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco. Subscribers who want to play the next installment of the hit game Call of Duty on Game Pass when it releases, for example, you may need to upgrade to a more expensive tier.