Xbox Live Gold subscribers from the UK are about to find the cost of playing online is going to get a little bit more expensive. Xbox sent a message to subscribers last night stating that the cost of a yearly subscription is going up from £40 to £50. In the message, Xbox attributes the rise in price to “changing market conditions”, which can only mean one thing. We’ll give you a clue: it rhymes with “Lexit”.
The 3-monthly subscription will also be increasing in price, going from £15 to £18, while the monthly subscription will be going up from £6 to £7. All of these prices will be increasing on May 8th, but there’s a caveat. Current subscribers will be able to renew their subscription at the cheaper price until August 7th, so if you already have a subscription to Xbox Live Gold, it might be worth hording a couple of yearly passes like a dragon with its gold.
The increase in price puts Xbox Live Gold Membership in line with a PlayStation Plus subscription, which also went up in price to £50 a while back, though Xbox’s 3 month subscription remains slightly cheaper. What do you think about these price changes, and how badly will you blame Brexit for it? Let us know in the comments below.
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