Xbox players are just realising there’s a secret hack to avoid latest price hike – and it’s easy to do

XBOX recently announced that there will be a price hike on a number of products.

This includes the most powerful console the Xbox Series X which will see a large increase in most regions.

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In the UK, the price will rise by £30 which will put the console in line with the PS5’s pricing.

However, the price hike that will affect a huge number of Xbox players is the increase in price for Xbox Game Pass.

Both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass for Consoles will be affected by the change.

From July 6, 2023, the price will increase for both subscription services, giving players not much time to grab these offers.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will see the price increase from £10.99 ($14.99) to £12.99 ($16.99) per month.

Game Pass for consoles will also increase in price, from £7.99 ($9.99) to £8.99 ($10.99) per month.

However, there is a way for players to avoid this increase over the next few months.

Websites such as Amazon sell cards for multiple months of Game Pass.

These are set at the current price, and customers can buy cards of up to 12 months.

This means that if you act fast, you can have up to a year of the subscription at the lower price and delay the price increase.

This offer isn’t suitable for all players, as some only purchase Game Pass when a big game is released.

If you don’t use your Game Pass subscription every month, then it is still likely cheaper to purchase just one month when you want to play.

Still regular Game Pass users should grab this offer while the price is still low.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.