Microsoft increases Game Pass price in Turkey and Argentina again, up to 100%

Game World Observer writes: "Microsoft is the latest game company to recently adjust its prices in Turkey and Argentina. This comes just a few months after Game Pass subscription in these countries had already become significantly more expensive."

[Lightning77]

More anti consumer practices. MS will never stop being MS it seems.

GREEDY

[lelo2play]

"PS Plus price in Turkey goes up nearly 500%, with double-digit increases in other regions."

https://gameworldobserver.c...

[repsahj]

ps plus is still cheaper even after the increase?

[GamingSinceForever]

Even with the 500% they are now paying $86 vs the $160 you’d pay in the U.S.

I guess they needed to correct that at some point.

[sagapo]

@ Sammy; what lelo states comes directly from the article. Has nothing to do with being an xbox cultist.
Maybe try to actually read an article before you comment, how’s that?

[theindiearmy]

@GamingSinceForever, using that theory, the new price of Game Pass Ultimate in Turkey is ₺209.00, or $7.36 USD. Less than half the price you'd pay in the US. So I guess this is just Microsoft correcting as well, right?

[Barlos]

They're all doing it though. This isn't just a Microsoft thing.

[attilayavuzer]

I don't know how you price anything effectively in places where the currency is that volatile. Every year I visit my family in Turkey I'm getting twice the lira as the year before. Console wars aside, it's a total shitshow of an economy.

[InUrFoxHole]

Seriously. They're gonna either be over or under pricing.... tough to call on any given day

[Vengeance1138]

So where's Obscure_Observer's comment to violently defend this massively anti consumer move by MS?
I'm waiting, Obscure!

[TheKingKratos]

He's *Obscure* at the moment

[1Victor]

@vengeance:”So where's Obscure_Observer's comment”
He’s intensively observing the internet to find a post from Phil saying didn’t know and he’s investigating those claims.
Btw devaluation of currencies don’t usually hit 100% hike usually it’s a 10-25%

[ocelot07]

I'll take his place for this one.

Go team Xbox! In Phill I trust.

[recoctimocassirnff]

Unfortunately, he'll show up eventually and have his usual big brain take. It's exhausting.

[Barlos]

Ah, he's probably busy worshipping Phil in the shrine he built for him in his basement.

[Hofstaderman]

Dem 70 Billion Dollars...

[JEECE]

It's wild that countries can just destroy the value of their currencies but when companies raise their prices to reflect that devaluation, it's the companies who are at fault, not the governments.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Ouch folks

[neomahi]

Guess that's what happens when your countries slogan is: "DEATH TO AMERICA!" If I were Microsoft I'd tell you we're not sending you any of our tech. Microsoft supporting terrorists

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

And that's why we all make fun of American education... Dude, Turkey is literally America's biggest ally in the Middle East (yes, before Israel), it's a freaking NATO member! USA have 4 overseas military bases in there (I believe that makes Turkey the 5th country with most overseas bases, after Germany, UK, Australia and Italy) and very tight diplomatic relationship... Just because a country have a Muslim majority it's not automatically an extension of Iran (which is pretty much the only country where the actual government politically push the whole "Death to America" thing, most other places it occurs as a form of political extremism that don't really represent the whole country but rather the fringe group it's coming from, not unlike the racist MAGA bullshit in America).

[DickyD1226]

Not to get political. (I despise politics and most political opinions because get are ignorant and misinformed.) They American education system has tanked so effing far. We are banning books at this rate we will be there most uneducated country in the world.

[Rockstar]

I love this comment!

[Gamingsince1981]

Imagine being this racist and wrong at the same time , yikes 😬

[TheColbertinator]

Argentina is just getting stabbed by their poor economy daily.

[Brazz]

Can't blame MS, Argentina inflation is at +100% year.

[ironmonkey]

let the trash begin

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

I wonder where is Obscure_Observer and Orchard? Missing in action I see...

[rob-GP]

Everything in Turkey is going up atm. I have a Turkish Netflix account - it was around 40TL last year for a month of the highest tier- since then it's gone up to around 200TL, so I dropped to the 1080p tier for 150TL. It's still a lot cheaper than anywhere else in the world, but it's not as cheap as it once was :(