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According to the rumor initially posted to ResetEra by Slayven, Game Pass will now be split into two tiers, either with ads or without, have a separate subscription for multiplayer which can be optionally added on, and also most notably, see the complete removal of day 1 releases from the service starting sometime between February and April of next year.

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While the post does state that the price of Game Pass will be reduced by $3 a month to compensate for the loss of the day 1 access, now at $12.99 a month with ads and $19.99 without, the response to the rumor has already been overwhelmingly negative so far.

Several other notable changes were also included as well such as a discounted family plan and separate online subscription options, with all the price options being the following:

-Game Pass with ads — $12.99 monthly
-Game Pass without ads — $19.99 monthly
-Online Multiplayer Plan — $10.99 monthly
-Game Pass only and Multiplayer — $14.99 monthly
-Family Plan — $5.99 extra a month
-Cloud streaming bundle (25 hours) — $5.99 extra a month

Article from TheGamer

Original Resetera thread

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Posted by Roaad

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Posted on 9/15/26 at 1:39 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq

I like the addition of a family plan.

The rest looks like dookie, but that is just the reality of the gaming crash.

I expect Sony to follow suit

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Posted by DoomGuy504

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Posted on 9/15/26 at 5:06 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq

What the hell are the ads? Do they mean the ads on the main screen while I'm looking for my game to play? That's annoying but I don't think I give a shite about that to pay $20 instead of $13.

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Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq

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Posted on 9/15/26 at 5:28 pm to DoomGuy504

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What the hell are the ads? Do they mean the ads on the main screen while I'm looking for my game to play? That's annoying but I don't think I give a shite about that to pay $20 instead of $13.

I think they've been testing having ads play before you can play a game. I guess it's possible you could get more ads at certain intervals thereafter (i.e., a new series of ads after you have played for 'X' hours).

Here's the article about the ad-supported cloud streaming test:

Beginning Ad-supported Game Streaming Test & Learn

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Posted by chadr07

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Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:09 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq

The complete removal of day 1 releases alone makes this entire thing pure dog shite

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Posted by dhuck20

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Posted on 9/16/26 at 8:49 am to chadr07

The removal of which is apparently only worth a $3 price reduction

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Posted by St Augustine

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Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:48 am to dhuck20

So fable not going to be available day 1?

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Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq

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Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:00 am to St Augustine

They've been advertising that Fable will be available Day 1 on Game Pass, so I doubt they'd walk that back now. If the rumors are true, I imagine it'd only apply to new releases that haven't already been announced as available Day 1 on Game Pass.

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Posted by DarthRebel

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Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:29 am to Sl0thstronautEsq

This is a great way to get gamers to embrace AI generated games. We are probably less than 5 years from AI having the ability to create meaningful games. A singular person can launch Claude and make themselves a PC game. Here is AI's take on AAA titles -

The killer one in Blue. AI directed by one person.

AI can already do this
Character models
Voice acting
Dialogue
Music
Quests
Programming
Animations
Textures
Basic games

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