topic Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month in Gaming

Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

asimtahraf — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:36:22 GMT

For those of us that use Game Pass Ultimate as our inclusive extra, what’s going to happen now that Game Pass Ultimate is increasing to £22.99 a month?

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Emosnotdead1983 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:21:04 GMT

So back in October 2023 I purchased the Xbox gaming bundle with 24months of game pass ultimate. The contract is due to end in the next few days. Any ideas if I can just continue having it as a monthly charge to my account or would I have to go to the EE online shop and add it. I did have a text message saying not to do anything and it will continue but Im wondering if that will be the initial £7 then £14 p/m afterwards. Sorry for the long post, here's a potato 🥔

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Rach_H — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:19 GMT

Hi @Emosnotdead1983,

Welcome to the Community!

You're spot on. The pass will be £7 for the first month and then £14 moving forward, however, if you have inclusive extras included in your plan then you will be able to select this as your inclusive extra.

Rach 🥔

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

asimtahraf — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:35:23 GMT

Hi,

Now that Xbox has announced that Game Pass Ultimate is increasing to £22.99 a month, what’s going to happen to the inclusive extra?

Is it going to increase the price of our contracts?

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

MikeN73 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:09:19 GMT

Hi. I understand that the above subscription is soon to be going up by £10 a month (obviously Bill Gates isnt immune from the cost of living crisis). Currently I'm paying £12 a month as a Direct Debit add on through EE. When the price hike comes in will i automatically be charged the extra or will my subscription get cancelled?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

MikeN73 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:10:08 GMT

Just asked the same .

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GGxo — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:20:51 GMT

Came to ask the same thing, hopefully we'll get a reply soon

Commenting to increase visibility

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Northerner — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:21:12 GMT

Hi @asimtahraf @MikeN73

https://ee.co.uk/help/terms-and-conditions/gaming/xbox-game-pass-ultimate

I cannot say for sure but it does say this is a third party service and as per the terms and conditions EE are not responsible for any changes in content or changes. I assume Microsoft will contact you accordingly.

Thanks

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Northerner — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:27:20 GMT

Hi @MikeN73

https://ee.co.uk/help/terms-and-conditions/gaming/xbox-game-pass-ultimate

Thanks

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

GGxo — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:32:01 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

I understand it's a 3rd party service, but game pass ultimate is currently valued at £14.99 - I do not pay this as I get it as an inclusive extra on my smart plan.

What were querying, is now that Microsoft has increased it to £22.99pm, how this would effect our inclusive extra - do we still get the ultimate plan for free, or will EE change it so we can get the standard for free and have to pay the extra to upgrade.

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Verk — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:42:06 GMT

I doubt it would go to standard if it did change, more likely to premium or perhaps PC gamepass which is around the same price as £14.99 ultimate

Hopefully they wont change it though, I imagine EE has a deal with Microsoft where they get the codes extremely cheaply

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

leetabix — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:21:32 GMT

I have the same question.

I signed up to a 2 year, £29 a month add on that is a Meta Quest 3 Headset, and 2 years of Gamepass Ultimate.

Presumably my price just stays the same?

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Verk — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:18:17 GMT

I'd imagine so, Besides the usual price increase on the 31st march thats outlined

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

baldi87 — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:55:54 GMT

What about if I have game pass as swappable benefit? Will they cancel it and tell me to pick different benefit as prices goes up?

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Matt_124 — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:11:41 GMT

Nothing official has been announced on this yet, but EE do reserve the right to change the Inclusive Extras they offer at any time - so it may or may not happen, will just have to wait for official news.

I have attached a link to the Inclusive Extra T&Cs below which feature the above clause around changing Inclusive Extra options.

https://ee.co.uk/help/terms-and-conditions/add-ons/inclusive-extras

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

Verk — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:32:42 GMT

I imagine it is a complex situation for EE, for example they will have customers like myself who have signed up for broadband contracts where the gamepass is included such as the made for gamers bundle which costs more than the busiest home bundle but has Gamepass for the 2 year contract length

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

baldi87 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:04:38 GMT

I think you should be fine as game pass is sold to you as part of your contract, so any changes could void it. Where in my case I have it as inclusive extra which can be exchanged to different service any time during length of my contract. So they can easily remove it without any consequences. Just need to wait for official response from EE.

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

TheHaggisBasher — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:55:48 GMT

Just a heads up, your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate discount will end on 16 October 2025.

After that, it'll be £12.00 a month. You'll see this on your next bill.

You're in control. You can switch off auto renewal by logging into your account.

off and cancelled lol, story time.

I bought my son an xbox Series X for Christmas after seeing it as a drawing in his school book and he was so impressed with it he asked for a ps5 the next year and the xbox got shelved, luckily I had 24months included in my broadband bundle, I can share all of my ps5 games with him at no extra cost and play online on both consoles at the same time, I would've kept the gamepass ultimate as he does use it now and again but no danger power ranger am I renewing it and paying an eye watering £23 a month when it currently already costs more for the exact same stuff on PlayStation+ premium and has less benefits such as being able to keep any free games you claim monthly no matter what tier you're on... I tried playing his xbox and the controllers are clickity clickity super cheap feeling and the gui is terrible to navigate and full of ads, I'm glad my boy made the right choice I'm just a bit peeved that I spent good money on a series x, do yourself a favour buy a ps5, you won't regret it.

ps. Fortnite is cancer, it killed Unreal Tournament (I've been a pc gamer since 1995 and I can't believe what epic mega games has become, I was even a developer at one point and ran ut2004files on filefront/gamefront, my uscript actor was what enabled vehicles to be used in deathmatch in ut2004 and spawned the carball mod which went on to become rocket league)

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Gfsahn — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:20:29 GMT

Hi So on my Xbox account it's saying I have ultimate paid by EE/BT but I can't seem to download anything on Gamepass without having it ask me to subscribe have you been getting the same issue?

Re: Xbox Game Pass Increasing to £22.99 / month

MikeN73 — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:12:05 GMT

Will check when i get in. Are you still able to play online?