Xbox Live Gold Subscription Increase

[gennath]

Did anybody get this? Has to be a typo, right?

As of June 20, 2016 the price of your 1 month Xbox Live Gold subscription will increase from R 50,00 to R 159,00.

Full email:

Dear Brightest Light,

As a valued Xbox Live Gold member, we'd like to thank you for being part of the Gold community. We continually evaluate our offerings and are always working to provide a balance of service and value that meet the needs of our customers.

As such, the prices of your Xbox Live Gold subscription packages will be increasing. As of June 20, 2016 the price of your 1 month Xbox Live Gold subscription will increase from R 50,00 to R 159,00. If your subscription is currently set to auto-renew before June 20, 2016, you will be charged the current price at the time of your next scheduled auto-renewal. If your subscription is currently set to auto-renew after June 20, 2016, you will be charged the new price at the time of your next scheduled auto-renewal.

To ensure your renewal takes place without interruption, and you continue access to the most advanced multiplayer, up to 4 free games every month, and exclusive discounts of up to 50-75% off games, please confirm your account and payment information is up to date at https://billing.microsoft.com.

To change how you pay for Xbox Live Gold, check your renewal date or cancel your subscription please visit https://account.microsoft.com/services.

For more information please visit: http://support.xbox.com/billing/xbox...on-changes-faq

Thank you for choosing Gold!

The Xbox Live Team

[blaaislaai]

johh that is quite expensive!

PSN is R99 per month, i think?

[gennath]

A x3+ price increase?!

[Glordit]

A x3+ price increase?!

Blame the economy and the exchange rate. Same thing happened with 3 and 12 month PSN subs. The prices where coming in cheaper than the EU/US so the pricing was adjusted to match the EU's pricing.

[BaTouSai]

Not a fok my xbox is going up for sale


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[Deceptor]

Yeah that's quite a crazy increase. This is what happens when the PS/Xbox Store don't use set pricing for our region like Steam or Origin.

[blaaislaai]

See it like this, all prices are increasing..food, alcohol, power, petrol.. and yet we still buy it because it's one of our essentials.

[Polarbearsa]

hmm, was waiting for this too happen..
Must say since I have had Xbox Gold for the past +3 years it has not gone up unlike the PSN side...

[gennath]

See it like this, all prices are increasing..food, alcohol, power, petrol.. and yet we still buy it because it's one of our essentials.

Sure, but if one of the shops more than tripled the price of their bread I'd go buy it somewhere else on principle alone.

[DieGrootHammer]

I got the same email, so this is no joke or typo. Seems the prices are increasing heavily. Oh well, I'm still getting 4 games for the price of R150 every month, so that's nice.