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Microsoft delays Xbox Game Pass price hike but not in the US or UK

Microsoft contacted Xbox Game Pass subscribers in some regions to inform them that the service's recently announced subscription price hike will not take effect immediately for existing subs, but that new subscriptions will still be subject to the new rates.

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