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Microsoft couldn't risk turning Xbox Live Gold into a poison pill.

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Xbox Live Gold was always going to drop the free-to-play paywall this year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 26, 2021
3 min

On Friday morning, Microsoft announced it was increasing the price of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service. By Friday evening, it reversed that decision...

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3 min

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PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 23, 2021
2 min

PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million ad impressions from mid-December to...

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Xbox Live Gold is not increasing its price.

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Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 23, 2021
2 min

Earlier today, Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold, the subscription service that lets Xbox users play games online. Somehow, Microsoft was...

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2 min

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Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2021
3 min

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Live Gold from $60 per year to $60 every six months. It included some caveats to that,...

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World of Tanks Blitz plays at 30 frames per second and 720p on the Switch handheld and 1080p on the TV.

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NPD 2020: Nintendo Switch was No. 1 hardware, PlayStation 5 was No. 2

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 15, 2021
1 min

The Nintendo Switch dominated hardware sales in the United States throughout 2020. It easily outsold its last-gen competition in the Xbox One and PlayStation...