Xbox Game Pass vs Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
For many, Xbox Game Pass has been a huge reason to buy an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S console. The subscription service offers a vast library of games all for a monthly fee, and the rotating roster of titles means that there's something new to play on a near-weekly basis.
In 2019, Microsoft also introduced Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a higher, expanded tier that grants players access to not just the base library of Xbox games, but also PC Game Pass, Xbox Live, the Xbox Cloud Gaming service, and EA Play for just a few dollars more.
The Xbox Game Pass service, as a whole, has been so successful as to cause actual shifts within the games industry. Sony, for example, is now rumored to be working on its own subscription service for PS5, separate from PlayStation Now, currently codenamed Project Spartacus.
If you're not familiar with Xbox Game Pass, though, or at least with the differences between its two tiers, then we've prepped a guide listing all the major benefits of each. Read on to find out which Xbox Game Pass subscription tier is right for you.
Xbox Game Pass is the base version of the subscription tier, and the only one that was available before the introduction of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. It costs $9.99 / £7.99 a month, making it the cheaper of the two tiers.
The base Xbox Game Pass doesn't feature many of the bells and whistles found in its more expensive Ultimate counterpart, but you do get access to the entirety of the Xbox Game Pass library on console. That includes any and all first-party Microsoft Game Studios titles like Forza Horizon 5, Sea of Thieves and Halo Infinite alongside the likes of Skyrim, Doom Eternal and Psychonauts 2.
You're also getting loads of quality third-party AAA titles, as well as some of the
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