A new Xbox Game Pass tier may be in the works, and it could hint at the future of Xbox and Game Pass.
Tipster redphx on X posted about a new Game Pass tier codenamed “Trion”. “Apparently this new Game Pass “TRION” (sic) program only includes games from Xbox Studios,” they wrote. Redphx posts regularly about Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming, exploring the services’ public backend.
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- DUM Eternal
- DUM 64
- Dishonored 2
- Fable-anniversary
- Fallout 4
- Fallout 76
- gears 5
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Halo Wars 2
- Hellblade
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Psychonauts
- Decay state 2
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Retro Classic
There are plenty of Xbox games in the vault that would fit nicely into this tier, but the company has been moving away from its own games lately, even with recent acquisitions. Many games are now cross-platform, so I’m curious what new games will step up to this level, if it’s feasible.
Will there be anything from Activision-Blizzard here? What about Zenimax games?
New direction for Xbox?
If this new level does arrive, it could be the first shake-up from new CEO Asha Sharma, who has promised to bring Xbox back into gaming.
During the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, Xbox made a splash with its presentation of Project Helix, the next Xbox console. Backstage, Sharma spoke to stakeholders about her vision for the brand.
One component was to make Xbox Game Pass more accessible, according to The Information, which wrote that the company wants to “make future consoles and products like Game Pass more appealing to a wider range of customers.”
This could include offering lower price points and changing pricing models, and Shamra is also reportedly exploring packages with Netflix.
Availability
When it comes to gaming, accessibility will soon become the buzzword. Sony just announced another price hike across its entire line of hardware, pushing the high-end Pro model up to $900. Nintendo is expected to increase the prices of the Switch 2 any day now, even as the company cuts production of the console due to poor sales.
This comes after Xbox raised prices on its consoles twice last year, including raising Game Pass.
Yes, the United States’ ongoing war with Iran and changing tariffs and RAM crisis are causing problems in the global supply chain, but it’s clear that gamers are, if not already, losing their value.
Any company that can offer lower prices is likely to attract gamers in the future.
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