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I'm not going to argue that Game Pass, following its recent price hike, is cheap. It's not. It's creeped into the "hmm" category, similar to the £35 a month phone contract I'd scowl at every time I looked over my bank statement, which had actually gone from "mmm" to "mmm?" and was followed by a cost-cutting exercise that has now made me £28 a month better off, albeit with an old phone. At £22.99, Game Pass Ultimate is right on the precipice of doom - or in other words, me considering if I really need this e
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