There's a rumor that Xbox Live base is getting replaced with a stripped down version of Game Pass Core.1. so core would no longer have monthly games?
It seems like the idea is to give people a taste of Gamepass:
2. at $9.99 a month cost will have doubled?
3. the price to feature between "core" and "console" is massively lopsided.
in summary: looks like MS's growing monopoly of video game publishers is already showing how terrible it will be for customers. can't use their console without an overpriced subscription. MS might as well just eliminate core entirely and put mp gaming into gamepass. would be less anger inducing than this.