Game Pass Add-On Plans Leak: Netflix, WoW, More

"A sort of 'pick your own plan' formula for Xbox Game Pass is on the cards, essentially, where users can effectively decide what packages of content they want to see as part of their plan." That's Jez Corden at Windows Central, citing Microsoft sources, describing what could be the most significant structural change to Game Pass since its launch.

The quote alone is interesting enough. What makes it concrete is the specifics that followed: leaked back-end API codenames "Duet" and "Triton" suggest Microsoft is already testing how modular subscription packages could work. And the list of potential add-ons Corden describes isn't limited to gaming perks. Users could reportedly swap out Xbox Cloud Gaming to lower their price, ditch Fortnite Crew and add day-one Xbox games instead, or roll in World of Warcraft and Minecraft Realms subscriptions. Netflix has also been floated as a possible bundled extra, which lines up with earlier reporting that Xbox and Netflix have been exploring subscription bundles.

I've been covering Game Pass changes for a while now, and this is the first time the vision has felt ambitious rather than just reactive. Dropping Call of Duty from day one and cutting the price felt like damage control. Building a system where I can strip out cloud gaming I never use and add a WoW subscription I'd be paying for anyway? That's a different pitch.

What Duet and Triton Mean

The codenames point to distinct package structures. According to the reports, the tier codenamed Triton is expected to include only first-party games developed by Xbox Game Studios teams. Cloud Gaming, meanwhile, would continue to be offered but potentially with a time limit, putting it more in line with Nvidia's GeForce Now model, which caps sessions at 100 hours per month.

New Xbox chief Asha Sharma confirmed on X that the company is working to increase Game Pass flexibility, though she didn't share specifics beyond linking it to a new Discord partnership. Her internal memo, previously reported by The Verge, was more direct: she wants to "evolve Game Pass into a more flexible system," one that will "take time to test and learn around."

The timing here matters. Game Pass Ultimate just dropped from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, and PC Game Pass fell from $16.49 to $13.99. Those cuts came with the trade-off that future Call of Duty titles won't hit Game Pass at launch anymore, instead arriving roughly a year later during the following holiday season. Corden's sources say that decision was driven by the revenue Microsoft lost when Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launched on Game Pass day one, with the October 2025 price hikes also attributed to that shortfall.

So the picture is this: Microsoft bled money putting its biggest third-party franchise on a subscription, hiked prices to compensate, alienated subscribers, and is now rebuilding the entire model from scratch under new leadership. A modular system where players only pay for what they actually want would be a sharp departure from the "one bloated tier fits all" approach that got them here. If Microsoft actually ships something where I can build a plan around first-party games, a WoW sub, and skip the cloud streaming I don't touch, Game Pass goes from a service I tolerate to one I'd actively recommend. The family plan rumoured to be part of this overhaul would sweeten it further. No timeline has been given for when any of this rolls out.