Xbox First-Party Game Pass Tier Could Have Other Limitations

In March, it was rumored that Microsoft was testing a new Game Pass subscription tier that featured exclusively first-party Xbox Game Studios games for a lower price than the currently available tiers. Triton, which is the codename for the Xbox Game Studios-only tier, which is expected to arrive as Duet, a Netflix bundle deal, will apparently also have monthly playtime limitations.

According to a screenshot of code shared by @redphx on X, Microsoft will seemingly implement monthly time limits on game streaming and free gameplay in the Triton tier. It seems as though there may be different time limits for different games, and there may be a way to pay to extend play time. The code snippet makes mention of streaming time, game trial time, and duet time, suggesting there will also be a time limit on Netflix streaming time. At the time of writing, it seems as though the rest of the Game Pass tiers will not be limited in terms of play time, but Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma, recently commented that Xbox Game Pass has become too expensive, so it’s possible that there may be other pricing adjustments or value adds coming to standard Game Pass as well.