Xbox Game Pass Set for Major Price Hike; Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Leads in Performance
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass is set for a significant revamp, with new subscriptions potentially costing up to 50 percent more per month. Meanwhile, Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme has shown impressive early benchmarks, outperforming competitors like AMD, Intel, and Apple.
The upcoming changes to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft's popular gaming subscription service, could see subscribers paying substantially more for access to a vast library of games. The price hike comes as the service continues to grow and attract new users.
At the Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme ARM SoCs for Windows 11 demonstrated remarkable performance. With up to 18 CPU cores and speeds reaching 5 GHz on up to two cores, these processors outclassed AMD, Intel, and Apple in early benchmarks. They also offer up to 31% faster multitasking performance while using 43% less power than their predecessors, thanks to an 80 TOPS AI NPU leading all Windows notebook processors in AI performance.
In other tech news, Western Digital's CFO revealed that the company could already produce 44-TB hard drives using HAMR technology, despite not currently implementing it due to economic reasons. Electronics Arts was recently acquired by an investment group from Saudi Arabia and the US for $55 billion. Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.6584) was released as the 'big' fall update, bringing new features and improvements to users.
The tech landscape continues to evolve with Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass set for a price increase, Qualcomm's impressive Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processors leading the way in Windows notebook performance, and Western Digital's potential for high-capacity hard drives. Meanwhile, the acquisition of Electronics Arts by an international investment group signals significant changes in the gaming industry.
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