# More than 40% of people cancelling Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions blame rising costs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/more-than-40-of-people-cancelling-xbox-game-pass-playstation-plus-and-nintendo-switch-online-subscriptions-blame-rising-costs/
- Published: 2026-09-11T17:08:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-11T17:33:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-game-pass-playstation-plus-nintendo-cancellations-rising-costs
- Topics: Americas, Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Over 40% of US subscribers cancelling gaming subscriptions now blame cost
- Nintendo Switch Online cost-related cancellations rose from 40% to 50%
- Coincides with wider price hikes across consoles and subscription services

## Summary

More people cancelling video game subscriptions such as Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online are now citing rising costs as their reason, according to new US survey data from analytics firm Circana. Analyst Mat Piscatella noted that while this doesn't mean cancellation numbers have risen overall, those who do cancel are increasingly pointing to affordability rather than other factors like weak game selection, reflecting broader price pressures across the gaming industry this year.

Circana's Future of Insights survey found that over 40% of US subscribers who cancelled cited cost as a primary driver, up from Q1 levels. For Nintendo Switch Online, 50% of recent cancellers blamed cost, compared with 40% earlier in the year, while Xbox Game Pass Essential and PS Plus Essential saw the figure rise to 40% from 37%. The trend coincides with price increases across the industry, including a PS Plus hike, a controversial (and later partially reversed) Xbox Game Pass price rise, and console price bumps attributed to "market conditions" — widely linked to AI data centres driving up memory component costs.

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