Xbox Game Pass: This is the Netflix of video games

Xbox Game Pass arrives today. Since the announcement of the new Xbox platform in February, many doubts remain unresolved. And perhaps the most important of them will be worth it? With this article we hope to solve all your questions about this new service and to better know the Netflix of video games.

[murderlo]

Many people disagree. But I think this is the future of the game, and a great Microsoft move.

[freshslicepizza]

Right now the hardware is the barrier and I agree, this is the future. We have seen it in music and in movies already.

[murderlo]

Exact. We just need the open mind of the audience to understand it

[montrovat]

I agree, this will be the future of video games. Is another big step forward by Microsoft

[notyonka]

The best move Microsoft could ever take

[murderlo]

I agree.
But many people do not approve

[chris235]

yup, it's the future. very good for gamers, very bad for kids and people who cannot afford their games and need physical copies to trade in an get new ones.

[murderlo]

Physical is dead...

[paseirek]

that's silly

[JasonKCK]

It's not dead, but it is dying fast.

[murderlo]

I did not mean to say he's dead. I wanted to say that it has little future

[XXanderXX]

Not yet but it will one day .

[rainslacker]

Apparently physical has been dead for close to a decade now, yet physical sales still outpace digital sales.

Go figure.

[Lennoxb63]

Well, the Xbox was never marketed towards kids. Not that kids shouldn't/can't buy it. But that you can rely on adults to be able to afford an internet connections. If an adult can't afford a video games than maybe they need to reevaluate their spending. Plenty of games/consoles for those on a tight budget.

[murderlo]

Yes, but the rules of the game change, and we must adapt.

[EatCrow]

20$ is actually the most accessible for kids. So I disagree entirely. If I had been able to have something like this in the genesis n64 days and ps1 I wouldve loved and and spent much less money on games. It would have been amazing during summer vacations.

[DEEBO]

PlayStation now anyone??

[murderlo]

please... U_U

[Liqu1d]

It's actually more similar to Netflix than XGP is. Netflix is a streaming service, XGP isn't.

[murderlo]

I agree.
But, do you prefer a streaming system?

[iplay1up2]

Games Pass, is better, not because of the games, but because you get to download the full games. When streaming NOW many have lag issues. Due to internet connection, so that leaves some players out. Games Pass you have the entire game.

Also, there are many 360 games, but also XB1 games, such as Gears of War Remaster, Sunset Overdrive, Halo 5, and more. Now only has PS3 games.

[andrewsquall]

On PS Now you can literally play a game instantly very similar to something like Netflix. How is downloading a 97gb game like Halo 5 ANYTHING like Netflix lol???
And if Xbone is anything like it was at launch, you can't even play the single player part or anything at all until that download is 100% complete. The future lol.

[EatCrow]

I guess patience is something people develop much later in life now.

Streaming sucks. Having to be always online sucks.

[FunAndGun]

You can have your opinion, but PSNow is more like Netflix than XGP. That is just a fact.

I don't care if you prefer one over the other, but two of them are streaming and one is download only.

Your personal feelings on what is better is subjective. Personally I would prefer streaming because I can play 300+ games within minutes. I had PSNow for a year and it worked very well, actually was surprised how well it did work. Downloading games takes so much time JUST to even try it out.
They are similar services, and I could easily see how others would pick one over the other depending on preferences. As for this article, there is no debate about what service is more reflective of Netflix.

[rainslacker]

Yeah, nothing like being patient when you just want to play a game on a whim. This plan takes some planning, or stocking up like it's a DVR.

Streaming is hit or miss depending on one's connection though, so download can be more suitable for a lot of people given the current state of internet infrastructure and the more common download speeds. I've had luck with streaming, but I accept that there are those that won't have the same experience. If infrastructure becomes better, or the compression tech becomes better, or the average internet speeds in people's home go up(which is likely over time), then streaming would be better. Even Netflix had issues for a lot of people when they first made that into a big part of their service. Now it's not as much of a problem for many.

[DaGreatOne]

I'm rooting for this to be successful. As a psnow user, I hope this gets Sony to make some changes to their service. With that being said I'll wait on game pass until it adds a few more games to my liking.

[murderlo]

exact. The best thing is that it forces others to improve their services.

[rainslacker]

Curious what changes you believe need to be made?

I tried it during the free trial, and it worked fine for me. I have no real reason to subscribe to it any more than I do game pass given my gaming habits, but I can see that it can be good, but also see it may not work well for a lot of people.

Are there certain features you're hoping for? Better game selection? Better price?

I haven't followed PSNow much for a while now, so wonder how it's going and what users may actually want from it.

[EatCrow]

Ps now could offer its services in two ways.
Download or stream.
Stream is instant and download would take a while.

That would be a huge improvement.

[rainslacker]

Seems logical. Not sure how relevant that is anymore unless they start releasing PS4 games on it though. Hardware has to be able to support it, but it would be nice for software on the appropriate hardware.

[DaGreatOne]

Yea the whole streaming only option is sometimes disappointing. I rarely have issues with it but I would at least feel more secure.

[Palomeski]

There are rumors about a Project Scorpio+ game pass pack showing at E3. That should be really interesting.

[DaGreatOne]

Thinking about this service more it reminds me so much of Sega channel back in the 90s and I loved that service. Those were some great times.