Thanks to Xbox Game Pass, I finally bought a Microsoft console

See why Xbox Game Pass was the reason a GodisaGeek member finally bought a Micrsoft console

[slavish0]

Great deal

[Obscure_Observer]

Great deal indeed. And things will only get better as the hype will increase after E3 2019!

[Marioraider18]

I mean.. they can't get any worse..

[Edito]

I don't understand how you xbox gamers can get this hyped by a console thst sells services and games... You are worried about the hype getting bigger and games being released... I don't get it...

[NarutoFox]

I hope your right about E3 2019. Overhype most of the time.

[ProjectVulcan]

I would sell my Xbox if I wasn't so lazy and needed money. Nothing good to play on it that I can't play much better on my PC.

[Obscure_Observer]

@NarutoFox

"I hope your right about E3 2019. Overhype most of the time."

Ninja Theory´s new IP
Playground´s new IP
RARE´s new IP
The Coalition´s Gears 5 and... new IP?
Halo Infinite reveal Gameplay
Forza 7 back to its SIM roots thanks a major overhaul by Turn 10 and hopefully day one on Game Pass.
More Cuphead and maybe the announcement/reveal of Studio MDHR´s new project/IP
Ori 2
Probably more studio acquisitions.
All that without mention a few surprises hiden under Spencer´s sleeve.

Plenty of reasons to be excited/hyped if you ask me. ;)

[starchild]

@Edito

You don't understand why people look forward to E3 to learn more about what's coming for a platform they own in terms of features, services and games?

I mean, yes, most everybody knows that Microsoft haven't done well with their exclusives. Especially the past few years. But they've done a number of other pro-gamer things that shouldn't be discounted. And they have had some exclusives, but not enough. Now they have a lot more studios and it's not surprising that people would be looking forward to see what they are working on.

I know that I, even as a PC gamer, am looking forward to what Microsoft's studios are working on. Those Microsoft exclusives are games I can enjoy on my preferred platform, unlike Sony exclusives. It's also interesting because more intense competition between the platforms tends to only bring good things for gamers overall.

[TheSaint]

do you ever get tired of being so wrong all the time?

[Zeref]

Look at the disagrees lmfao

[Obscure_Observer]

Microsoft should take some notes and maintain Game Pass as an exclusive Xbox One service. Come next generation and the new first party games, Game Pass will become an essential service for Xbox One owners. That said, i think they should continue to allow PC gamers to have access to first party/play anywhere games.

[2pacalypsenow]

MS knows they Xbox is struggling, so they're going to move 'Xbox" across all the platforms they can.

[Zeref]

It's a smart move that is beneficial to both their Business and us Consumers. I look forward to playing all my Xbox games on my Switch or my Phone.

[2pacalypsenow]

@shaggy2303

It bastardizes the xbox brand.

Just like Sony putting PS Now on PC.

[Razzer]

Nope. Gaming for Microsoft is bigger than just Xbox the console. Spencer has already said it will expand on PC and "every device". As it should. Why MS just limit this service so fanboys can brag about it? That's just silly.

"So we built Xbox Game Pass--it started on console, it will come to PC, and eventually it will come to every device--we use the flywheel that we have with customers on an Xbox to start the growth in Xbox Game Pass. But as somebody sitting back and taking a longer-term view of where our business is going, you should look at that as a business model that we think scales to billions of people not hundreds of millions of people like retail does."
https://www.windowscentral....

[mcstorm]

This is all text book the new Microsoft. When balmer stepped down there was a big change within the company to become a service rather than to try and own the world so to speak. Microsoft have one big advantage over both Google & apple on the markets the complete with and that is they have there services on there platforms so even if people pick there devices they can still use Microsoft software and services.

Now switch that over to Sony and Nintendo and they already have mindcraft on there consoles (I know they bought it but still offer it) and by pushing cloud gaming (which microsoft should have the upper hand over eveyone else) they can offer there services on other platforms Sony, Nintendo consoles but also Windows, mac, android and more. Also with them saying x cloud will let you play your digital games you own on it adds more than others at this moment in time and adding game pass to this service to makes it even more reason to look at getting it.

I still see microsoft selling consoles and branding it as the ultimate way to play xbox games but that said offering x cloud games on other platforms opens it up to more people an consoles alone do.

I also think this will be the way casual gamers will go to. I still see the core buying consoles.

Intresting times in the games industry though and I still think all 3 have a few tricks and shocks to show us.

[letsa_go]

Your comment makes no sense at all. You say it should be exclusive to xbox one, but should continue to allow pc gamers. That is what it already is! And how can it be exclusive if it is somewhere else too? And you say next generation it will be essential to xbox one owners. Isn't it already essential to xbox owners? Why would it apply only to xbox one owners next gen when there will be a new xbox out? Shouldn't it also apply to xbox two owners, or whatever they end up calling it??

[Obscure_Observer]

@letsa_go

"Your comment makes no sense at all. You say it should be exclusive to xbox one, but should continue to allow pc gamers. That is what it already is!"

For first party only games yes. Even those Xbox first party games needs to be Play Anywhere titles to run on PC via Game Pass. Which makes less than 10% of all Game Pass library avaliable on PC via Game Pass. PC gamers aren´t not allowed to play Hitman, Shadow of Tomb Raider or Fallout 4 for example.

"And how can it be exclusive if it is somewhere else too?"

If you call Windows 10 PCs (a Microsoft platform) "somewhere else", so be it.

"Why would it apply only to xbox one owners next gen when there will be a new xbox out? Shouldn't it also apply to xbox two owners, or whatever they end up calling it??"

It will apply to every Xbox owner, current and future. Xbox will foward, current and backwards compatible. I said next gen because Microsoft will inject more must to have AAA games day one on Game Pass thanks the recent acquisitons and creation of new first party studios, games and IPs.

[rainslacker]

MS is using the Xbox brand to grow it's Windows and services, not Windows or PC to grow it's gaming business. Xbox is becoming a service, rather quickly, and right before our eyes. The hardware is a neccesary evil for MS right now, but the writing is on the wall, and they've pretty much said their whole purpose for Windows, Xbox, and other commercial or enterprise software they make, is to become a service oriented company.

Gaming may benefit because they recognize they need the compelling software to reach their end goal, but gaming itself isn't bigger for MS than just the Xbox console. The console is just part of a bigger plan they have.

[Obscure_Observer]

@rainslacker

"Xbox is becoming a service, rather quickly, and right before our eyes. The hardware is a neccesary evil for MS right now, but the writing is on the wall, and they've pretty much said their whole purpose for Windows, Xbox, and other commercial or enterprise software they make, is to become a service oriented company."

Is always funny to see how you people come to a conclusion that Microsoft is becoming a service for doing the exact same thing that Sony tried to pull out just a few years back.

I doubt that Microsoft will leave hardware before Sony or Nintendo. And since Microsoft will probably going to invest big money on expensive hardware by releasing more than just one next gen Xbox console, i dare to say that they´re more into console gaming than competiton.

"The console is just part of a bigger plan they"

Well, Sony already warned their investors about the "Cloud gaming menace". And yet, they´re expanding their own "cloud gaming service" right before our eyes.

https://n4g.com/news/223513...

[rainslacker]

Sony didn't put all its focus into restructuring it's entire business paradigm from consumer products, to service based products. They have service based products, and obviously recognize the importance of them going forward, but they doubled down more on traditional methods of game delivery.

So, no, I didn't come to the conclusion I did despite doing the same thing, because Sony didn't, and hasn't done the same thing. Plus, while Sony has talked about the services on ocassion, it's not anywhere near the extent to which MS, not just in gaming, but as a company as a whole have laid out very publicly how they want the future to progress for their products. Go look up any number of interviews or keynote speaches of Nadella, and you will see he flat out says how MS is moving towards services.

It's plainly obvious. Every technological journalistic entity reports on it, except in gaming, where apparently, it's going to be either the most successful thing ever, or on rare occassions, mean nothing. Just because the gaming press and you are oblivious to MS outside of Xbox, doesn't mean they aren't talking about it, and people aren't seeing it. Just look at the release of Win10. They outright said they don't want to sell the OS anymore. They will always make it free going forward. You will always require the Live service to use it in some way. It's not secret, you just choose to remain ignorant, and not put two and two together.

What MS is doing right now, is what they're doing as a company as a whole.

And I doubt MS will leave hardware anytime soon either. The hardware is part of their plan. Just like Alexa is part of Amazon's plan, or google smart home is part of theirs. The nature of that hardware may not be what you are saying for the long term though. They'll have a console next gen, but I suspect they'll push the nature of the services to the front.

You should really read the whole quote about what Sony said about cloud gaming. They said it would be a very long while before it happens, and it probably won't make hardware obsolete.

[Obscure_Observer]

@rainslacker

YOU said:

"Xbox is becoming a service, rather quickly, and right before our eyes. The hardware is a neccesary evil for MS right now, but the writing is on the wall, and they've pretty much said their whole purpose for Windows, Xbox, and other commercial or enterprise software they make, is to become a service oriented company."

No offence, but i would call your statement hyperbole and FUD BS! Forgive me if i rather trust Phil Spencer´s words rather than your vague conjectures. Here:

In an interview with Mexican gaming website LevelUp, Phil was asked to comment on the future of streaming video games and the cloud technology. He was asked if the time has come where CONSOLES will simply disappear at one point, and players would prefer using screens to run through remote servers. Phil answered:

“No. There are certain scenarios where a stream game is the best answer. On a CONSOLE the, best scenario for you is to DOWNLOAD that game and play. If you are on a PC that`s capable of download and play that game, download and play that game. NOT ALL DEVICES are CAPABLE of playing the MOST DEMANDING games that we see here on the show, so streaming is an option in those scenario, and there are some scenarios of like instant start and trials where maybe streaming on a device might be interesting, but I think for years and years the best way to play a game will be to download that game and play it. The same thing on PC. I think streaming is something that is further out in terms of it becoming a really mass marked where everybody`s doing it, and even way further out before it`s the best way to play that game if it ever is.”

There you have it! Console gaming IS and will CONTINUE to be Microsoft´s primary focus for the forseeable future! You heard it from the man himself! Phil belives that execute a downloadable game is the best way to play! He doens´t even belive that Streaming will be the best way to play over downloadable games EVER! Now, you can continue to spell your nonsentical predictions based on nothing but your vain hope that Microsoft will leave the console market before Sony and Nintendo. Just make sure and grab yourself a confortable chair while you wait. ;)

[gangsta_red]

It's funny to read how MS is the only one "quickly" becoming a service and this is only based on the perception of so called many articles you have read. Funny enough most of those articles report on the same information, the same rumors and mostly just opinion pieces on old information we already know of reported over and over again.

Of course for some reason this means that MS is "quickly" becoming a service because of it. Interesting enough the same perception could be said about the many articles we get on different developers wanting crossplay but for some reason that gets dismissed as clickbait or some other downplay of excusing journalists of those gaming integrity. Of course now it's convenient to bring up the many articles you supposedly see on this website as some means of MS being the only ones vocal about it.

But with your obvious bias aside it's easy to see that both Sony and MS are moving towards the same goal. Both MS and Sony have followed the same trends in console gaming, from features to services, both are investing in streaming with Sony actually being ahead of MS with PSnow and offering it to PC. They also already had this service on more of their other devices but cancelled that because of their other businesses failing outside of their successful consoles.

But rumors (with a lot of articles failing here on N4G) suggests they will once again roll out a service on multiple devices.

https://ticgamesnetwork.com...

What's ignorant is you thinking that Sony won't push services to the front when in fact they have been doing just about everything MS has in regards to features and services.

They'll quietly do the same thing MS has like implement paid online, push their TV service, streaming on PC, rent and download games and eventually play from anywhere on any device.

[rainslacker]

What more evidence do you need that MS is going to services than MS saying it themselves?

That is MS future. The console itself is necessary for that for the foreseeable future, but MS isn't in gaming to just be in gaming, they're in it to sell their services. They always were. They partnered with Sega because they didn't want Sony to take away the market in the living room when it was obviously going towards an OS being in the living room on the TV. They created Xbox when Sega dropped out, because it's all they had left to do when Sony said no to their Windows platform.

That was always MS intention. The people who first designed Xbox to meet that end for MS, had gaming in mind, and kudos to them, but the two of you are so hell bent on thinking that MS achieving that goal is somehow such a terrible thing that it would completely eradicate their place in the game industry. It doesn't, so stop acting like it's an attack on them just because they have a different vision for the future than Sony or Nintendo.

You two spend countless hours talking about how great all of MS services are, and why it's worth buying an Xbox for. How if you play on PC, you're still on a MS platform. You're own words show that that is what you want, so why are you so hell bent on saying that MS isn't? If what I'm saying is mere hyperbole, then how come your own words back up that hyperbole?

Face it, MS is moving to more a service based approach. It is what it is, but it doesn't mean the end of Xbox gaming. Just that it's changing from what we know.

[TheSaint]

Doesn't surprise me that you're trying to spin this so hard.

[Zeref]

Why would they keep it exclusive to Xbox when they can potentially make even more money(more money= more games) if they put it on iOS , Android and potentially the Switch?

[badz149]

more money = more games? LOL with MS? yeah, sure, bud. /s

MS has more money than Sony and Nintendo, but where are the games??

gamepass is not the platform so they can produce more games, it's a platform they want to use to host games from others. like how Valve use Steam to own the PC market but they themselves pretty much not making a game anymore. that's what MS is trying to be in the future

[2pacalypsenow]

The Game pass is pretty cool, lets you play games you probably wouldn't think of buying.

And $10 is not so bad.

[shaun mcwayne]

Also you can play those games on the most powerful console in the world, feels good, tastes good, is good, mighty good, good for you, good for me, un good. Lol. Full metal jacket. Welcome to the community xbox pass buyer. Just 100 million more to convert. Play for fun guys, we should all be shoulder to shoulder, instead of letting these companies fleece us.

[sin7279]

Great pr lol!

[ninerguy1608]

Agree. I play ps4 pro primarily but got an S for Christmas. Wanted it for game pass so I could play halo. But I found it has a lot of other games I wanted to play. Pubg. And my main reason for wanting an S was to play knights of the old republic. On Christmas Day I was just not gonna find this game. Was browsing game pass and to my shock kotor was on it. Was very happy. Couldn’t believe one of the reasons I wanted an S was in game pass. Now I’ll get downvotes for this positive experience on Xbox because kids think anything positive on Xbox is worth downvoting. I know Sony owns this gen. And I’ve always owned a Sony console. I’ve owned all xbox consoles as well. I know Sony dominates as far as games go. But having both systems is a great thing. Game pass helped me go for an S. But the kids who only own Sony go ahead downvote me. I’ll live. Or go by an Xbox and have both systems. Either way grow up. Game pass is a great feature.

[gam3r_4_lif3]

Same, I have owned all Sony consoles other than PS2 as the guys I lived with at uni had one but Halo is my favourite game series so have owned all 3 MS consoles. I think game pass is such a great deal, I have played so many great games on it that I prob would not have otherwise in this era of very few game demos. This year we get Crackdown, Ori 2 and Gears V along with all the other content whats not to love

[Thundercat77]

"I finally bought a Microsoft console"

Good for you but let's remember that millions of others are not buying a Microsoft console. The consumer has put Sony #1 and Nintendo #2 in the market.

Is gamepass a good subscription service? Could be. it is making the difference and helping Microsoft win in the market? No.

[gam3r_4_lif3]

MS made more money than Nintendo last year so MS is number 2. Switch is next gen, the Wii U is the same gen as X1 and PS4. Also what does the consoles position in the market have to do with whether gamepass is good or not. Its great its as simple as that

[gamer7804]

actually a couple of friends of mine got one just for xbox game pass, another traded his ps4 in for a switch and an xbox for gamespass

[Thundercat77]

We are talking here about the masses and the impact in the market. A mere "couple of friends" won't make any difference.

[rainslacker]

I question his reasonings really. Guy seems to like PC and Switch, and the games he tends to like aren't going to be on the Xbox console in droves, and even fewer of those on Game Pass.

As a writer for a website, I'd expect him to have all the consoles regardless, but he doesn't seem to have a beef with MS or Xbox, so I'll take him at his word, just question the judgement exercised by his reasons for actually buying a console. He brought a console which he is going to use a service for, and if he ever lapses in that sub, he pretty much has a useless console....unless he gets XBLG, in which case he'd have those. I'd suppose he could also buy games, but given how much he writes for PC or Switch games, I don't know when he'd possibly have the time to play them.

[jjb1981]

I wanna get it to beat We happy few in a couple of days.

[Petebloodyonion]

I'm happy for the author but should I make an article about how Happy I am with Humble Bundle monthly? or I watch Incredible 2 last night on Netflix so I saved a rental or a purchase.

[ninerguy1608]

You should. That way you don’t feel left out with hurt feelings. It will be ok little fella.

[King_Noctis]

Well this is a gaming site after all. I don’t know what you want them to talk about.

[LoveSpuds]

Game pass is fine and dandy if you want to play old games, but in my opinion, it has had a massively detrimental effect on the quality of MS's first party titles. Now that they are essentially giving these games away it seems a lot of MS fans are satisfied with pretty middling games.

I would rather pay for games that are worth playing than get cheap/free games that are not.

Incidently, GodisaGeek is a pretty poor website in my opinion, lots of hyperbole and nonsense seems to originate from here. I did subscribe to their podcast for a while but it became quite apparent that they were quite I'll informed, its shame as I hoped to find a decent, UK centric, podcast.

[gangsta_red]

Not so sure but Gears 5 and Halo Infinite don't appear as low quality games with what has been shown off or released so far.

"I would rather pay for games that are worth playing than get cheap/free games that are not."

That's a huge sweeping, exaggeration on Game Pass considering it's not free and has games that are worth playing and high quality.

But they do have smaller games which I don't see anything wrong with considering not long ago Indies where the darling of the industry and provided the bulk of the gaming library on each console.

"...lots of hyperbole and nonsense seems to originate from here."

With all due respect, but that's a pretty ironic statement right there. - Ricky Bobby

[LoveSpuds]

To clarify, I am referring to MS's first party stuff when talking about average quality games, particularly over the last 3 or 4 years. I know that overall, therefore great games on the service, even if they are old.

[NarutoFox]

I totally agree with you that it has a lot of old games on gamepass and that MS fans are satisfied with pretty middling games which is mind-boggling. I feel like Microsoft should try harder and do better making triple AAA exclusives. I do feel like their first party exclusives are mediocre at best except for Forza this gen. Halo and Gears feels stale and fatigue to me imo. So I'm looking forward to E3 2019 to see what they have up their sleeves. I won't get overhype though.

[gamer7804]

while I'm sure the reviews are going to annihilate crackdown3, gamespass does have alot of fairly new and quality titles on it.

[Donnie81]

People think Microsoft wants to kill consoles but that’s not it at all. They want to sell consoles streaming boxes and games on demand on many devices. Gaming is changing and they are ahead of the curve. With apple and amazon getting into the streaming biz game pass is an answer to them not Sony or Nintendo.

[starchild]

It seems clear they want to reach as many gamers as possible no matter where those gamers are. They're not going to give up their established place in console gaming just because they are trying to reach people like me on PC and other platforms.

[chris235]

sounds like someone got victimized?

[Pantz]

Poor guy bought an S =(

[AK91]

That is a really silly reason to buy a console, I mean if it had a streaming option I would understand but downloading games into my library only to find I can no longer play them is a very boneheaded decision.

[Elda]

Pass.

[Stanjara]

Yeah, now that Crackdown 3 is approaching, we will see a lot these paid articles about game pass, because no one would be crazy to give that game 60$.

[Vetgamer]

Wish I had something like game pass when I started gaming could have saved a fortune.

[jznrpg]

Thanks to MS gamepass I for sure won’t buy a MS console ever again (not that their consoles will be around much longer )

[Tedakin]

Thanks to MS giving you a great deal to play all their games you won't ever buy their console again? Ok....

[monkey602]

Game pass is great and for me it's genuinely the only reason I haven't sold my Xbox one

[neomahi]

To each his own but, eh... That's a sore excuse to justify a purchase with such a trashy game library. What I will say for Microsoft, however, is they're not as political. Xbot Fanboys, if you want ammo, attack that. Sony are giving Naughty Dog too much leash, the whole political LGBT thing, Microsoft aren't doing that, if I want preached to I'll go to church, not in my video games so kuddos to Microsoft for not pushing their political agenda. MICROSOFTS push for microtransactions is disgusting though.

[RavageX]

Game pass should be a part of Live, you already pay....and now you pay again?

[ExplodingJuice]

Waste of money. Should have purchased a gaming PC or upgraded a current one with the money spent on the console.

[Spikeantestor]

I owned both an OG Xbox and a 360 but didn't get a One till just this past Christmas and it was absolutely for game pass.

[Flewid638]

Ended up getting a gaming PC this year instead. Now I can check out all 6 Xbox games I ever wanted to play between the 360 and the XO.

Wish there were more, but its something.