Cultured Vultures: Xbox Game Pass has recently made moves to ensure multiplayer games launch on the service day one. Ash argues why that's a smart move.
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The service needs a big year, and some big games, if it's going to shape Microsoft's future.
I don’t agree with ‘make or break’ at all. Very sensationalist headline. It’s already pretty successful as it is. Not to say more big games wouldn’t help of course but hardly going to break the service if they aren’t there.
One year can be great but the next year could hurt it . It’s needs to make money long term and 1 year won’t make too much if a difference in the end . MS has had a a decent year here and there just to screw it up for a few in a row adlfrer that . MS needs 5-10 good years in a row
lol right when they already knew a huge game from Bethesda is coming to the service day 1, they came up with this atrocious article. there is no such thing as make-or-break for a service like GP with the backing of MS's wallet. they will just throw money at it because this is the basket that they've decided to put all their eggs into going forward.
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It would be nice to have indeed, the issue is just how exactly they would be able to do it. Microsoft wouldn't require developers to make sure their games are compatible with Proton, meanwhile, they themselves wouldn't do that work and Valve definitely wouldn't either.
So the only thing that I could see happening is a streamlined app for the cloud version.
I've thought about this a lot. I doubt it'll happen though. Valve loses money on each deck sold. They recoup that money with software sales. Adding other platforms natively to the steam deck would cut into their profit. Just my thoughts of course. :)
State of play = continuous gamepass articles
Yes but you know what else would be good having AAA Blockbuster games from Microsoft studios. The day the next fallout or elder scrolls launch on gamepass the service will gain a lot more subscribers even if the only sign up to play those games
Having multiplayer titles day 1, or at any time is definitely good for the service/the gamers/the devs. I'm going to bring up PS Plus not to detract from GamePass, but because that's what my experience is with. Day 1 multiplayer games like Rocket League and Fall Guys, as well as larger multiplayer games given for free later on, Battlefront 2, Battlefield 5, Modern Warfare Remastered, Onrush, really help either establish a player base initially, or bring a player base back to the game to revitalize it. It's a great tactic I think.