Madden NFL 23 Is Not Coming To Xbox Game Pass, EA Confirms

The upcoming professional football game from EA Sports is not, in fact, coming to Game Pass.

[neutralgamer1992]

I am not surprised at it's current state XGP is a great deal for gamers and not a big money maker for publishers

We have seen time and time again big game devs complain but I think for indie and AA games XGP might be a better option. Take two CEO said it outright that AAA games from 3rd party don't have a future on XGP(unless one of these console makers pay up a large chunk of money)

[--Onilink--]

You do understand that the reason for the game to appear would be because EA Play being integrated to GP Ultimate? And not because of any of that stuff you mentioned.

In fact, its actually guaranteed to eventually be on Gamepass because all the sports games get eventually added to EA Play (and bu extension gamepass) several months down the line.
He was just making the confirmation it wont happen at launch because of a marketing error

[neutralgamer1992]

My point wasn't really about this game but big budget AAA 3rd party titles in general.

I think in the long run game pass will be a service that will have all the Microsoft games and many of the indie and AA 3rd party games. Every now and than if Xbox is going through a dry spell Ms could pay for a big 3rd party game

It's unfair to expect all games to be on GP. I wasn't bashing the service since I am signed up till 2024. Off course there is value to it for gamers but if I was running a AAA publishing company I wouldn't want my 100 million dollar project on GP or Plus day one. The initial 30-60 days of game launch are the most profitable time

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

What he is saying makes complete sense. This may not be a popular opinion

[KillBill]

"We have seen time and time again big game devs complain" quite the contrary... we have seen big game devs acknowledge Game Pass. Any thought that Game Pass is not favorable to big games devs is simply false.

[Spartacus10]

When they day comes when publishers don't want their AAA games on the subscription, then just cancel it like most of us will. Until then just chill and enjoy it while it lasts. I don't know why so many people are upset about getting a good deal they admit won't last forever lol

[glenn1979]

People still playing this piece of sh@t??

[46player]

That’s a Hell No, for me.

[46player]

And I can confirm, it won’t be missed. Speaking for myself anyway.

[Vits]

I mean that would be a huge waste if happened. First, because other than Americans, the public for this franchise is probably minuscule and second because it's going to be part of the Ea Play anyway.