He believes 'it's a lost opportunity for the publisher.' In the past, Strauss Zelnick has publicly said that gaming subscription services don't make much sense to him compared to the movie industry. Or until Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, decides to pull the plug on the Xbox division. It's not thriving by any stretch of the imagination, but until it finally becomes profitable, it will keep digging into those pockets as much as it needs to. So that's how Game Pass has survived since its June 2017 inception, over six years ago. Over 2.5 trillion worth, depending on who you ask. The other main reason is mobile gaming through King.ĭollar for dollar, Game Pass has the most value for the consumer out of all the subscription services from the gaming industry. This year has been one of the best, if not the very best, the gaming industry has ever had in terms of releases.Īlso coming to Game Pass this month are The Cave, Common' Hood, Exoprimal - Capcom's dinosaur-infested online team-based shooter, and three other titles that no one has heard or cared about.Īs a long-time Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, the past 2-3 months have been disappointing regarding new games added to the service, but this is partly what that Activision-Blizzard fuss is all about.

These are just the cream of the crop from September and October alone. Not to mention the rest of the heavy hitters from every other gaming platform like Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, Counter-Strike 2, Baldur's Gate 3, The Crew Motorfest (also available on Ubisoft+), Mortal Kombat 1, Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty, Lords of the Fallen, and Super Mario Bros. Remember, Starfield lands on Game Pass on September 6, Lies of P on September 19, and Forza Motorsport on October 10.

The odds are that the game will be up for at least three months, maybe even six, but seeing as an entire slew of games is coming right for us from September, you might not have the time for it. If you ever wanted to play GTA V on Xbox, you might want to hurry up because it won't stick around forever. But while the console people can rejoice, the PC Game Pass users have been skipped over this time. It sure would be nice for Game Pass on Xbox to have 1:1 parity with PC one day. GTA V has decided to come to Xbox Game Pass, which is great news for subs.

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