I’m sure they won’t stop Game Pass entirely, but I now wonder whether big games like Call Of Duty will take quite a bit longer to appear on the service, just like they haven’t put Diablo 4 on it. After all, it’s one of the main reasons it wants to buy Activision Blizzard. The problem is that even though the results how that subscriptions aren’t that popular I can’t see Microsoft giving up that easily. If you are new to Xbox Game Pass, you can subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just US1 (14.99/month after), or for 165.89 over 12 months.

For starters, the pricing is always going to be a sticking point for many. Hopefully it will convince other publishers to give up too, as I notice more and more going in that direction. Pricing: PlayStation Plus vs Xbox Game Pass.

To me that is fantastic news and I hope it will convince Sony to give up their current obsession with live service games and stop Microsoft from ever going down that route. Not live service titles or even normal online multiplayer but proper games. So now Sony and Microsoft know that what really sells, what really makes the money and makes people want to buy a particular console, is high-end single-player games. One of the problems with subscriptions is that they’ve found that people only have time for a few games at a time, so having access to more doesn’t really help them. More importantly, it’s because what they’ve realised sells a lot better is single-player games, and that is exactly what I want more of.

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