An Expanded Game Pass Service
Xbox Game Pass is a fantastic service already. For a fairly low monthly fee, you’ve got a catalog of over 100 Xbox One and 360 titles you can download and play at your leisure. Sure, some eventually leave the service, but the fact that Microsoft’s first-party titles such as Forza Horizon 4, State of Decay 2, Halo Infinite, and Gears 5 are all on (or coming to) Game Pass make it a bit of a no-brainer if you’re an Xbox fan.
Heck, if you pick up just three Xbox One exclusives within a year for $60, you can save yourself money by subscribing to the service for $9.99 a month.
Currently, Microsoft’s ‘Netflix of video games’ service outshines Sony’s offering in PlayStation Now in terms of its current library and the promise of future top-tier titles. Doubling down on this service would not only be a smart business move but be an incredibly exciting prospect for Xbox players in general.
It doesn’t have to be a huge improvement.
Perhaps make some deals with third-party publishers to bring their titles to Game Pass on day-one? Doing so would not only make the service more appealing in general but would give the next generation Xbox a chance to steal back the third-party crown that Sony snatched off it at the start of this current generation.
Those Call of Duty, Destiny, Red Dead Redemption 2, Watch Dogs 2, and other blockbuster titles with exclusive DLC periods and agreements with Sony are a huge deal, and including just one or two of these for a limited time in Game Pass would be a massive boon to the next generation Xbox.
