It was reported around this time back in August by industry insider Jeff Grubb that Microsoft was planning to reveal "another big reason to get [Xbox] Game Pass" in the near future, and industry analyst Daniel Ahmad has now confirmed there's an announcement planned for this month.
In response to the Xbox Series S leaks earlier today that led to Microsoft officially revealing the system ahead of schedule, Ahmad suggested the Game Pass news was set to be part of an upcoming event:
"Xbox does have an event planned for this month where it was going to reveal pretty much everything that has seemingly leaked above.
There is also going to be a new addition to its Xbox Game Pass service to increase the overall value for new and current subscribers."
When questioned about this further, Ahmad confirmed the "new addition" is a feature rather than a game (or set of games), but stopped short of providing any real details about what to expect.
What do you think the new Xbox Game Pass addition will be? Give us your thoughts in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Well this is turning out to be a VERY interesting day for us Xbox fans! 👍🏻
I still think this will be something like you get EA Access as part of Game Pass or something?
Or maybe Microsoft is working with one of the big streaming services (such as Netflix) to include in it your Game Pass subscription?
Who knows?
@KelticDevil Just guessing here, I'm not privy to anything, but I think it might be an EA Play (EA Access) thing as you say.
@FraserG
I forgot they changed the name to EA Play. Lol. 🤦♂️
But that would be really cool if that was the case.
I think this is going to be more along the lines of an option not to install games and stream them directly, currently like how xcloud is working on mobile phone.
@Rockboy247 You could be onto something there! That would be cool.
@FraserG I think it definitely makes sense with the less storage available on the console, would be a pain installing games and uninstalling them all the time. Could even have the option to stream while installing.
@Rockboy247
You may be on to something here. That’s not something that I’d be interested in. But it would be a cool feature for people that don’t want to purchase memory storage upgrades.
With the limited amount of storage on the Xbox Series S, a streaming cloud service for less action-intense games (something like Spiritfarer, New Super Lucky Tales, adventure games and so on), makes perfect sense.
Apart from EA Play, could it also be Ubi's service?
@KelticDevil just my two cents, I actually do hope it's something more interesting 😂
Games with gold type of service where you can choose 1 game a month (from a select list of gamepass titles to own)
@Rockboy247
I agree. They have been hyping up this Game Pass reveal thing for a bit now. I doubt this would move the needle for most people.
@KelticDevil Yeah, they seem to be hinting at something more than this, would be nice if it did tie in EA access or something.
Given the Series S very limited SSD capacity (512 GB) the ability to stream directly would be great...
I think they're going to announce they're rolling Xbox Gold into the package and have one subscription (and hopefully keep the price the same).
Would be cool if they were including the PC Xbox Gamepass games into the streaming program so you could stream the pc titles on Xbox as well.
Streaming would be a massive feature. I always have to juggle the available space on my XBone X
Another great reason to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass is always welcome! If they keep the quality standards high, and the features always expanding, then I might just be a long time subscriber. I have been loving the current offerings lately.
Streaming from console is absolutely what I want
Soon I will start to hate the word soon /s
It love to be able to stream to other devices including Surface. Seems odd that Android tablets are supported, Apple ones would be if they'd allow it, but Microsoft's own tablets aren't
Xbox game pass Twitter account pretty much just confirmed that EA games are coming to games pass.
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