Xbox All Access Will Cost You $34.99 / £28.99 A Month With A Series X Console

If the UK price is competitive, which I'm assuming it will be, then this is how I will be getting the new console.

Don't you have to apply and get approval of some special bank? I can't recall

This is very very good. Just make the console available and ready for everyone.

Even with All Acces included I think people looking at a "cheap" $300 console aren't going to want to lock in $600 for 2 years.

But, for gamers who want it all, $35 a month looks really good for a $500 system. Kinda crazy noup front costs on new hardware.

I think that's Sony's biggest problem from today's announcement, they can go $499 on the console, but I've never seen them finance. I think $399 discless is close enough to the $299 S with what you get.

So you get about £18 off the total combined price anyway (for series X) if my calculations are correct. Feel free to correct me as I'm not great at maths!

Too bad this isn't available in my country yet, hopefully next year!

@ralphdibny Less if you're new to game pass and were to get the 1st month for £1. Great for those that want to spread the cost of the console though.
I've never owned an XBox before and wasn't really considering either of the Next Gen consoles TBH, but seriously considering one getting one now.

This is pretty awesome. I may be doing this when I get my XSX.

My gamepass ultimate is up in June of next year.

Should I get the series X at launch and buy a year or 2 of gamepass on black friday / cyber Monday.

Or just hold off getting the series X until June with this deal?

Let's be honest Microsoft HAVE to go all out this gen after the abysmal last gen, if they failed this gen then that would of been the end for their console division, but looks like they have clawed some ground back with this and the series S

I'm going to get my Series X this way, personnaly. And selling my One X to finance a Seagate SSD card.

Entering the next-gen has never been so easy, that's just crazy.

I’m PS through and through since burnage on several 360’s but I’m very very tempted by this. I’m not 100% sure about game pass though.

Does every new title become available on release day? Does it drop off like Netflix? My worry is something like cyberpunk which might be huge. For those with history With game pass, how often do you get 75% through a game then it drops off?

Also is game pass streaming or downloadable to play? £29 a month for 2 years I’m tempted to forego my phone upgrade for 2 years to psychologically get this for free

@StonyKL Here we go

• Yes, every new Microsoft Studios title releases on Gamepass at launch. Right now most stay on for a significant amount of time. Franchises like Forza, Gears, and Halo have their most recent titles on there while the older titles aren't. Obviously not all third party games launch on Gamepass; very few actually do.
• Yes, games leave Gamepass every month. As said before first party studios tend to stay much longer than third parties but I have seen some third party games stay on for quite a few months.
• Microsoft gives you warning before games leave the service. If you come here often PureXbox does the same. I personally haven't had an issue with games ending. If a game leaves the service without me completing it then I most likely haven't tried very hard to finish it. More on me than Gamepass.
• Downloadable mostly for now but the phone is a whole different beast. I recommend checking out this article from PureXbox. They review xcloud and what you can stream from your phone. Xcloud is still early so I can't give any good personal advice on that.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/08/hands_on_project_xcloud_works_almost_impossibly_well

Hope all this helps.

@RedShirtRod brilliant thanks. Newish to this site. Push square my usual go to. The MS studio games with 3rd party not often disappoints me but there’s probably enough for me. Especially missing out on 10 years or so of MS games. Think I’m really just trying to get an excuse to get one!
My plan is to get this as £30 a month price and play what I’ve been missing while waiting a few years for PS5 to drop price. Then I can buy all the missed PS5 games and pay reduced prices instead of expensive day 1 prices.
Thanks for the info. Got me sold

@StonyKL to add to this. First party titles tend to stay on for well over a year, not just a longer amount of months. Third parties vary, but I’ve seen some, like rocket league, are on for a fairly long time (Rocket league entered gamepass summer 2018 and was still on it this past summer). Others are short term deals. I could be wrong, but in my experience the quickest I’ve seen a game leave that I’m interested in has been around 6 months or so.

One positive thing is if you see that a game is leaving soon, you can purchase it at a discounted price through your gamepass subscription. Then you own it forever.

Basically. If you are ok with a mostly digital library, it’s too incredible a deal to pass up.

@xMightyMatt14x sounds very Netflix which works for me. Doesn’t have the best stuff but is enough for me. Regarding disc purchases the only game on disc I’ve bought in last 2 or more years is Last of Us 2 (only time I just couldn’t resist a day 1 purchase!). Everything else has been digital sales. Sounds like I’m truly reading for game pass and to join the dark side

Not really worth it for Series S. I think £250 is already impulse buy world.
For the Series X, since it's £450, it's certainly a good option and cheaper than most peoples mobile phone bill a month.
Obviously not for everyone, but will open for the door for many people.

@xMightyMatt14x I could be wrong but I believe Microsoft first party games are permanent in game pass.