Reaction: Xbox Game Pass Has Become A Gold Mine For Sports Fans

If 2k would just allow the next gen NBA game already, it would be perfect.

Given these games are released annually, I think this is a rare instance where Game Pass is the best way to play them. No offense to anyone that subscribes, btw.

So i found this today intresting.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/04/03/game-pass-vs-70-the-mlb-the-show-xbox-deal-is-a-bad-look-for-sony

Scary shooty stats is more my field.

Even though I don't play them much, sports games are huge. Just ask EA and how big they've become because of them. Or maybe ask Sega and the Dreamcast when Sony and EA made an exclusivity deal for their sports games, it was an instant nail in the Dreamcast console. Having these all on GP is a win for fans, and PR for Microsoft/Xbox brand.

@TrueAssassin86x It's a bad look but honestly MLB The Show being on Xbox isn't nearly as consequential compared to something Sony has an amicable amount of control over

Like this mostly happened because of MLB, especially given they're publishing the game on Xbox. It'd be way more alarming if it was something Sony actually developed and wholly owned like God of War, or Horizon, or Ratchet & Clank. Hell I think Spider-Man on Xbox would probably result in an even greater ripple effect

It's amazing, Gamepass is gonna completely take over..

@Carck You always assume I'm defending Sony even when I say it's a bad look and I find that really funny/frustrating

For as much as you like to champion that people on this site aren't as toxic or more mature than people on PushSquare or NintendoLife for some reason you just love to call people like me out who even say a slither of something about Sony that isn't drenched in negativity

If I'm as "Sony Defense Force" as you say then why aren't I defending them for stuff like the PS Store closures, or taking a dump on Xbox for having a lack of games I'm interested in despite the fact I view Game Pass and their BC program as valuable propositions?

Neither Sony, nor Microsoft or Nintendo are 100% doing everything right, but I also don't have to be on the side of people who seriously think a baseball game that isn't even being published by Sony on a rival platform is going to just sink PlayStation into the ground

I'm not interested in sports games bar a select few, but of course I still acknowledge that the selection on offer within Game Pass is top notch. I wouldn't expect every game to appeal to me personally for the service to provides excellent value; on the contrary, it's better that not every game appeals to me because that means that Game Pass is catering to a wide audience, which is how it should be. There are already more Game Pass games than I can feasibly play, so bring on the sports titles if it results in more people subscribing to the service and subsequently more games coming to it.

@TheFrenchiestFry I wouldn't bother trying to argue your point. If someone on the internet (especially on a gaming forum) already has an opinion of you or your character, no amount of reasonable, rational argument will convince them otherwise.

This is definitely the way to play them. Why buy the yearly releases at full price when you can just get them on Gamepass?

@Carck How did I dump on Xbox? Explain where when I explicitly said, "it's a bad look for Sony but not something that's an incredible cause for alarm yet" did I take a dump on Xbox

I didn't even mention Xbox ONCE until the end when I said I thought it'd be more damning if games Sony actually had full ownership over went multiplatform, which is undeniably true considering this only happened because of MLB. How did you get the impression I hated Xbox when I even followed up with saying Game Pass is a valuable service and I liked their emphasis on game preservation

The reach you just made is more appalling then the comment I made. It's honestly astounding you extrapolated that much out of a simple opinion that wasn't entirely positive or negative on a f*cking brick that plays video games

@Carck You took that completely out of context

I didn't even say Xbox didn't have games. I asked a hypothetical as in "if I was so biased towards Sony why aren't I even dumping on Xbox at this instance for not having games I'M not interested in"

That implies if I really was some hardcore Sony shill I'd also care about if you cared about Xbox more than I did, which I clearly don't. This whole mindset is just stupid. I literally hold no ill will towards people who genuinely have a preference for platforms, and that was the point I was making

I have a bias towards Sony but there's a difference between having a preference or literally being a fanboy that will defend them no matter what, which I definitely don't.

@Medic_Alert only game not worth waiting for is NBA2k as by time it hits gamepass playing online is nearly impossible unless you buy VC to catch up to the other 95+ rated players playing against each other….if all you wanna do is play the cpu then yea wait…

@TheFrenchiestFry i agree its not that huge but its huge for me as ps4 the game i played the most was The Show….so now my ps5 has little to no reason to be turned on for a while….seriously since i beat Spider-Man the ps5 has not been turned on…games play better on xbox IMO especially older games with the auto hdr look better.