By now, we all know about the sheer scope of the Xbox Game Pass library, but what about its quality? At GDC 2022, Microsoft discussed the success of Game Pass, and how the service has delivered a lot of critically acclaimed games.
Content planning director at Microsoft, Joyce Lin, shared that the library has brought us over 60 Game of the Year winners since its launch in 2017, an impressive number in just five years.
From the beginning, we've focused on delivering a really high-quality library of games. So, I personally love this stat which is that since launch, Game Pass has launched over 60 Game of the Year winners from over 30 awards, and this is across first party and third party.
So, yeah, the library stands up to scrutiny in terms of quality, not just quantity. Here's the clip in question, which looks at just how valuable Xbox Game Pass is overall:
Even with this favourable look at Game Pass, Microsoft is committed to all sorts of business models on Xbox. Basically, physical and digital game sales are still hugely important at Xbox and are still a massive part of the business.
How many Game Pass games would you consider GOTY contenders? What are some of your favourites? Let us know in the comments.
[source trueachievements.com]
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If only one game wins the GOTY per year, how does this even make any sense? Obviously we haven't had 60 years of Game Awards.
@Royalblues
I figured that's what they probably meant but the term itself "Game of the Year" can only apply to one game by its very definition.
@HungryHungryHomer It's my understanding that it IS just GOTY winners, not other award categories, but it covers different award shows not just The Game Awards.
On the slide she shared it said "Since launch, Game Pass has delivered 60 GOTY winners from over 30 awards"
**Xbox Game Pass Has delivered 60+ GOTY titles since launch**
Meanwhile..... Meh, MS only provides good enough for Game Pass games - the fallacy fanboys in the blue corner use against MS and GP.
Theres too many awards these days. Yes GP does provide great value but alot of these 60 games arent that good, just that one random outlet liked it and created an award go give it
@HungryHungryHomer Forza Horizon 5 won 'best Racing Game of the Year' which is still a 'game of the year' award, not the 'overall' best but still won a 'GotY' award. It was also IGN's Game of the Year too of course.
Just because some maybe 'categorised' by Genre, they still represent the 'best' Game of the Year in that particular area.
I would really like to see the list)
@HungryHungryHomer there's no official GOTY award so different games win GOTY each year from different organizations. It's messy but true
How many of those games were made by xbox studios & were a direct result of gamepass though
Gamepass is the best thing about the Xbox. For the last few generations I have bought all of the consoles, but I may skip PS this time because I don’t feel like buying games individually or subscribing to a second service if they ever launch a competitor.
I bought the Series S mainly to await EBC boxing. I have been blown away by the value of GamePass. I’ve got too many games to play after subscribing without actually having bought a single game. Makes the Series S an incredible value
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