Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 3)

There really should be a NEITHER option so that the poll representative of those that would like to vote, @Kezelpaso ...

@Fiendish-Beaver Would that not be the same as just not voting though?

Myself, I quite like the look of both of these. I was really enjoying Spray Paint Sim but I don't know, something about the spray-cover just doesn't feel intuitive. It takes longer than it should to get a job done. It's not quite as refined as Power Wash. I might try another level or two but right now, I think that's as far as I'll take it.

No. It wouldn't, @Kaloudz. How do you gauge how popular the games are amongst everyone, if you cannot see how many people the games do not appeal too...? If 6 out of 10 were to vote for NEITHER then you could then see that 60% of people were not interested in them. With the way the vote is structured, you can only see which games have the most interest, not how many people are not interested in them. It would also demonstrate the interests within the Pure Xbox community for the games, which would enable the people that write these articles to priorities those games that hold the most interest for their readers, and conversely, whether it is actually worth the time it takes to write an article if interest is particularly low..

@Fiendish-Beaver I don't know. I just think it'd be a pointless demographic where just a comment would suffice for those that don't want to vote because of lack of interest. That's what I do and it works fine.

Not sure how pX gauge interest and decide what to write, but from when I was in game journalism, polls did very little to sway persuasion one way or the other. It was more about covering as much as you could, as much variety as you could, and watching the clicks on the backend.

Bearing in mind that a heap of traffic here will be from users that don't have an account and just browse. I was a browser for years before making an account. Heck, I get a heap of Xbox messages from people that frequent here that don't have an account. Don't get me wrong, having the "neither" option wouldn't bother me one way or the other, but I don't think it'd add anything constructive...

Crypt Custodian is a lovely little game. I played it on Switch last year. Highly recommended!

I'm kind of shocked that we disagree, @Kaloudz... 🤣

@Fiendish-Beaver I'm kind of shocked that we disagree

Did you say that on purpose so that I have to disagree with it?

Absolutely, @Kaloudz...! 🤣

@Fiendish-Beaver Speaking of Game Pass... We were suppose to get an announcement today for the first half of June :/ Perhaps we're not getting it due to Showcase announcements?

Oops I was thinking of crypt master. Dang it. Maybe this is good too, just not the same!

@Kezelpaso I'm not sure if the search function is working properly for me - but do we know if we got a Game Pass drop last year leading up to the showcase? Or even an announcement for the first half of the Showcase month? Seems we haven't had one revealing June's first half this year. I'm curious if this was the same last year.

@Kaloudz We haven't had a proper update for the first half of June yet! We do have a few more games already locked in though: https://www.purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-all-games-coming-soon-in-june-2025
As for the next roundup, MS is becoming a bit less predictable with them these days. Hopefully we get one in and around the showcase.

@Kezelpaso Thanks a heap buddy! Hopefully the lack of an announcement can only spell some great news for the showcase, and hopefully some tasty shadow drops