@Fiendish-Beaver are you able to give some examples, I looked up doom the dark ages, avowed and south of midnight since they’re first party and they are selling for the same price as on Xbox

@Kieduss it’s really nice to have an exec that actually plays games instead of another business man

@DeanyBabyy what about this article makes this comment valid? Or are you just another person to bash things just because

If Xbox gets steam on their next hardware than they get Xbox pc and PlayStation games

@Ricky-Spanish he does but lately a lot that he has said has been true and he does have the connections needed for them

I could be wrong but I don’t think was just the name that he was saying was false but also the date, I think the console will come out in 2027 and elder scrolls 6 will be the launch title

@Fiendish-Beaver jez cordon said the rumors of the Xbox prime aren’t true

As much as I’d like to see these games this year 2025 is already stacked I think they should push the games to 2026

@Medic_alert how do you know this plan won’t work more than the literal head of Xbox who knows all the numbers and knows if it’s profitable, if it’s not profitable it won’t be here simple as that

@Llamageddon Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in an interview Windows Central revealed Xbox spends over $1 billion a year on third-party content for Xbox Game Pass and the service itself is profitable.

"We have a service that is financially viable, meaning it makes money, in Game Pass," said Spencer
This is what I have for the profitable part of they were losing money for this long game pass wouldn’t still be around and as far as subscriber increase they said cod had the most subscriber increase they’ve had, time will tell if those subscribers stay but the only way subscribers will stay if there is a steady plan of releases which they’ve lacked for so long

@Boogaloo_Jenkins game pass has proven to be profitable during a pretty slow couple of years so as the games coming starts to ramp up we will see an increase in game pass subscribers

@Kaloudz even PlayStation is saying that they’re games are getting more expensive and had to release on Pc, sure it’s not as drastic as Xbox but it’s definitely going to increase as games are becoming more expensive

@DennisReynolds everyone I know has game pass because it’s the best deal but that’s just me and I’m happy with paying less for games

@DennisReynolds I will agree this gen wasn’t great with games but their line up is promising now. I’m predicting game pass will grow as more games start being produced

@IOI the more games they come out with being of good quality than people will want to subscribe to game pass, game pass is why I have an Xbox

@DennisReynolds it’s not that big of a deal, we will still be able to play halo why does it matter who gets to play

I think this looks good but I really think if they add a early access a dlc should be added like the other early access they have been doing

Very happy to see the new installment of orcs must die being added

I think that there are too many games coming out this year because we can have a year like 2023 and then 2024 won’t be as plentiful when it can be spread through more years

I haven’t played any of the fables but I heard the new fable is semi open world, does that mean it’s open zone?

I find it weird that it is only 4 games while both previous directs were 5 and there’s way more to show this year

I was really hoping for fable to be one of the games from how little we have seen so far

@Fiendish-Beaver do you think if Xbox released 2 years earlier than PlayStation they could use those 2 years to find a way to make theirs better or do you think it’s. Too late to make major changes in 2 years once Xbox is out

@BacklogBrad I hope avowed isn’t at the developer direct since it was in the last one with a bunch of review footage

@PeteW I think game pass is actually the best deal it has been, ik the price has gone up but with how many games they’re finally able to release per year and the second half of 2024 they released good quality games that reviewed well. Before 2024 I wouldn’t say game pass was worth it with the inconsistency in releases and low quality even tho the price was cheaper.

@Mincey0 to clarify I do not think they messed up big time and they’re doing just fine and is needed to give PlayStation some competition

@Balaam_ I don’t remember subscription being the only way to play a game if you want to own a game buy it if others want a cheaper way of playing the option is there

@Kilamanjaro I like a lot of what obsidian is doing, with grounded and pentiment. They said they want to make 7 games in 7 years so we’d be getting a good amount of smaller AA games from them

@Kilamanjaro I don’t think sales are ever the question I just think that Bethesda is up to industry standard. I will certainly play it but I’m not sure if it’s a game I’ll be able to go back to over and over like Skyrim

I also believe they can have a good 4-5 big games a year now. For 2026 we should get state of decay 3, perfect dark, gears, and of course another cod

@Balaam_ I find almost every game intriguing but I will agree with you on elder scrolls 6, I want to like it but I don’t think anyone at Bethesda knows how to take constructive criticism and releasing probably around the Witcher 4 will not be good

@JokerBoy322 keep paying full price for games while everyone on Xbox will be saving money with game pass and you’ll be funding better games on Xbox so keep buying more games

@somnambulance crazy thing is they can release the same amount in 2026

@OldGamer999 they have said they are making the next Xbox and handheld

@Cakefish I agree that’s the value proposition is decreasing because it’s harder to play more games in a year when it was 3 games a year was the value I think that’s the sweet spot but more is getting tough. Either way games I don’t play one year I will the next so with the increasing library Xbox will have there won’t be a full moment so game pass works for me

@Cakefish That wont be sustainable because people keep demanding more from games which increases cost. Either way as long as you see value in it. For me I can count 6 games I’m going to play next year on game pass which makes it worth it it’s getting to expensive to buy games on their own

@Cobra that’s true but if the main reason for game pass is just for online multiplayer that ultimate would not be the one growing. That’s because games are expensive and if you play 4 games a year on game pass you’re saving money that’s why it’s growing

@Cakefish most of game pass users are subscribed to ultimate if you’re saying it’s for online multiplayer than why isn’t everybody subscribed to core?

@Cakefish okay they have 30+ million subscribers and it’s the cheapest way to play games, and they’re actually making better games now so more people will subscribe

@Cakefish because they make their money from game pass not consoles

@Hexamex-Tex what will change with game pass? Won’t you still be getting the same games why is it bad for another console to play the game

@Overzeal id expect perfect dark, state of decay 3, gears to be in 2026

@Cakefish fable is my most anticipated game so I hope so too

Another article states that the game in question never had a 2025 release date publically stated so that rules out games that already had the 2025 release window

For someone who says I won’t buy an Xbox anymore please explain why. Game pass is still the best deal, they’re still making Xbox games and consoles because they’re not going to abandon 30+ million users

I don’t understand why people care so much, game pass is still the best deal and PlayStation will just give Xbox more money to make games and put more games in game pass. The only people who are complaining still care about the console wars, even Xbox doesn’t care about it anymore

It’ll keep growing as we get to the weekend so the total will be higher. It’s at this number on a weekday which is impressive

@Millionski a lot of people don’t understand this

@IOI why would the hardware business die out if 30 million game pass subscribers are on console

Why is this such a bad idea, Xbox players who have game pass gets the games for free, PlayStation still has to buy the games. It’s more money for Xbox to make more games and people are seeing this as Xbox is a dead brand.