Phil Spencer Doesn’t Think Everyone Needs Game Pass
Selective Players Might Not Need A Huge Catalog
Xbox Game Pass is a great service, but it’s not perfect for everyone. EvenPhil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, has admitted thatthe subscription doesn’t work for some gamersdepending on how many games a year they go through. In an interview withVariety, Spencer explained, “For me, I look at Game Pass as a healthy option for certain people. It’s not for everyone.”He continued,“If you play one or two games a year, Game Pass probably isn’t the right business model for you, you should just buy those two games, and that would make total sense.”
Even with a huge library of new and old games,an Xbox Game Pass subscription mightnot seem like the right move for people who enjoy dedicating themselves to a single gamefor months at a time. However, the freedom that Game Pass gives to trying something new is exactly why picky players should give it a shot.
Xbox Game Pass Justifies Its Value Legitimately
Test Driving A (Huge) Number Of Games Makes Game Pass Worth It
Even if you really only want to buy two games a year, picking those two out can be a little difficult. With so many options on console and PC, being a selective customer can be time-consuming.That’s where Xbox Game Pass comes in to prove its ultimate worth:being able to try new things without being punished. If someone bought a game and found out after an hour or two they didn’t like it, they would now need to go through a sometimes-lengthy refund process to return it.
Xbox Game Pass solves this problem by having such a large catalog that picky subscibers can load up any game, including new releases this month likeCall of Duty: Warzone, Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced, Blue Prince,and therecently releasedSouth of Midnighton PC. If someone wants to test runAtomfallbecause they like theFalloutseries and want to try something similar, they can try it without a second thought, whichhighlights why the service is so good even for pickier gamers.
Game Pass Doesn’t Disrupt The Overall Xbox Ecosystem
Getting An Audience In Any Way Is The Goal
This idea fits in neatly with Xbox’s “This is an Xbox” campaign, which has the goal of spreading the Xbox brand to every gaming platform from mobile to PC to VR headsets. It makes sense that the company’s goal is to facilitate gaming in any capacity, even if it isn’t on Xbox, andGame Passis simply a piece in that puzzle.
