Xbox Game Pass Will Now Feature First-Party Xbox One Exclusives At Launch

In Canada games are $80, there are no video stores left to rent games from, I have yet to see a redbox and Gamefly is not available to Canadians (there is an alternative but I don't no much about them). I can't afford to buy every game i'm interested in and some games don't get demos or trials, so gamepass lets me play for a low monthly price and if I really like it, gives me a discount on the final purchase if I choose to buy it. So for me, this new update to gamepass is a way for me to try before I buy, especially multiplayer focused games as they are not my go to game genre. Games don't/won't stay in gamepass forever so buying games won't completely go away.

So basically I can just get a trial run or pay for one month or two once there are enough games out I'm interested in, play through them all for 0-20$. Good for me, there isn't a single xbox exclusive out that I felt is a game I wanted to keep anyway, but sounds bad for business and very desperate. This looks like a hit they are willing to take as preparation to fully convert into games as a service on any device rather than their console. And that is a future I'm not interested in at all. Especially if the option to actually buy the games you like is only through their store at the ridiculous prices they have, because all retailers are dead. Luckily pc is still going strong as an option, there is ample competition there hence the low pc game prices.

This is gonna hurt my business selling games from the back of my van behind Best Buy at 2:00 am

This is pretty neat. I already pay for the Game Pass (dunno if I'd suggest it to anyone tbh) and have really been looking forward to State of Decay 2... now I get to play before I pay. I can get behind that.

So I don't need an xbox and I can play them for $10 on PC.

Funny that everyone seems to think MS are doing this out of the goodness of their heart. First of all, there is what, one or maybe two first party games that an individual would buy full price from Microsoft per year. So it already means they're probably going to make a profit.

Secondly, what Phil desperately needs right now is to sell consoles and rebuild the company's image. So this storyline of "here we're giving you our new games practically for free!" (I assume if there is a game you want you can subscribe to the service for one month and play the game and then just unsubscribe. Saved like 50$?)

Phil said it himself in an interview. He's thinking on the big scale. He doesn't care that much about how many games he sells in this generation, he needs to push Xbox as a brand.

So yea this is a good idea to get people to buy consoles and tell themselves hey Microsoft didn't do so badly this generation after all!

I gotta admit it's a good way to create appreciation for a console even if there are no games.

Good job Phil you're getting better at your voodoo magic of selling consoles with no games. That's why they hired you in the first place. And look at all the adoration you're getting in this forum even though this is just another way to convince people how well you're doing when you aren't!

Good Move by MS, and quite logical when you look at all the other MS 'services' such as O365 etc, Although I don't currently sub to Game Pass, this is a definite game changer for me personally,

My only concern is how long games will remain on the platform before being removed... I'm guessing the decision is made by analysing the popularity of games with the lowest accessed games being removed maybe... Still a great idea though.

I think what it needs are more Japanese developed games like these:

https://www.change.org/p/namco-bandai-port-digimon-story-cyber-sleuth-to-xbox-one

https://www.change.org/p/square-enix-bring-nier-automata-to-xbox-one-a18d48fe-4922-4482-9503-a6b0ff97376f

Holy shit this is huge(would be bigger if Microsoft had more exclusives lol) I was already loving Gamepass but this just solidifies it as thd best gaming service ever. All the ppl who were trying to shit talk Gamepass before look doubly stupid now lol. On a side not though this is making XBL gold look less and less attractive though. I only ever subbed to Gold for the free games and didn't really give a damn about online multi.

Sounds too good to be true. I bet the new games are only available for 1 month. Logistically most people buy more than 2 exclusives a year so this seems like there must be a catch.

That's gonna bring a lot of value to Game Pass. Bold move I must say.

@7tizz: I got the pass to play phantom pain (hated it btw), and I was going to cancel it... not any more, I was going to buy Sea of Thieves pending reviews, now I'll just keep game pass. Oh and Crackdown 3 and State of Decay 2. So I am all over this. very clever move indeed.