Microsoft’s latest movement could upset the way you play with the best game offer

Xbox Game Pass walks towards a cliff. Microsoft’s game subscription service has drink eight years after the launch, while the Xbox brand and its lack of new equipment were castigated by players and ex-EXEC. The entire format for the subscription – where those who pay the most for access to cloud games – will change. You can end up spending more or less, depending on whether you want all the best features.

Those who participate in the Beta Xbox Insiders program are now able to play some of the Xbox Cloud Games, even if they are not subscribed to the ultimate game pass of $ 20. In a blog article, the company said that players with a “basic” or “standard” game game can access the PC version of the titles “included with their subscription” on the cloud. The functionality performs games selected on separate equipment in a cloud server, then Microsoft diffuses game visuals to your device. The functionality was previously exclusive to Ultimate Game Pass subscribers. The official Xbox podcast first referred to this change earlier this month. Microsoft vice-president Jason Ronald said at the time that the opening of cloud games “would make him much more affordable and make him more accessible to players”.

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The prices of the subscription to success for the game could change considerably

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is still the best game business today. Even after Microsoft rendered its services more expensive last year, subscribers still have access to a growing list of large games to play. There are two separate subscription tracks for PC or console players. For Xbox owners, the basic “Core” subscription offers you an online multiplayer on Xbox Series X / S and a small catalog of 25 games. The “standard” level of $ 15 per month for consoles provides a wider band of games that you can download for free. Meanwhile, the monthly subscription of $ 12 “PC” is a better deal overall, because it offers the same suite of games to play and the possibility of downloading “Day 1” games – Titles on the launch date.

Game Pass Ultimate at $ 20 operates both on the console and the PC. In addition to the complete Game Pass catalog and the titles of the first day, ultimate subscribers had previously had exclusive access to the Cloud game service. If Xbox allows cloud games on cheaper levels, Ultimate will have to change. Xbox Game Pass could balloon for players who want all the best features. Video game analyst Joost Van Druenenen suggested in a recent blog article that Xbox could create a cheaper level or a mobile version as well as a potential subscription of $ 30 for “very active and premium players”.

Xbox is well aware that its console activity is – to put it well – in a very clumsy place. The leader of the Xbox game studios, Craig Duncan, told Gamesradar earlier this year that the console “growth through generations had slowed down”. At the same time, most players do not only play on one device. Microsoft recently increased prices of all Xbox consoles and peripherals and proclaimed that it would sell games at a starting price of $ 80. An X series with an optical player now costs $ 600. Game Pass is always the same price as last year, and while the company pushes its subscription model, it has been simultaneously launched from formerly exclusive titles as Gears of War: Reloaded On competing platforms such as PlayStation 5 (which knew its price hike this month).

Xbox must increase subscription numbers

Duncan said Xbox wanted to reach “as many players as we can” and make it “seamless to buy a game once and have it played through devices”. Having an astonishing passing pass liable to consoles and PC separately no longer makes sense. Microsoft confirmed that he was working on a new generation console, but this more powerful game device could be one to two years. In the meantime, he must count on third parties like Asus to make brand apparatus like the next Asus Rog Xbox Allhed. If our games are already on all systems, decompose the dichotomy between Xbox and PC games is the next natural step.

Microsoft has stopped relaying the exact number of Game Pass subscribers. At best, we can only guess. A LinkedIn profile of an Xbox worker published online – and subsequently deleted – suggested the total number of 35 million a few months ago. OMDIA James McWhirter Video Game Industry previously told IGN that Game Pass subscriptions had slowed down in recent years. The company suggested that the total number of subscribers is around 33.3 million at the end of 2023. Stronging the legendary 100 million filigree of subscribers is more like a Pipedream with each passing year. Meanwhile, NVIDIA’s Cloud GeForce NOW game service plans to offer better speeds, better quality streaming and the possibility of playing more of your own games by renting a server space. Xbox also allows players to choose the GeForce Now servers for streaming, as long as they subscribe to both. At some point, Xbox must provide something beyond her current offer if she wants Game Pass to survive instead of dying unnecessary death.

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