Xbox Game pass announced

[stix]

https://www.vg247.com/2017/03/01/xbox-game-pass-is-the-innovation-this-console-generation-deserves-what-took-so-long/

 

In the same mould as EA Access & Netflix.

 

Only 100 games initially according to reports but if it takes off I'm sure we'll see bigger titles available shortly after launch.

 

Thoughts?

 

For me personally, again, if it takes off as anticipated I think it's a good idea. The last 2 games I've bought I haven't played since the day I got them, the price of those games would cover the annual subscription for this, and I'd likely to have been able to play those 2 games at some point during the subscription, along with many other games for the same price.

[matty98]

All depends on the titles they offer, I assume most of it will be rubbish indie games

[Manwell Pablo]

1 minute ago, matty98 said:

All depends on the titles they offer, I assume most of it will be rubbish indie games

 

Nah looks legit. Halo 5, Gears 4 etc.

 

But I'd still want a bigger catalog, personally. 

[matty98]

2 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

 

Nah looks legit. Halo 5, Gears 4 etc.

 

But I'd still want a bigger catalog, personally. 

Oh that's pretty decent then I guess, where did you find out what games they're offering?

[Manwell Pablo]

Just now, matty98 said:

Oh that's pretty decent then I guess, where did you find out what games they're offering?

 

There's articles dotted about, I think it is just rumored at the min and  tbf looks like the Gears remake not 4, but plenty of proper titles. Few Indys, Few backwards compat 360 games. Looks a decent spread, just you'd probably have to times the amount of selection by about 10 for me to be interested. 

[kingcarr21]

Is this similar to Playstation Now??

 

I subscribed to that service and at £12 a month is a hefty price if aren't a regular gamer. 

[CollinsLCFC]

Seen it will be £7.99 per month. So just under £96 a year.

If they don't have a great catalogue of games, I probably wont go for it at that price. I can imagine it will be a lot of cheap indie games and a small handful of 'bigger' games. Perhaps if they put it at around £30-40 for an annual subscription, I would be tempted. Especially for Gold members, as they pay for Xbox Live.

 

Does anybody know if this will effectively replace 'Games with Gold'?

[stix]

48 minutes ago, CollinsLCFC said:

 

 

Does anybody know if this will effectively replace 'Games with Gold'?

 

Apparently not. 

[cheshamfox17]

This apparently all the game announced so far, its not even close to all of them but I guess gives a good indication of the types of games they'll include:

 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-xbox-game-pass-titles-so-far/1100-6448286/

[hairmetalgamer]

So I tried the beta for this last night and its currently mainly 360 games with a handful of xbox one games, prob about 40 games on there in total

[hairmetalgamer]

actually there is currently 21 games

[MrSpaM]

I wish Sony would do something like this but I know it's completely impossible for them to natively emulate PS3 games on the PS4 so it's just not going to happen

 

I didn't mind PSNow from the trail month I had, but I'd prefer it if it was done like this instead

[CollinsLCFC]

Anybody get this? £7.99 a month, over a hundred titles. Halo 5 probably the biggest name of the bunch. Majority are Xbox 360 backwards compatible or indie games. 

 

Don't know if it's worth it or not. I hope they bring some more titles in.

[stix]

I imagine it'll be much better value in 6 months or so. 

[whoareyaaa]

its the price of  pack of fags its really not that expensive