“I think there’s an opportunity here for this to not just be about games that have already shipped,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on a recent podcast with Major Nelson (via Shacknews). “I’d actually like to see this grow to a program that you can see frontline games, first shipped games, come into Xbox Game Pass as something, as a way that they get distributed.
“I think you’ve seen this in the TV space with Netflix. You’ve seen Netflix, at first, was really about ‘movies or TV shows that I might have missed,’ and I subscribe to Netflix and I go watch it. Now, some of the best TV out there is actually being created as Netflix originals… I’d love to see us be able to grow Game Pass to a program where maybe like episodic and smaller story based games could see this as a way that they actually launch. Because, obviously, there’s a business model behind Xbox Game Pass and I think it could really support that.”
Currently, like Netflix, the plan is for the Xbox Game Pass to allow fans access to a large library of games for a monthly subscription fee.
“Best thing for me, parent walks into the store, they buy a console,” Spencer explained. “For a fairly minimal monthly amount, they’re able to get access to a hundred games for everybody in the family. That’s great.”
The Xbox Game Pass service is expected to launch for all users this spring.
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