During a new interview, Spencer hinted at a "Platinum" version of the subscription service, and how it will intertwine with xCloud. Speaking about the latter, Spencer even suggested a TV streaming stick could be coming soon.
“I think you’re going to see lower-priced hardware as part of our ecosystem when you think about streaming sticks and other things that somebody might want to just go plug into their TV and go play via xCloud,” said Spencer while speaking to Stratecherry. “You could imagine us even having something that we just included in the Game Pass subscription that gave you an ability to stream xCloud games to your television and buying the controller.”
At the moment, it's hard to determine what here is a tease of what's to come and what's Spencer speaking purely hypothetically, however, we know streaming is a space Microsoft has been very interested in. Further, it's also very interested in removing the price barrier of gaming, which could be achieved with a streaming stick and a Game Pass subscription.
That said, for now, take all of this speculation with a grain of salt. While it's safe to say Spencer is teasing something here, it remains to be seen how it will manifest and change the Xbox Game Pass as a service. What should be noted though is that usually when a service is expanded, a price hike isn't very far behind.
Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate are both available via the Xbox One, PC, and Android devices, and soon both will be available via the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
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