Enemy said:
The poll seems pointless because the gaming market seems to have already spoken and the answer is "no".
Xbox One sales have steadily declined over the years despite Microsoft's obsession with specs and "most powerful console" marketing/propaganda push.
I assume the OP's story is also fabricated as a stealth advertisement for Game Pass while trying to downplay Sony's games. Not sure most people would buy a console at the end of a generation to rent and download/fill up a HDD with old games when most of those games on Game Pass can be purchased for cheap in a bargain bin.
Some people seem to overhype every single thing Microsoft does. Some media peoples hyped up the power of cloud with Crackdown which turned out to be a lie and a dud. They hyped up Play Anywhere which turned out to be a dud. They hyped up Game Pass as this innovative new thing.
I think the reality here is that Game Pass is not this amazing new thing that people want. Just like the other Microsoft projects that people overhyped. Game Pass was Microsoft's response to PS Now. PS Now was out for years and Microsoft didn't have their own servers to stream games like Sony did. So Microsoft created Game Pass until they could create a streaming service to copy PS Now.
If Game Pass was appealing to people then PS Now would probably also appeal to those same people since they're similar subscription services. A person could buy a PS4 to have access to GOW as well as PS Now which makes OP's story seem even more unlikely.
Just my 2 cents.
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Yeah MS didn’t have cloud servers to run a streaming service. I guess that’s why Sony is partnering with MS to use Azure for Sony’s servers now. Also, GamePass isn’t a streaming service. You download every game, from Xbone to OG Xbox. Sony added the ability to download PS4 titles as a result of GamePass.
The services can appeal to different people because one is mostly a streaming service and the other is not. Also one has new releases day one, the other does not.
