I ask this questions because a friend of mine who is a huge Nintendo fan went and bought an Xbox One S.   He was thinking about getting a PS4 for God of War and TLOU 2 but said the reason he didn't was because of Xbox game pass. There is a lot of games he missed and doesn't have the money to buy all the games he wants to experience. So my question to all of you is would you buy an Xbox for Xbox game pass to save money?

Personally, I can see it being a huge system seller for cheaper Xbox models. Those who just want to play a lot of games at a cheaper price. However, can't see it being a huge system seller for Xbox one X or new Xbox systems.

I feel like these drive by, anti Playstation posts are just a tad too much.

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woah what a hot take

I am not sure what he is talking about either.

And no, not until it's more well known and popular will it be a system seller. The average gamer still mostly has no idea what GamePass is or how it works. Years after EA Access launched you'd be amazed at how many people still didn't know about it or how it worked. So many times I'd see people about to buy a year old Madden or Battlefield for $40 and I'd ask them why they wouldn't just get two years of EA Access for that price and have access to that game they were about to buy and tons others and they had no idea it existed.

If you already own an Xbox console then you know about it because they market it very well on the console and in the store. But new buyers, meh, not quite yet. Imagine what they can do for the next gen launch though.. if they manage to snag a big third party launch title on GamePass, that would be a major selling point. I already have GamePass Ultimate though most of 2021, so when I buy the next Xbox I already get Halo Infinite and any other MS launch game essentially free. It's incredibly pro-consumer. But still needs time. Maybe once older Xbone hardware gets very cheap.

Not for me. I have multiple Xbox One consoles and I don't even have Game Pass. I may jump on it soon, though. I want Gears V and Ori 2. They were already day one buys but I can play them with Game Pass and save a lot of money. What's not to love?

I bought an XBO X after Phil announced all 1st party games would be coming to Game Pass Day One. Then after being extremely pleased with that, I bought a Windows 10 Machine after it was revealed that Game Pass and all 1st Party titles would be gracing those machines as well. Then E3 Rolled around and Game Pass Ultimate was announced, along with Ryzen 3 and RDNA, and now I am looking at gifting the PC I bought in January to my Bother, and building a next gen PC when everything goes on sale over the holidays. I also need to upgrade my 2009 laptop. If Microsoft Surface offers Ryzen 3+RDNA, I will be grabbing one next year, if not, I will find another brand with the chipset I want.

So, I have to say, at least for me, Game Pass is moving Microsoft related Hardware quite well.

Bingo!  Give this man a prize.  The OP can ask the same questions without some comparison story to make one brand better than the other, especially with their posting history. He/his friend look silly,  He could have gotten gamepass for PC, bypassing the Xbox one purchase, he could have compared PSNow with Gamepass see they offer a great deal of the same games outside exclusives.. he then goes to mention two PS but opts for gamepass instead, it all seems fishy.

*phone

For me, the answer is no. But the longer answer is, it could be. For me without a doubt the most important selling point of a console is exclusives. Regardless what MS does with the Xbox Brand, until they can at least compete with Sony/Nintendo with exclusive content, I am not buying in.

The second reason I say no, is because I rarely buy games day 1. Fact is games drop in price very quickly, which makes gaming cheap. I got Dragon Quest XI, God of War and Monster Hunter World for something like $80.