| konnichiwa said: This post claims NateTheHate vouched for the Game Pass rumor, but he clarified he has no information on these claims and only noted the leaker's prior accuracy elsewhere. No official Xbox sources match the described changes beyond limited cloud gaming updates. |
Removing day one games would basically kill Game Pass. And yeah this seems very shaky. Not saying this isn't happening at all, but doesn't seem likely.
An ad tier for less month seemed like a given as they've been trialing ads and we know they will be charging for Xbox Cloud Gaming in the near future.
And just because someone plays a game day one via Game Pass doesn't mean they would have purchased the game at full price. The vast majority of games I play day one I'd either wait for a heavy discount or not bother to buy at all if they weren't on Game Pass.
Most people are subbed for day one games, which means paying $23/month for Ultimate or $14/month if they are PC only. With over 30 million subscribers Game Pass has to be bringing in ~$500 million a month.
If Xbox wants to save some money they could drop Fortnite, EA, Ubisoft, and/or instead of having 500+ games lower the total number of third-party games.
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