I do think Gears E-Day is probably the tipping point for whatever Asha decides to do moving forward about the Gamepass situation, I think if it was successful in terms of revenue + new Gamepass users and such, she will continue on with day one releases on the Ultimate tier at least (continuing on with them on PC Gamepass feels less likely, $14 a month for even 2 months is alot less than a $70 purchase of a game). If Gears wasn't successful enough, I think they probably scale back Ultimate 1st and 2nd party additions to like 3-6 months after release instead of day one, which is still a selling point over Premium tier (1st and 2nd party games added 12 months after release). I think PC Gamepass will either raise in price some or end up with Gamepass premium parity, 12 months after release for 1st and 2nd party games.
