Its not over, but I really like the tweet.

If you read between the lines of what Phil said in the last couple weeks where he mentioned "don't expect GP on other consoles", you can see that they want to put GP on other systems.  But, they're not able to reach acceptable terms with Sony or Ninty for doing so.

Not yet it isn't. Besides, aren't Xbox consoles the #1 portal to Gamepass?

Oh man, I just imagined how awesome it'd be to have Xbox GamePass on PS4/5. I'm all excited all of a sudden!

It is obvious that MS is not interested in outselling PlayStation. MS is not even interested console(A training device); XBOX game pass is the real product from MS. XBOX is just one many devices that can access to it. Its the primary reason why I don't think they'll be a major change in sales numbers between the two. MS is not invested in that.

to make money? xP

To be honest their PR for the new console is horrendous. None of this is appealing outside of their current userbase. All of their messaging just comes off like they aren't confident in their product, at all. Like they are conceding as a competitor to the market leader. It would be like Samsung coming out and saying oh we're not directly competing with Apple but we're doing our own thing. Just no, stop bringing up your product and PR'ing after every event if things are not going your way (or Sony's event) it doesn't put you in the best light. And yet they keep doing it.

Gamepass is good for them but they should be confident in their products to grow. The hardware is great, advertise third party games give PR on first party titles. Like jees.

I don't really play on Xbox anymore but, this annoys the hell out of me.

Gamepass would cost more though since Sony would still want/need royalties. They don't do all the R&D and planning to sell hardware at break even or a small loss so you can play games on it for free. The 12% platform royalty per game is what makes the relatively cheap hardware possible. Of course if MS is going to hand over 12% of their gross game pass revenue to Sony, it could happen. And you probably still need ps+ to play gamepass games online :/

Where else are they going to push GamePass? Nintendo doesn't have the hardware to run many of the GamePass games and remember how much Sony hated EA Access until years later they finally caved in? No way would Sony want the GamePass service on their platform, it would make PS Now pretty pointless unless they too started putting their games on there day one.

Releasing a console gives them a place to push the service and make a lot more money than they would elsewhere.

yeah but cost has never been the concern. If I can get it for, say, $5 more on PS5, that's worth it to not have to buy an Xbox or upgrade my PC.