No. It's the vocal few who make it an issue when ever it gets brought up. Most people have zero issues with the service and if they don't use the service, they could care less if someone enjoys talking about it. I mean, this is a video game forum after all, it's kind of what we do. 

That reminds me, we have a sermon this weekend at the House of Game Pass. Phil is going to be making a sacrifice for a glorious Halo launch. You should join, brother. 

Its funny, i have done the Maths for people on this site since GP was announced. People just don't want to believe it. GP is extremely profitable and MS will never announce its profits directly. They will downplay it to keep the price flexible in the future. On top of that, the GP/Live bundle adds another incentive to get gamer's to pay even more for Live which would be earning a fortune in itself. Two Major services bringing in billions a year is exactly why other companies will be following this eco-system soon.

 As a collector. I am as I prefer owning them. I also buy a shit ton more than 3 a year.

I'm mostly ambivalent toward Game Pass. However, those who don't seem to understand that it's not the best option for everyone can be bloody annoying.

He now, only Sony sacrifices goats to promote a new game :p

I just wonder how much it actually does for less mainstream games. It's like FS2020 is already forgotten again. The GOTY edition just came out with the first huge expansion to almost zero noise, 4 comments...
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-19-flight-simulators-competitive-multiplayer-dlc-and-big-free-goty-update-are-out-now
Sure the upcoming Halo release is taking all the attention away but still kinda disappointed how quickly FS2020 sank to the background after all the trouble Asobo and players went through with the XBox release.

https://steamcharts.com/app/1250410
It did bring some players back, on Steam peak of 14K concurrent players, up from 10K the 2 months before. Is there such a stat for the XBox ecosystem? I'm curious what the split is. There should be far more players on the XBox side with gamepass but I can't find any metrics.
I'm sure the unique player count is quite high, yet how many return and actually keep playing the game and bring in revenue on the marketplace.

Anyway, back to testing the Goty edition, DX12 isn't doing well so far, using a lot more VRAM and overall lower fps after the update. DX11 is definitely better for now but a bit more demanding on the CPU since the update.

Which is absolutely fine. I dread an all-digital future (though I'm not as anti-digital as some), but it's inevitable. Could be 20 years from now, or 10. But Game Pass makes it far more affordable for players to enjoy games from the last gen, plus some from the current gen and older gens. I would much prefer services like Game Pass exist so people can play more games instead of being limited to purchasing them outright which usually means they can't play as many games due to high costs. 

We now live in a time where most players can easily play about 20 or so games a year without spending a lot of money. And that is a very good thing to me. A lack of gaming subscription services means less affordable ways to play games. 

I've never subscribed to Game Pass, but I understand the appeal. I do have a PS Now subscription.

Yes, Game Pass is a super great service for the industry

Pretty much. And like you OP states its a subscription service, very much like PS Now, Google Stadia, etc. I think its a great value for the sheer library of new games. Though its not for everyone and people get too worked up about it for and against. For me, I'm wary of more subscription services taking off as we've seen how video games companies act when they have new means of making money. Be it through horse armor dlc's, mtx, online paywalls etc this just looks to be the next logical evolution of that.

Though with GPU I think choice is a good thing and by someone like MS offering a great value service, will spur on others to innovate. I do think think that the constant critiquing on something is a bit much. But also the guys who keep banging on about it likes its the best thing since sliced bread. Its a little like if like people kept calling at how good/bad value Netflix/Disney is. Like who tf cares just watch/sub to what you want or not.

I don't hate Game Pass. It's just not for me; I prefer to own my games.

People also often act like its this megaton killer app that's going to turn the tides of the console war, when the data says that simply isn't the case.

Game Pass can be great for gamers if fees remain at the current level, and it can be great too for good low and mid budget games, that can reach a far wider audience than they could have just with the marketing resources they had, but is it good for high budget games? What if too many people play so many games that big ones, even if played by tens millions, get just crumbles?