| Salnax said: Xbox Game Pass. It's arguably the biggest reason people have bought the Xbox Series X/S. Just compare Gamepass's Subscriber count to the total number of Xbox's sold this gen (30 million vs 35 million). Besides that, there have been a few games post-2010 that have also moved hardware:
There are also a few dishonorable mentions I could make (Starfield, Halo 5/Infinite, Rise of the Tomb Raider, etc). And arguably Sea of Thieves, though most of its sales seem to have come after they went multiplatform. |
I mainly agree. Forza Horizon has been Xbox's biggest hits this generation in terms of number of players and reception from gamers. Unlike Starfield and Halo Infinite that were divisive among the fanbase. Ignoring games like Call of Duty and Minecraft.
As far as Xbox Game Pass the figure includes subscribers on PC. Though guessing Xbox is the vast majority of subs. I'm currently subbed at Ultimate, but once it runs out in a couple of years I will probably downgrade to PC Game Pass.
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