Thoughts on Xbox game pass (for the PC)

[maflynn]

I have to admit, this an intriguing idea.

Anyone use/have this? My laptop's GPU isn't the best but its somewhat capable (1050Ti)

My initial knee jerk reaction is "yet another subscription service". I was down on Apple's game pass, but this one seems a better fit for me. for instance, I can get Outerworlds, and play that, instead of dropping 60 bucks or Gears 5 (this may push my system too much).

Since I am on a laptop, its limited hardware definitely needs to be considered.

 

[maflynn]

I decided to take the plunge the first month is only a buck.

 

[garnerx]

Assuming you don't already have an Xbox account you want to use for Game Pass, you should set up a fresh account and pre-load it with Xbox Live Gold. I think you can have up to three years' worth. Then if you activate the $1 trial, it will convert all of your remaining Gold sub into a Game Pass sub.

If you use 12 month codes from a key reseller it works out very cheap. Three years of Gold would be, say $120, then for $1 you can upgrade that to a sub that normally costs $15 per month. I assume you can only do it once, so maxing it out to begin with makes it an amazing deal, even if you only try two or three games per year.

 

[TopherMan12]

Game Pass for PC is a hell of a deal. I've taken advantage of the $1 deal a couple of times, but I have used Microsoft Rewards in the past for Xbox Game Pass. Hopefully Game Pass for PC will be a reward option for MS Rewards once it is out of beta. The fact that you get every single Microsoft game included in the sub is great, but there are a lot of third party games as well.

 

[Painter2002]

I decided to take the plunge the first month is only a buck.

I’m curious, how do you like it so far (i know though it’s only been a couple weeks, lol). I’ve been torn on trying it, and I want to say for Black Friday they had a 3 month deal for $1.

My main hesitation is I’m tired of everything and the kitchen sink being a subscription model, but I must say XBOX Pass on PC does seem a tempting idea.

 

[maflynn]

I’m curious, how do you like it so far (i know though it’s only been a couple weeks, lol). I’ve been torn on trying it, and I want to say for Black Friday they had a 3 month deal for $1

I'm playing outer worlds and its been great for that - in fact, I prefer this over the PS4 (specifically for the outer worlds).

I just installed gears 5, I'm not so sure about this game, but given the premise that I can play any game (within the catalog) for that small fee, I'm liking it so far

 

[Stella]

I signed up for the $1 offer - so I could play Outer Worlds and Gears 5. I’ve bought some other games on steam that I liked on Play.

The service is good but number of games is limited - just over 100. Amongst that, there aren’t very many games I like playing but YMMV.

There’s definitely potential. Need more games.

 

[tyc0746]

I took advantage of the $1/£1 conversion of remaining balance of Xbox Live to GamePass Ultimate...but I made sure I extended my Xbox Live subscription to 36 months before I did - so I now have 36 months of GamePass Ultimate.

I run mine in W10 bootcamp on an iMac 21.5 4k with Vega 20 card, and most games will happily run 1080 at 60fps in Ultra settings, or 2160 at 30-40fps in Medium/High settings.

Well worth it for what I paid, but I have noticed that whilst most games are available on both platforms, not all share game saves/progress/achievements - so you can't (for example) play Rise of Tomb Raider on the iMac and then switch to the Xbox at a friend's house.

 

[Huntn]

Is my understanding correct that a game pass allows you to rent any game on the service, install it on your computer, and play it as long as you subscribe? I wonder what kind of restrictions it has in general and, if any regarding mods?

I know the games I really like, I play for a long time. I like ownership. I have bought many pre-release games on Steam for $20-30, that I own forever and may play them off and on for years, Ark Survival Evolved, Conan Exiles, Fallout 4, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Skyrim. The last 3 titles were $50 games.

 

[maflynn]

Is my understanding correct that a game pass allows you to rent any game on the service, install it on your computer, and play it as long as you subscribe? I wonder what kind of restrictions it has in general and, if any regarding mods?

With the install of the halo master chief I also have the ability to use the one with with mods