Xbox Game Pass on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo? You can also put your heart at rest, because, just like with Starfield or Indiana Jones and the Ancient Circle, it won’t arrive for the moment. The confirmation comes from Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, in podcast published on February 15th dedicated to the future of Xbox, where he reiterated the exclusivity of the service on PC and Xbox. Furthermore, in an interview granted to The Verge, Phil Spencer was keen to reiterate once again that Xbox Game Pass appears to be a sustainable service from an economic point of view and is even growing.
Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s heaviest exclusive
Matt Booty, Capo di Xbox Game Studios
That Xbox Game Pass could land on the consoles of direct rivals was quite difficult right from the start. After all, we doubt that Sony itself would be happy to share the playing field with a service that, on paper, offers an undoubtedly more attractive quality/price ratio than what we saw with PlayStation Plus Extra and, above all, Premium. Matt Booty simply confirmed what, yes, seemed obvious to manybut for others a little less, perhaps because they are moved by a modicum of hope.
For the head of Xbox Game Studios, in fact, the Game Pass model turns out to be the cornerstone of Xbox’s entire strategy. Among his words one could even glimpse how, in fact, the service represents Microsoft Gaming’s heaviest exclusive, something that the competition is currently unable to match in any respectfrom the price to the timeliness with which first parties and, in general, video games arrive on the service.
In 2024, Xbox Game Pass will be enriched with arrivals such as Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Indiana Jones and the Ancient Circle, both available from Day One. To make matters worse, Activision Blizzard video games will also arrive. The benefits of this acquisition are therefore starting to be glimpsed from the consumer’s point of view. As far as Microsoft is concerned, however, they they have already been seeing each other for a few weeks.
Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass is profitable for us, but the standard market is important
A position that evidently also shares Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Gaming, who places Game Pass in a dimension where manages to be a sustainable and profitable business for Microsoft, with always constant revenue. The service therefore remains a central element of Xbox’s economic strategy and certainly essential. However, this does not take away the importance of the standard market, i.e. the one that sees profit from the sale of video games.
“We shouldn’t just be focused on Game Pass, and we should really be thinking about the health of the entire Xbox business, which includes people who buy games, subscribe to games, buy items for them, and all the things that people do in a platform that manages this business,” said the head of Microsoft Gaming.
Source: The Verge