Do these games make sense in the era of Game Pass?

It was July 1, 2013 when Microsoft launched the Games with Gold program, when Xbox 360 still ruled, and have been maintained to this day. In all that ten years, the market has changed dramatically, so much so that few can explain why it’s still going strong with having Xbox Game Pass available to everyone.

Gift boxes that no one wants

Originally, these Games with [la suscripción] Gold made perfect sense because It was used to build a library month by month, taking advantage of the fact that we already paid via Xbox Live and related online services. Even then, Microsoft came to offer amazing titles, both its own and third-party ones, which caused many to jump on the bandwagon and join this 30-day (or annually) payment model.

For Games With Gold, names like Fable II, Assassin’s Creed II, Halo 3, Gears of War, Dead Island, Dark Souls, The Witcher 2 Assassin of Kings, Tomb Raider, Mafia II, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, Bioshock Infinite and a long list of wonders that have helped many add releases to their private libraries. But the Redmonds should stop and think and see what they’ve become something that has been so beneficial for so many players.

To give you an idea, the two games that are now arriving in the transition from March to April 2023 are neither more nor less than Out of space there Peaky Blinders Brain. Two games of a very lower level if we compare them with some of the examples that we have given you previously. As someone would say, “don’t look into the teeth of a gift horse” but, Are the folks at Phil Spencer aware of the level of player offerings?

Freebies in the Xbox Game Pass Era

The main problem of games with gold It’s that there’s Xbox Game Pass and they’re pretty much dead, media. News keeps coming out about freebie games with Xbox Live (or whatever they call it now) but nobody really cares, just – and rightly so – what Xbox Game Pass launches every month, Who This is where the good stuff really happens and the big hits happen without increasing the price of what we pay from month to month.

Microsoft should leave these games behind with the Gold subscription and focus on permalink with Xbox Game Pass

, or reduce it by taking away what little it takes economically to obtain those loot of gifts which are of a third or fourth scale, and which no one will surely miss if left to their fate. At least, as long as he doesn’t go back to the old habit of wearing contrasting and established AAAs like those of the early days.

Xbox Game Pass, inevitably, caused an earthquake in the market. We don’t know if this will help Microsoft make a lot or a little money, increase its relevance in the market or not by attracting users to Xbox, but of course, what doesn’t seem to fit or make sense in 2023, it’s to keep these Games with gold that are a nuisance more than anything else. Are any of you going to waste time paying attention to when you put them on or take them off to redeem them? They don’t even deserve that effort.