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15 Games That Make Xbox Game Pass Worth Having

Subscription services can be hit or miss these days. With so many of them out there, it’s hard to know which ones are actually worth your time and, more importantly, your hard-earned money. In the last couple of years, Microsoft has been doing a solid job of beefing up Xbox’s services and marketing them from a pro-consumer angle that is becoming increasingly difficult to resist. One of those services is Xbox Game Pass, which boasts over 100 games for just $9.99/month.

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crazyCoconuts2181d ago

When you throw Gears and Halo on top of this list it's impressive.

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roadkillers2181d ago

$60 a game or $60 a year... including free Xbox games monthly with gold.... hmmm

Dissidia2181d ago (Edited 2181d ago )

They see the value. They just find a reason to downplay or discredit, or say why something else is still better than Game Pass, everytime.

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MetalProxy2181d ago

$60 a year when it’s $10 a month? That’s some interesting math. Not surprised you guys are lying or just stupid

Z5012181d ago (Edited 2181d ago )

Own > Rent

You're only looking at the money aspect. Buying games is not an issue for me. Value is subjective.

As zackeroniii said below "i'd rather spend $60 on a game that i'll play for a while than $100 a year for games i'll barely play"

VALUE IS SUBJECTIVE

CaptainHenry9162181d ago (Edited 2181d ago )

You mean $120 dollars a year on Xbox unless you have Windows gamepass. I was paying $5 dollars a month but I think they changed the price to 9.99 on PC

roadkillers2180d ago

No, I mean 60. Microsoft allows you to get 3 years of Gold + Gamepass Ultimate for around 183. I bought in May and have a subscription until May 2023.

JeffGUNZ2180d ago

@ metal

Gamepass PC is currently 4.99 while it is still "beta". Been like that since it launched a year or so ago. I assume that is what he means by 60 a year.

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crazyCoconuts2181d ago

Pros and cons. For single player games I buy the disk, finish the game, then sell it back via eBay - I don't care to own it. When Halo Infinite comes out I'll subscribe to GamePass for a month on PC ($1-$5), finish it in a month and then cancel the subscription. For me, this is a great value. It's cheaper and less work for me.

zackeroniii2181d ago (Edited 2181d ago )

first of all...out of those 100+ games, how much are filler and how much are actually worth playing? be real with yourselves. i'd rather spend $60 on a game that i'll play for a while than $100 a year for games i'll barely play. they are clearly ripping you guys off but when you see that 100+ games you start drooling, when the fact is most those games are wack. quality or quantity people (but you can get both on playstation).

oh and describing microsoft as "pro-consumer" that is "difficulty hard to resist"...just... WOW, how can one write that with a straight face and believe it?!

RamRod882181d ago

Nobody is getting ripped off. Have you looked at the list of games yourself?The vast majority of the games are high quality titles ranging from indie to AAA. There is such a diversity of titles that caters to all tastes. Not everyone is going to play every game, but I've played games I would have probably never played otherwise, and thought to myself, "wow, this game is really good!" You should check it out yourself instead of complaining about something you clearly don't know.

EDKICK2181d ago

Well just in a year in a half or so I've enjoyed Cuphead, Banner Saga 1-3, Outer Wilds, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Overcooked 2, Forza Horizon 4, Hellblade, Outer Worlds, Guacamelee 2, Slay the Spire, Dandara, Void Bastards, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ashen, Jumpjet Rex, Nier Automata, Cities Skylines, Below, Gears 5, Yoku's Island Express, Vampyr, Observer, Creature in the Well, Gears 4, Journey to the Savage Planet, State of Decay 2, Minit, Untitled Goose Game, Rocket League, Kona, and What Remains of Edith Finch....
But I'm so glad you have personally told me there's nothing I would be interested in playing thank you for telling me I'd get ripped off.

Plus, A Plague Tale, Minecraft Dungeons, Balzing Chrome, Children of Morta, Mutant Year Zero, Indivisible, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Moonlighter, Darksiders III, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2 on the top of my backlog.

Plus great games that I had already played or aren't quite my type of game like
Alien Isolation, Alan Wake, DMCV, Dishonored 2, ESO, Enter the Gungeon, Fallout 4, Final Fantasy XV, Gears 1-3, Halo 5, Kingdom Hearts 3, Life is Strange 2, Mass Effect, MGS HD Collection, MGSV, Metro 2033, Metro Last Light, Metro Exodus, Minecraft, Middle Earth Shadow of War, Monster Hunter World, PUBG, Red Dead Redemption 2, Walking Dead S1-3, Yakuza 0.

Just because you either didn't look at the games on Gamepass or there's nothing that interests you doesn't mean plenty of people can't find legitimate value on Gamepass.

Dissidia2181d ago

PlayStation gives you so much value that you still have time to hurry to a Game Pass article here and spew nonsense.

You are wrong.

rainslacker2181d ago

It's not a rip off. The value is certainly there. You give up some things like ownership, but I think things like game pass are no different than things like GameFly. There is less selection, but overall, I can see why the service appeals to people. It's not for me because of how I play games, but if I played more on Xbox, I can see it as a good supplemental service. PSNow I feel the same about.

The way MS puts their games up there day one I have some thoughts about, but that'll be a long term effect kind of thing.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey available on PC and Xbox Game Pass today

Ubisoft's brilliant Assassin's Creed Odyssey will become available via Xbox and PC Game Pass today, Microsoft has annou…

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RavenWolfx1354d ago

At the time of this comment, I am not seeing Odyssey on Xbox or PC yet.

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The Game Deflators E167 | Will Sony Add Xbox Game Pass?

This week on the Game Deflators Podcast the guys discuss Microsoft's recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard, what it could mean for Microsoft's future plans in the console hardware business, and their relationship with Sony and Nintendo.

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ocelot071583d ago

Unfortunately I think so. Not anytime soon. But in a few years time. They want that on everything.

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JL29301581d ago

Won't happen, software is where all the money is made. These companies take losses on these consoles and then make up for it with software sales.

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Sci-fi City Building Sim ‘Before We Leave’ Has Landed on Xbox Today

Cosy city builder Before We Leave is now available on Xbox to purchase and also amazingly via Xbox Game Pass.

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