Xbox Game Pass
As you may have heard from other bloggers, the Xbox Ultimate Game Pass is an extremely good deal. Even if you do not partake in all the Xbox Gold shenanigans – purchasing cheaper game months and then upgrading them to Ultimate via this $1 deal – it is kind of a no-brainer. I looked at the list of available games that I might be interested in and… well, see for yourself:
- The Outer Worlds
- Darksiders 3
- RAGE 2
- Halo: Master Chief Collection
- Astroneer
- Everspace
- Gears 5, 4, etc
- Into the Breach
- Metro: Exodus
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Will I be able to complete all of those games before my three months are up? Probably not. I can barely complete a goddamn dungeon in whatever game I happen to be playing at the moment. However. Just the fact that I’m playing The Outer Worlds for $1 is enough to justify everything else.
As an aside, I was initially thrown off by the advertised “$44.99/quarter” price once this $1 thing runs out. Then a calculator showed me that that’s $15/month. The PC-only “beta” version of the Game Pass is advertised at $5/month, “marked down” from $10/month. Everyone knows I am downright cruel when it comes to pinching pennies, but goddamn. People were talking about how Stadia was going to change gaming forever, but the Netflix future for gaming is already here.
Posted on December 18, 2019, in Commentary and tagged Deals, Netflix, Subscription, The Outer Worlds, Xbox Game Pass. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
In An Age 
I have it and have only used it for Outer Worlds, let it run into a second month because I forgot to cancel, and it still feels like stealing.
Just yesterday I was browsing the games available and it STILL feels odd that all those titles are just a download click away. I had basically no interest in Metro, but at zero cost? Sure why not if time allows.
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