Huh.
It will launch on November 4 for $49.99, and is compatible with Xbox consoles, PC, iOS, Android, and select smart TVs.
Launch territories include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with additional markets to follow.
I get it, I just don’t get why anybody that isn’t somehow still an Xbox fanboy would buy into that.
What value are they adding? Their streaming service is terrible. Maybe it made a little sense when game pass was impossibly cheap? Even then, it’s real money to not even pretend to own your games.
So why Xbox instead of getting pc games from your preferred store, and maybe remote play from some other service if that’s your thing. It’s as many hoops to jump through as normal pc gaming, so I don’t even see the convenience and simplicity excuse that normal consoles usually get.
I totally get the pushback on the “you will own nothing” but also a lot of times, I don’t want to. I spend $1500 on a new PC every ~5 years and spend a bunch of money on games I don’t play, and miss out on others that I don’t want to spend the money on. I almost never go back and play those games ever again, other than maybe the top 1%.
In theory I might explore an option like this, but in reality I have experimented with it and it’s completely unplayable.