Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s game subscription service — available now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S — here’s all you need to know.
The Black Friday sales season is here! The best deals are often not on Amazon. The prices shown below are the best available now, though you may need to buy quickly as some deals will sell out. Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s monthly subscription service for the Xbox One (and soon, the Xbox Series X and Series S), and its closest equivalent to Sony’s PlayStation Now. The service lets you access a library of Xbox 360 and Xbox One games, even letting you download them to play offline. But unlike PlayStation Now, Xbox Game Pass features first-party games as soon as they’re released. Read on to find out about the pricing, features, which games are on offer and how the subscription service will work on the next-gen consoles. Simply put, it’s a monthly subscription service that gives you access to an extensive library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, all playable on your Xbox Series or Xbox One console, or PC. It’s similar to Sony’s rival PlayStation Now platform, but unlike PS Now, you don’t stream the games — instead you have to download and install any that you want to play. The upside is not having to worry about lag or connection issues, but the downside is that you need to have enough hard drive space to install them, and will always need to wait for downloads before you can play. There are hundreds of titles included in the service, including day one access to almost all of Microsoft’s own biggest upcoming games. While Xbox Game Pass, as the name suggests, was once Xbox exclusive for years, that’s no longer the case. Xbox Game Pass is also available on PC, with PC gamers able to enjoy the same subscription-based game experience as console players — although there are differences between the offerings, despite sharing the same name. There are over PC 100 games to dip into, compared to a list of 200+ currently available via the Xbox One — though there are still plenty of major titles included, along with some PC exclusives like Football Manager 2020.
