What is Xbox Game Pass?
{{more sources|date=May 2023}} '''Xbox Game Pass''' and '''PC Game Pass''' are [[video game]] [[Subscription|subscription services]] provided by [[Microsoft]]. It originally launched on June 1 2017 but people subscribed to [[Xbox Live|Xbox Live Gold]] received priority and gained access to the service on May 24. Xbox Game Pass provides the subscription service for the [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series S/X]] as well as [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] using [[Xbox Cloud Gaming]] while PC Game Pass is available on PCs using [[Windows 10]], [[Windows 11]] or [[MacOS]] with support for Xbox Cloud Gaming. == History == The idea of what became Game Pass came from two areas. First was with [[Phil Spencer]] becoming the head of the xbox brand, replacing [[Don Mattrick]] following the troubled launch of the [[Xbox One]]. Mattrick positioned the Xbox One as an entertainment hub rather than a games console and certain design choices had to be changed following negative criticism of the positioning by [[Consumer|consumers]] and the media. After Spencer took over the Xbox brand, he recognized the Xbox needed a better position as they planned for the next generation of the console, while giving the team more encourage with his new ideas, even if they were risky.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nast|first=Condé|date=2021-11-15|title=How Xbox outgrew the console: inside Phil Spencer’s multi-billion dollar gamble|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/xbox-phil-spencer-todd-howard-interview|access-date=2023-05-24|website=British GQ|language=en-GB}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{video-game-stub}} [[Category:Xbox]]