Microsoft wants to definitively break the console and computer border: it plans to bring Game Pass to the PC market

One of the subscription services offered by Microsoft is Xbox Game Pass. A service that offers a similar way to the one we can find in EA Access through which we have access to a catalog of videogames, something like the Netflix of videogames.

In fact, this idea has caught on among users, something that has made the American company go one step further and launch Xbox All Access, a service that combines both the classic Xbox Live Gold and the aforementioned Xbox Game Pass but under a single monthly subscription and which also allows us to get an Xbox One S or Xbox One X included in the monthly price.And here we always see the same key: limited to the Xbox ecosystem

The pull of subscription services

A limitation that could have the hours counted, since it seems that from Satya Nadella's statements, Game Pass could also reach PC gamesin Windows 10. A new platform on which to access a large catalog of video games.

This is an ambitious proposal, which requires Microsoft's work with the different developers so that they are encouraged to join this proposal . An idea that has an important wall to break down, such as Steam, the gaming platform for PC that works very similar to the idea that Microsoft wants to export.

While on Xbox Microsoft is the owner and mistress, on PC it is Steam that dominates with an iron hand and despite criticism with For some titles (the Tomb Raider downgrade is the most recent), this platform is supported by users.

For now there are no details of the Redmond company's plans to make this service a reality. It is to be hoped that little by little more details will be revealed What is clear is that subscription services are becoming more and more interesting for companies.

At Microsoft they are still interested in blurring the lines that separate console and PC gamers. A first step was cross-play, allowing everyone to play the same thing online, regardless of the platform they use. Later they opted to add keyboard and mouse support on the Xbox and they are working on it and now this Game Pass for PC may be the next step for Microsoft to conquer the _gamer_ market.

Source | Windows Central