Last week we reported on Microsoft's new service, Xbox Game Pass, which is similar to EA Access (games to download and play for a monthly/yearly fee) but with a lot more games from several developers and publishers.
Now Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed more about plans for the future, which seemingly might include games being launched for the service, and he also compares it to the runaway success of Netflix, citing the streaming service as something of a role model:
"There is an opportunity here to not just be about games that have already shipped. I would actually like to see this grow into a program where you can see frontline games/first shipped games come into Xbox Game Pass as a way to get distributed."
As you surely are aware, this is how Netflix works these days, with plenty of movies and TV series being created first and foremost for this service rather than just a channel with content that has debuted elsewhere.
Spencer says: "I think we have seen this in the TV Space with Netflix. At first Netflix was all about movies and TV Shows that I might have missed. Now some of the best TV out there is being made as a Netflix original".
Is Xbox Game Pass something that interests you?
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