Microsoft Announces Xbox All Access (thurrott.com)

Microsoft today confirmed the rumors: Xbox All Access is a new subscription offering that ties a console to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for two years. From a report: "For no upfront cost and one low monthly price for 24 months, Xbox All Access gets you a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X, access to more than 100 great games through Xbox Game Pass, and online multiplayer with Xbox Live Gold," Microsoft's Bogdan Bilan explains. "That's more than 100 all-you-can-play games -- including highly-anticipated new Xbox One exclusives the day they're released, plus more games added all the time on the fastest, most reliable gaming network and an Xbox One console." As previously reported, Xbox All Access is available only in the United States and will cost $22 or $35 per month, depending on whether you choose an Xbox One S or Xbox One X console.

Comments

Is anyone steering the ship at microsoft?

[nimbius]

a new subscription offering that ties a console to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for two years.

who honestly cares. when the technology "ties a console" to anything, its pretty much dead on arrival. these game passes work for users either too lazy or too stubborn to switch to PC gaming, but you arent doing anything to increase long term longevity of the console.

a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X

so, you just bought a subscription to the latest call of dootle doo.

access to more than 100 great games through Xbox Game Pass

Pack it up and get off the stage. Steam has more than fifteen thousand titles, and in the next 6-12 month, Nova will run the vast majority of them on Linux as well.

and online multiplayer with Xbox Live Gold

almost every game that can, offers online multiplayer with VAC protection through Steam without a subscription. this is just beating the corpse of Ayn Rand.

In other words, consoles are circling the drain so fast its starting to look like the nineties blockbuster rental gaming scene.