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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.
Do you own the Xbox? or rent? also EFT?
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.
As someone who plays both I think you're ignoring the selling points of consoles. They're simple, have an expected lifespan and thanks to significant price gouging by Intel & nvidia are a lot less expensive than PCs even accounting for Gold/PSN. Further given nvidia's recent announcement it looks like GPUs are staged to get even more expensive this generation.