> I also suspect that game pass will make them focus on GAS games (service games) with microtransactions, optimised for profit instead of fun. If they want to

> I also suspect that game pass will make them focus on GAS games (service games) with microtransactions, optimised for profit instead of fun. If they want to go that route, charging by the month isn't the way to do it. There's a reason exploitative mobile games are free at point of sale. I predict that MS stays the course of putting decent first and third party titles on Game Pass and chooses to raise prices rather than mandate that Game Pass games be more exploitative.