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Reportedly over 30 million users.

by usea 3y ago

dmonitor 3y ago
they recently rebranded xbox live gold (required to play console games online multiplayer) under the same name as their game streaming service.
- solardev 3y ago
  I think you actually have to pay for the Ultimate tier. Their branding is SUPER confusing. If you play on PC, PC Game Pass gets you access to hundreds of games but no streaming. If you play on Xbox, Game Pass Core gets you multiplayer and a few free games but no streaming. If you want streaming or play on both PC and Xbox, the Ultimate membership gets you everything. If you want just the PC games and streaming, you can sign up for PC Game Pass and separately for Nvidia Geforce Now, which streams a subset of Game Pass games but at much higher quality and performance.
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    correct. only xbox live ultimate comes with gamepass streaming, and I think EA play comes with the ultimate edition as well but not the other tiers.
    - c0pium 3y ago
      > xbox live ultimate There is no such product. The comment you’re replying to said it correctly.
      - solardev 3y ago
        To be fair, Microsoft has changed the name of that service several times over the last few years. Even as a member I couldn't figure out what they were talking about because it would get a new name every few months.
      - LegitShady 3y ago
        I dont see how that materially affects my post, which is correct aside from the unimportant branding.
        solardev 3y ago
        I think we should just start calling it Xbox xCloud Live Gold Pass Ultimate 365, just to be sure. If Microsoft can't choose, we'll choose for them.
        c0pium 3y ago
        It points out that the only thing your post adds to the discussion is misinformation.
        LegitShady 3y ago
        I see you lack the ability to self reflect
  - blibble 3y ago
    > Their branding is SUPER confusing. it wouldn't be a microsoft product without 8 different editions
usea 3y ago
To be clear, my answer is wrong or at least misleading. 30 million is the approximate number of game pass subscribers (not including core). When I posted this I missed the word "streaming." Apparently the game streaming service is now a higher tier of the regular game pass service, but that's kind of a technicality. 30 million people are not using their streaming service, afaik. Thank you to the people who corrected me.

Reportedly over 30 million users.

by usea 3y ago

Reportedly over 30 million users.

they recently rebranded xbox live gold (required to play console games online multiplayer) under the same name as their game streaming service.

solardev 3y ago
I think you actually have to pay for the Ultimate tier. Their branding is SUPER confusing. If you play on PC, PC Game Pass gets you access to hundreds of games but no streaming. If you play on Xbox, Game Pass Core gets you multiplayer and a few free games but no streaming. If you want streaming or play on both PC and Xbox, the Ultimate membership gets you everything. If you want just the PC games and streaming, you can sign up for PC Game Pass and separately for Nvidia Geforce Now, which streams a subset of Game Pass games but at much higher quality and performance.
- LegitShady 3y ago
  correct. only xbox live ultimate comes with gamepass streaming, and I think EA play comes with the ultimate edition as well but not the other tiers.
  - c0pium 3y ago
    > xbox live ultimate There is no such product. The comment you’re replying to said it correctly.
    - solardev 3y ago
      To be fair, Microsoft has changed the name of that service several times over the last few years. Even as a member I couldn't figure out what they were talking about because it would get a new name every few months.
    - LegitShady 3y ago
      I dont see how that materially affects my post, which is correct aside from the unimportant branding.
      - solardev 3y ago
        I think we should just start calling it Xbox xCloud Live Gold Pass Ultimate 365, just to be sure. If Microsoft can't choose, we'll choose for them.
      - c0pium 3y ago
        It points out that the only thing your post adds to the discussion is misinformation.
        LegitShady 3y ago
        I see you lack the ability to self reflect
- blibble 3y ago
  > Their branding is SUPER confusing. it wouldn't be a microsoft product without 8 different editions

usea 3y ago

To be clear, my answer is wrong or at least misleading. 30 million is the approximate number of game pass subscribers (not including core). When I posted this I missed the word "streaming." Apparently the game streaming service is now a higher tier of the regular game pass service, but that's kind of a technicality. 30 million people are not using their streaming service, afaik. Thank you to the people who corrected me.