Game Pass for PC is awesome too!

[Deleted member 11276]

So I get all this excitement about Xbox Game Pass, as it costs only 10€ a month and you get a dozen of games.

However, Game Pass for PC seems to be overlooked. I thought, it may be mostly Flight Simulator and old games, but I was wrong. Look at this tweet:



It seems like every game Game Pass for PC retweeted, will also come to Game Pass for PC as well! And these are the retweeted games:

State of Decay 3
Destiny 2 Beyond Light
Fable
Psychonauts
Avowed
Grounded
Everwild
Forza Motorsport
Halo Infinite

All of the important games from the Xbox showcase, are coming to Game Pass for PC as well and the best thing is, it's much cheaper than the console version, as it costs just 4€ per month and you can even start with 1€ in the first month!

Seriously, this is crazy value. The only thing missing is The Medium but that was not tweeted by the main account as well, so that will certainly be released for GP PC too!

MS definately has the right strategy here.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Definitely worth the $1.

 

[Shelbyville Milhouse]

The most important game from the Xbox Showcase is Stalker 2 but since that is never coming out those are neat as well

 

[Biggzy]

I don't think many people will argue about that. It is the store that is the main issue for a lot of people. To be fair it was never designed to handle massive games. Gamepass has it's own app now and I hope Phil and the team can find a way for downloads to be handled on a speperate system than the Microsoft store.

 

[BlueManifest]

What games are missing

 

[Lant_War]

It has Forza Horizon 4. Worth the price for that alone.

 

[Lulu]

it really is

 

[z1ggy]

The MS store and the xbox app needs some work, since they are pretty shit but so far im enjoying the service.

 

[tangeu]

It's an amazing value and I'm playing/trying more games outside my wheelhouse than ever before. Just a shame the client is hot garbage and regularly fails to authenticate or fails to install or will install but won't open etc. (I know it still claims to be in beta but come on folks you're selling a service try to make it at least a little reliable)

 

[Fawz]

I've mostly been using the PC version of Game Pass and have enjoyed a large selection of neat titles. It's not quite as extensive as Console Game Pass, but there are some neat PC exclusives too

I just wish that games that had a PC version and were on Console Game Pass were also on Xbox Game Pass, especially when it's MS exclusives that are on the Xbox Store like Quantum Break but still aren't on PC Game Pass for some reason...

 

[MCD]

People just don't like the Windows Store and that's why some games like Cross Code have less players compared to Xbox. Game Pass is awesome but I hope MS consider adding a Game Pass login to Steam and call it a day.

 

[brokenswiftie]

maybe if it didn't use the trash windows 10 store

 

[SuikerBrood]

What games are missing

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Stalker 2. Well, and Crossfire X. But that's not really a Game Pass title.

 

[Theswweet]

Oh yeah, I'm a big fan of Game Pass on PC. I didn't expect I'd end up using it that much, but if anything I've just gotten more and more time out of as more games keep getting added.

 

[Pez]

Only thing not cool is that sometimes the games don't uninstall correctly. Currently, I have old Gears of War 5 data (75GBs total!) sitting in my WindowsApp folder and I CAN NOT delete it.

Really sucks. =/

I've enjoyed the service otherwise, though.

 

[BlueManifest]

Stalker 2. Well, and Crossfire X. But that's not really a Game Pass title.

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Yea crossfire x is on gamepass

 

[Lashley]

Yep, definitely worth the money

 

[Firebricks]

Yeah, its great. I thought this was known? Maybe not.

 

[snausages]

My favourite PC exclusive gamepass feature is 'will my directories get corrupted or not'. :(

Just can't put up with that. Let us access our own folders MS, ffs

 

[Jaded Alyx]

The xbox app has improved though still uses the windows Store as the backend so you sometimes have those familiar issues, but they have been few and far between for me. Only $5 but also missing some big name third party games.

 

[lowmelody]

Even though I play Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass PC, its good enough for me to have paid 20 bucks to unlock all the DLC. I didn't think it was possible to get me to pay for DLC for a game I don't technically own. I can't imagine it ever leaving GP though.

 

[Transistor]

Totally worth it. I pay less for Game Pass than I spend on lunch any given day. It's an amazing value.

 

[bing]

My favourite PC exclusive gamepass feature is 'will my directories get corrupted or not'. :(

Just can't put up with that. Let us access our own folders MS, ffs

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If you boot into safe mode you can modify the files without worrying about permissions

 

[Duxxy3]

Cool idea but it's implemented so poorly that it makes the Epic game store look good.

 

[Windu]

Yeah bunch of good stuff on there. Crusader Kings 3 is day one on Game Pass PC, that comes out this year right?

 

[Darkstorne]

Only thing not cool is that sometimes the games don't uninstall correctly. Currently, I have old Gears of War 5 data (75GBs total!) sitting in my WindowsApp folder and I CAN NOT delete it.

Really sucks. =/

I've enjoyed the service otherwise, though.

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It does suck, but here's the solution until they fix it themselves in their crappy launcher. Awesome service otherwise =)

Via Reddit

To actually uninstall the game and delete it completely, go to your Settings, System, Storage, Temporary Files, and it's listed in Delivery Optimization Files.

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[dragonflys545]

Forza Horizon 4 on the PC crashes like crazy.

 

[SuikerBrood]

Yeah bunch of good stuff on there. Crusader Kings 3 is day one on Game Pass PC, that comes out this year right?

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Yeah, in a few weeks.

 

[Deleted member 29249]

carrion and streets of rage 4 worth the $5 a month

 

[thisismadness]

Absolutely. Most of my game time in 2020 has been spent playing gamepass games. Its incredible how much is there. I also haven't had too many issues with the store. The exception to that was DS4 controller support for Ori, but someone turned me to GloSC and its been very smooth otherwise.

 

[Mechaplum]

It is, really good value and much better than all the other services like uplay+ or origin.

 

[Bishop89]

So is it $1 a month atm or just $1 for the first month?

 

[Kodama4]

ah yes, our daily Did you guys know Gamepass is amazing thread

 

[Alucrid]

i will definitely resub in 2022-2023 when some of those games come out

 

[Soap]

The games themselves are great, but the app is trash tier.

 

[Pez]

It does suck, but here's the solution until they fix it themselves in their crappy launcher. Awesome service otherwise =)

Via Reddit

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Thanks for sending me this link, that was nice of you. Unfortunately, it's still not picking up the 75GBs of data. =/

I did reclaim 12GBs of storage otherwise though, so that's good. =)

 

[Grimminski]

ah yes, our daily Did you guys know Gamepass is amazing thread

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You can ignore threads with the word gamepass in them if it bothers you this much.

 

[Vuze]

Only thing not cool is that sometimes the games don't uninstall correctly. Currently, I have old Gears of War 5 data (75GBs total!) sitting in my WindowsApp folder and I CAN NOT delete it.

Really sucks. =/

I've enjoyed the service otherwise, though.

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I don't even know the words to describe how awful my experience with the MS Store download and install process has been. If there's any reason to not even consider subscribing to the service on PC, it's this. Hope it will be available through Steam at some point, I'd gladly pay the cut to not have to deal with MS's shit.

 

[Serpens007]

Stop trying to make me a subscriber. I already have so many games yet here I am on the verge of being a member

 

[CliveLH]

That Microsoft Store tho

 

[Pez]

I don't even know the words to describe how awful my experience with the MS Store download and install process has been. If there's any reason to not even consider subscribing to the service on PC, it's this. Hope it will be available through Steam at some point, I'd gladly pay the cut to not have to deal with MS's shit.

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Yeah, I've been thinking about hooking up an external harddrive to my computer and just installing the games to that (since they're so large anyway).

Then if there's a WindowsApp error/problem, I can just wipe the drive.

That is a terrible workaround, but at least it protects my computer. =/

 

[Dougieflesh]

PC Game Pass has been my best friend during quarantine. If/when MS fixes the store, I'll be much happier.

 

[Darkstorne]

So is it $1 a month atm or just $1 for the first month?

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$1 for the first month. Then, in the UK, it's £3.99 a month for as long as it stays in beta, and says it will be £7.99 a month whenever it leaves beta.

I'll stay subbed at £3.99, but at £7.99 I'm out.

 

[AshenOne]

The overall value proposition was never in question IMO its the practicality and workings of it with MS Store as a backend thats the big issue for a lot of people using game pass on PC.

 

[Moebius]

It is, but more games should be crossplay between the pc and the xbox. I have some friends who only play on xbox and I prefer to play on pc. It's frustrating when multiplayer games don't have crossplay.

 

[Game Fan]

The service is awesome, but the Xbox app is not good.

 

[Transistor]

If y'all love city sims and survival games, definitely check out Surviving Mars on PC Game Pass

 

[No_Style]

I wish Outer Wilds was also on Game Pass for PC. :(

 

[MythicReclaimer]

I'm sure Bungie could make it work somehow but it would be interesting to see how they would handle the PC version of Beyond Light on both Steam and the Xbox PC client.

 

[Kilgore]

I built a PC literally in order to get the most out of Ultimate. Absolutely no regrets.