Funny. Microsoft itself now doesn’t really believe in the dominant role of subscriptions in the future. This conclusion can be reached based on another statement by Phil Spencer (he really said a lot yesterday).

Fritupley Call of Duty and Fortnite attract the bulk of Xbox users. However, Microsoft is still making a big bet on the Game Pass. Using the example of Outer Wilds and Bethesda projects, analysts from Newzoo talked about the impact of the subscription service on the popularity of both AAA titles and small indie games.The most popular games of October on Xbox

The Xbox Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming service has become officially available on consoles. Xbox users will now be able to play games from the Game Pass library without installing them on their hard drive. Russia, however, is not yet on the list of supported countries.Microsoft announced the launch of Cloud Gaming on the official Xbox blog.

Omdia analysts shared their forecast regarding the cloud gaming market. According to their calculations, in 2021 gamers will spend $4 billion on such projects. For comparison, last year the market revenue was much more modest — $ 1.38 billion.

Xbox Game Pass is often called “Netflix gaming”. As it turned out, Microsoft does not quite agree with this comparison. The vice president of the gaming ecosystem of the company, Sarah Bond, explained what the key difference is.

Josef Fares, who was at the helm of the action adventure A Way Out, is not sure about the future of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. According to the game designer, their main problem is an opaque system of payments to developers.

Phil Spencer talked about the process of making deals with developers in a new interview with The Verge. The head of Xbox admitted that the company is in search of the perfect financial model for the Game Pass and seeks to increase the number of hours that subscribers spend in games.At the moment, Microsoft does not have a clear model and strategy of how much to pay developers for the presence of their games in…

Along with details about the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has announced a collaboration with Electronic Arts. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have access to games from the EA Play library at no additional cost.

Now Xbox One remains the only console where you need to pay to play freeplay titles. If the disadvantages for gamers are obvious, then what is the benefit of such a policy for Microsoft and will they be able to abandon it in the future?Kotaku drew attention to this problem after the developers of Rocket League announced the transition to frituplay.

Microsoft has reported on the success of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The project has already attracted more than 1 million players — this is the best start in the entire 38-year history of the series. However, record numbers will not necessarily correlate with sales.In its blog, the company announced that Microsoft Flight Simulator showed the best start among all games for Xbox Games Pass on PC.

The launch of the Xbox Series X is scheduled for November, Microsoft first reported. At the same time, at the start, the next-generation console will remain without the main exclusive in the face of Halo Infinite, which unexpectedly moved next year.Despite the fact that Microsoft planned to release its next-generation console at the end of this year, even an approximate release window was not called until that moment.

Project xCloud streaming service will be combined with Xbox Game Pass. According to the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, this will happen before the end of the year.

Gears 5 sold better than Gears of War 4. This was announced by the head of Microsoft gaming Phil Spencer (Phil Spenser).

Yesterday, within the framework of Inside Xbox, it became known about the upcoming increase in the Game Pass library. How the subscription changes the approach to developing games for her, said Matt Botty, head of Xbox Game Studios.

An Xbox Game Pass subscription encourages interest in spending on games. This was stated by the head of ID @ Xbox Agostino Simonetta (Agostino Simonetta).

On the eve of E3, Microsoft made a loud announcement. The Xbox Game Pass subscription, which opens access to an extensive gaming library of new products for a monthly fee, will be available to PC users. In addition, future projects of the company’s internal studios will no longer be Microsoft Store exclusives on PC. They (including Gears 5) can be purchased on Steam.

The game will soon be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

Microsoft has figured out how to attract players to its service. In January, Xbox Game Pass subscribers who unlock a number of achievements will be awarded Microsoft Rewards points.

The head of Microsoft’s gaming division, Phil Spencer, gave a video interview after the X018 presentation. He talked about how the Xbox Game Pass service helps to sell games better.