Author: Jeff Grubb / Source: VentureBeat
It’s not a coincidence that PlayStation Now began enabling players to download PS4 and PS2 games last week. Microsoft’s competing Game Pass service has turned into a marquee feature that makes the Xbox One look like a great deal. And next week, Microsoft is adding Forza Horizon 4 to cement Xbox Game Pass as a must-have subscription.
I haven’t finalized my Forza Horizon 4 review, but I am enjoying my time with it. And while Microsoft still lags behind Sony and Nintendo when it comes to first-party firepower, the Xbox company is leveraging what it has to make its platform as appealing as possible.
For $10 per month, Game Pass subscribers get a library of more than 100 games including every major first-party Microsoft release. So far through 2018, the company has also stuck to its promise to launch every one of its first-party games at retail and on Game Pass at the same time.
That means you can buy a new Xbox One X today, spend $10 more, and download Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Quantum Break, and Sea of Thieves as part of this Netflix-of-games service. And Microsoft is working to bring more to Game Pass.
On October 1 — a day before Forza debuts…
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