It's already a major player. More than 10 million subscribers. And growing.

@RazzerRedux

""The quality of the GP library doesn't get better""

In your opinion!
You should not make silly assumptions, unless you developed an ability to travel "back" the future.
Better yet, try and look at GP in an impartial way, rather than skewed console wars view 😉 .

Even if the price went up to 20 dollars a month, you're still getting an amazing deal for online and access to 100+ games some of which are incredible deals.
Metro Exodus is an incredible AAA title Deliver us the moon is a great new indie, Soul Calibur VI is a good new addition, Dishonored 2, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 2.5, and 1.8 and 2.8 and KH 3 are on Gamepass, and KH3 + ReMind are on sale for game pass subscribers. Sniper elite 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, ALL the Halo games, including Both Halo Wars, and All the Gears titles, Forza Horizon 4 which is arguably the best racer I've ever played, (all the forza horizon games are incredible) Plague Tale, Devil May Cry 5, Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, Alien: Isolation, Alan Wake, Ark: Survival Evolved, all the Fable titles, Batman Arkham Knight, Middle Earth Shadow of war, DayZ, Dead By Daylight, Elder Scrolls online, Hellblade, Hollow Knight, both Ori games, Journey to the savage planet, Metro 2044 and Last Light Redux, No Man's Sky, The Outer Worlds, Ryse, Sea of Thieves, both state of decay games, subnautica, Wasteland 1, 2, and 3, the Witcher 3, 2 Yakuza titles, World war Z, and tons of Indies that are hidden gems etc.. etc.. I mean there is almost endless playability and value in what is in Gamepass right now, and what was in game pass before! Doom 2016 and Fallout 4, and Prey took their turns on the service already, let alone the value of what is to come.
Almost all these games have had or often have a sale associated with their DLC's or to owning you enjoyed what you already played while it was on GP.

I told you earlier today in a different thread that I feel like Gamepass is looking more and more attractive, especially If the new 70 dollar price point for next gen games is gonna be a real thing. And now others everywhere are seeing the writing on the wall for what it is. PC, xbox, and who knows? Maybe Xcloud may get bundled in or simply add 5 bucks to Gamepass ultimate? These things are real, they are happening, and I believe they are going to explode bigger and better than any doubters or SonyONLY fans ever were willing to admit. Now I'm also a Huge Sony and Nintendo fan, (my gf and I own 2 xboxes, a PC, a ps4 pro, a nintendo switch and a switch lite) but I just think MS and Phil are legit ahead of the curve and the misconceptions, and soon everyone will see how forward thinking the company really is.
Sure, they struggled with consistent 1st party content for a good part of this generation, but I am 95% confident those days are behind us.

I say it's time to be cautiously optimistic and hopeful, and not doubtful and pessimistic. This is an exciting time to be a gamer because if MS can lead the way with some good gaming value for our hard earned dollars, then maybe Nintendo will quit rehashing and remastering, and Sony may feel more inspired to so something to add even more value to their subscriptions or services.

TimoTim, this is exactly my way of thinking. When I bought an Xbox One X earlier this year it was mainly for Gamepass. I didn't have to pay out another ton of money on games I could just pay a monthly fee.
The first few months payments were worth it for Forza Horizon, I played that to death & even bought the extras.
Plus I use Bing for all my internet search so I get enough Microsoft points to get 6 months of Gamepass for free.
Gamepass is incredible value.

Right and for many those launch exclusives will be free cause ppl like me got to sub thru next year for cheap.

If people are going out buying AAA games at retail cost that means they want to play them as soon as possible. Subscribing to Gamepass isn't going to benefit them because most of those AAA titles that they would spend money on aren't going to be available on launch. You are kidding yourself if you think big AAA games from third party publishers are going to be available on Gamepass day one, even Assassin's Creed isn't available on Gamepass day one and they have a deal with Microsoft. Even Microsofts first party games haven't been worth the asking retail price of Gamepass. It's been out for 3 years now, at the asking price of $10/month for 36 months that's $360. Even being available day one, Microsoft hasn't released first party games that justify that cost. The only reason people are raving about Gamepass is because most of you guys got it for dirt cheap. Gamepass is good for people that don't mind playing old games, a bunch of indie games, and mediocre Microsoft first party games day one (with the exception of Forza being a superb series). And I don't want to hear about the value of Gamepass being unreleased games that you have seen zero gameplay of from unproven studios. Xbox fans love to mention "upcoming game from studio xyz" as if that means anything. Even Halo Infinite doesn't get the benefit of the doubt since that franchise has been a shell of itself for the better part of a decade.

When an annual low effort basketball game is $70 I have little hope others won't follow

I agree...not every launch title will make it into Game Pass...that wasnt my point though. We know every first party Xbox SX game does though...my point was that XGP will help a ton with the upfront cost on launch day, allowing gamers that would have spent that money on Halo Infinite and others to play those game without paying for them outright. That money could then be saved or redistributed to buy more/other games.

I also think Microsoft will do a great job having a fair share of SX launch titles in Game Pass on launch day. We all know sales aren't the best for 3rd parties on launch because the consoles is just getting started and userbase isn't quite where it will be say after the first year...this is why many 3rd parties opt to release cross-gen games so that they can target a large pool of gamers and not just those who buy the new consoles. Game Pass is actually perfect for these studios because it allows everyone to sample your game. I think early on many devs will opt for Game Pass as it gets more eyes on their game and even potentially causes the game to increase in sales because of those eyes.

"For others, it's not a good fit at all"

I am really interested in this part, why do some "others" not find Gamepass a good fit and a great bang for their buck?