Microsoft's video game subscription service gives access to hundreds of titles, but the company wants to speed up its operation.
The Xbox division has taken its star service, Xbox Game Pass, very seriously, which has become one of the brand's angular projects. In fact, one of the reasons why they have acquired new studies is to nurture their new console, Xbox Series X, but also to fatten the catalog of their subscription service. Therefore, the company wants to improve its operation and ensure fast access to video games.
What aspects have to improve?
Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, has said he wants to cut the time it takes to download or load the games. "We have a generation in which our consumers access hundreds and hundreds of games," says the manager in an interview with GameSpot. “Previously, my game library was usually made up of the records I had at that time and the digital titles I had acquired. But if you are a Game Pass subscriber, you have access to hundreds of games, ”he recalls.
According to Spencer, "there are things that want to work to make it easier to try the next game." For the manager, download times are a problem, as are loading times. "When you have a portfolio of games as wide as in Game Pass (…), we want to make it possible to navigate games in the same way you do with other means."
Microsoft opted for this service and has long published all its games both in the console and in its Xbox Game Pass catalog. In this way, upcoming video games such as Hellblade 2 or Halo: Infinite will be available from the day of launch. Of course, the same does not happen with third party products, which save very specific exceptions (such as The Outer Worlds, which although Obsidian is already owned by Microsoft, the game is from Private Division), they come later.
