Microsoft’s subscription service may appear to compete with directly Sony’s PlayStation Now service, but the two are completely different animals. On the Sony front, gamers on the PlayStation 4 and Windows PC can stream more than 450 PS3 and PS4 games for $20 each month ($50 for three months). Meanwhile, Microsoft’s new service provides just over 100 games for $10 a month, but they are downloaded for local play on the Xbox One console.
For the Xbox One, Microsoft’s new subscription service dishes out a number of popular titles including Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Halo 5: Guardians, Mad Max, and Sunset Overdrive. So far, there are 40 titles developed for the Xbox One console in the subscription, addressing multiple genres spanning action, simulation, platforming, and so on.
Here what we have at launch:
| #IDARB | Halo: Spartan Assault |
Mega Man Legacy Collection |
Steredenn |
| Blood Bowl 2 | KYUB | NBA 2K16 | Strider |
| Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons |
JumpJet Rex | OlliOlli | Sunset Overdrive |
| D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die |
Knight Squad | Payday 2: Crimewave Edition |
Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings |
| Devil May Cry Definitive Edition |
Layers of Fear | Pumped BMX+ | Super Time Force |
| Defense Grid 2 | Lumo | Resident Evil 0 | Terraria |
| Electronic Super Joy | Mad Max | Roundabout | The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 |
| Farming Simulator 15 |
Massive Chalice | Saints Row IV: Re-Elected |
The Golf Club |
| Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Day One Edition |
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood |
ScreamRide | The Swapper |
| Halo 5: Guardians | Mega Coin Squad | Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse | WWE 2K16 |
As for the Xbox 360 titles, Microsoft’s library is substantially larger with 72 games. This portion includes big hitters such as the BioShock trilogy, Borderlands, Fable III, all four Gears of War titles, LEGO Batman, Sacred 3, and XCOM: Enemy Within. There are a lot to choose from, as the library covers a wider range of genres including RPG and Action/RPG.
Here is the full Xbox 360 list:
| A Kingdom for Keflings |
De Blob 2 | Joe Danger Special Edition |
Samurai Showdown II |
| A World of Keflings |
Defense Grid | Joy Ride Turbo | Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. |
| Age of Booty | Dig Dug | Kameo | Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe |
| Banjo-Kazooie | Double Dragon Neon | King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match |
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World |
| Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts |
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystaria |
LEGO Batman | Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage |
| Banjo-Tooie | Fable III | Metal Slug 3 | Soulcalibur |
| Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 |
Final Fight: Dblimpact |
Monday Night Combat | Soulcalibur II HD |
| BioShock | Flock! | Ms. Splosion Man | Spelunky |
| BioShock 2 | Galaga Legions DX | MX vs. ATV Reflex | Splosion Man |
| BioShock Infinite | Gears Of War | N+ | Stacking |
| Borderlands | Gears of War 2 | NeoGeo Battle Coliseum |
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 |
| Bound by Flame | Gears of War 3 | Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising |
The Maw |
| Braid | Gears of War: Judgement | Pac-Man CE DX+ | Toy Soldiers |
| Capcom Arcade Cabinet | GRID 2 | Pac-Man Museum | Toy Soldiers: Cold War |
| CastleStorm | Hexic 3 | Perfect Dark Zero | Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown |
| Comic Jumper | Iron Brigade | Sacred 3 | Viva Pinata |
| Comix Zone | Jetpac Refueled | Sam & Max Beyond Space and Time |
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise |
| Dark Void | Joe Danger 2: The Movie |
Sam & Max Save The World |
XCOM: Enemy Within |
Note that both libraries are not set in stone, as Microsoft plans to swap out games each month so the two libraries remain somewhat fresh. Subscribers who want to continue playing a game before it is pulled from the subscription can purchase a digital copy with a 20 percent price reduction, and a 10 percent price reduction on all related add-ons.
Microsoft plans to offer a “retail” version of the Xbox Game Pass later this year.
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