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Benji

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Oct 25, 2017
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Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson just posted this on Twitter





So, it looks like Gears 4 is going to be hitting Game Pass on December 1st. That's one heck of an addition to the library and should bring a nice boost to the playerbase.
 

SunDimension24

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Oct 27, 2017
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Or you could be getting a free gears of war pin with every purchase of gamepass at your favorite retailer....We should not rush to conclusions.
Yayyyy!![\SPOILER]
 

zedox

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Oct 28, 2017
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So I wasn't expecting that. Makes GamePass a great value with both Halo 5, Gears 4, and ReCore + more. I wonder why they haven't added Quantum Break yet. They need to add their first party games to the system and this is a good move. Gears 4 is only a year old. This makes sense why they want service based games...after they get old, add them to GamePass and get extra money from microtransactions on top of the $120 a year. I am willing to bet that they will announce an exclusive for GamePass at next years E3, it will only make sense to do so.

Also, it's a Play Anywhere title, so you get it on Windows 10 as well, for those PC gamers who want to try it for the cheap...especially with black Friday getting a month of GamePass for $1.
 

OldBenKenobi

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wow that's awesome. I have a free trial to game pass and imo I might just keep it. $9.99 a month is a great deal for all these games.
 

Jobbs

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Oct 25, 2017
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Good to hear for Xbox peoples. Gears 4 is a really, really solid game and I think the best in the franchise.
 

Steverulez

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Oct 27, 2017
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So I wasn't expecting that. Makes GamePass a great value with both Halo 5, Gears 4, and ReCore + more. I wonder why they haven't added Quantum Break yet. They need to add their first party games to the system and this is a good move. Gears 4 is only a year old. This makes sense why they want service based games...after they get old, add them to GamePass and get extra money from microtransactions on top of the $120 a year. I am willing to bet that they will announce an exclusive for GamePass at next years E3, it will only make sense to do so.

Also, it's a Play Anywhere title, so you get it on Windows 10 as well, for those PC gamers who want to try it for the cheap...especially with black Friday getting a month of GamePass for $1.

Gears before QB is interesting but I guess they want all those people who are getting XB1 this holiday to play it.

Try to build the franchise again, get some MT $$, shows off the X well and push game pass subs.
Not sure QB would have the same effect although it should be in there
 

zedox

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Oct 28, 2017
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Gears before QB is interesting but I guess they want all those people who are getting XB1 this holiday to play it.

Try to build the franchise again, get some MT $$, shows off the X well and push game pass subs.
Not sure QB would have the same effect although it should be in there
Gears before QB is interesting but I guess they want all those people who are getting XB1 this holiday to play it.

Try to build the franchise again, get some MT $$, shows off the X well and push game pass subs.
Not sure QB would have the same effect although it should be in there
Those points are valid and I agree. I was just stating that i would have thought that MS would get their 1st party games on the service quickly.
 

Chris.

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Oct 27, 2017
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Not surprised Gears is added, I said on Neogaf it would probably be added in November to steer the headlines from "X game leaves game pass" to "Gears 4 comes to game pass".

December will probably be the first month games get removed since they're adding a big game.



Gears before QB is interesting but I guess they want all those people who are getting XB1 this holiday to play it.

Try to build the franchise again, get some MT $$, shows off the X well and push game pass subs.
Not sure QB would have the same effect although it should be in there
Yep, they will make more off mtx adding Gears to Game Pass than they would make off new subscribers adding QB.

But I was surprised QB wasn't there at launch, so.. I can't imagine it's too far behind, maybe early next year?
 

Derrick01

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Oct 25, 2017
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I didn't realize there was a $1 gamepass thing going on soon. I might get in on that just for Gears 4, though I do not look forward to downloading 100gb for a ~10 hour game.
 

Deleted member 8468

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Oh, I just bought Gears 4 with my One X. Guess I won't be keeping my subscription for now, you don't keep them ala PS+ correct? You can only play the current rotation with a sub? As a new Xbox owner, it doesn't seem like a great deal.
 

Derrick01

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ok they got me I signed up for game pass. $1 is hard to say no to.

Quick side question where do I find this lounge thing they talk about on the FAQ, where the goals are posted?
 

Steverulez

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Oct 27, 2017
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Those points are valid and I agree. I was just stating that i would have thought that MS would get their 1st party games on the service quickly.

I guess as uptake seems kinda slow on the service they are using their titles to push it (which imo are a lot more desirable than most of the other stuff on it) so they will spread them out.

Recore also hit before QB, so I guess they're saving that for later
 
Oct 27, 2017
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Not surprised Gears is added, I said on Neogaf it would probably be added in November to steer the headlines from "X game leaves game pass" to "Gears 4 comes to game pass".

December will probably be the first month games get removed since they're adding a big game.




Yep, they will make more off mtx adding Gears to Game Pass than they would make off new subscribers adding QB.

But I was surprised QB wasn't there at launch, so.. I can't imagine it's too far behind, maybe early next year?

I thought they said they won't be removing games in the past?
 

xrnzaaas

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Oct 27, 2017
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Welp last Gears I bought, now you can finish singleplayer and play multi for a month for a dollar. ;p But seriously, it's an incredible add even if it's partially to cover up the first removals.
 

zedox

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Oct 28, 2017
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I guess as uptake seems kinda slow on the service they are using their titles to push it (which imo are a lot more desirable than most of the other stuff on it) so they will spread them out.

Recore also hit before QB, so I guess they're saving that for later
I guess to have a game during the "dead" part of the year makes sense. They'll probably add games like Ryse, and Ori later on as well. Obviously all their 1st party games will eventually get on the service. A year later really sets a precedent though, but I guess it depends on how well a game sold as well because we don't see Forza Horizon 3 on there...but I guess because it's still selling based off of its DLC. I wouldn't be surprised if they did put it on GamePass in January though to coincide with the X enhancements.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm not too fond of GOW multiplayer, but I have the other chapters from GwG and such and I am slowly playing through the episodes. I played through the Remastered of the first one when the Game Pass was available for free for alpha members, guess I'll play through GoW4 using the Game Pass trial I still have lying around.

Overall a really great service, tons of quality games for a very small price. If I didn't own hundreds of games already and thus a great share of what's in the pass it would be fantastic, buying an Xbox One S for 200 bucks or so, get 1-2 months of this and I get a very good look at some of the best games in Xbox's library before deciding what I want to buy.
 

Minx

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Oct 26, 2017
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If I have the free month from the Xbox One X should u use that first and then add a month for $1 or the other way around? I'm assuming one of the offers is only for new customers.
 

Deleted member 2254

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It's actually irrelevant to people getting the X since that comes with a month that is not stackable with this deal I just found out.


In a related note, first person to message me gets a 1 month sub to game pass code.

Is it, though? I think you could just not use your 1 month code, subscribe for 1 month using the 1$ deal since your account never had Game Pass, turn off auto renew, and when the month is over you use the code. 2 months, 1$.
 

JaggedSac

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Oct 25, 2017
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Is it, though? I think you could just not use your 1 month code, subscribe for 1 month using the 1$ deal since your account never had Game Pass, turn off auto renew, and when the month is over you use the code. 2 months, 1$.

It is possible that would work I guess. Only if MS doesn't keep track of previous subscriptions though, which I doubt they would forget. I just purchased the $1 thing and then tried to stack the code in the box, but it said it only worked for new subscribers.