Since this is on PC, would it be on the Xbox Game Pass?

[Dragon Master]

I was scrolling through some of the Xbox Game Pass games when I heard that Microsoft had purchased Zenimax and Bethesda and saw that Crusaders Kings 3 is available on the Xbox Game Pass, thus making me feel like an idiot for buying it on steam when I could just play it via the game pass, and it made me wonder.

Will Baldur's Gate 3 be on the Xbox Game Pass as well, whether in early access or on final release?

[Bajkę]

Xbox Game Pass sound like a crazy deal for what it offers. What is the catch?

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Xbox Game Pass sound like a crazy deal for what it offers. What is the catch?

$10-$15 subscription fee per month. As of today, Microsoft (Xbox) owns 23 game developer studios, and before their announcement of their acquisitions of Bethesda that they had 15 million subscribers.

It looks like Microsoft/Xbox's business strategy moving forward is cloud gaming, game anywhere on any device via the game pass, and make as many people want the subscribe as possible, rather than get one-time licensing fees for games.

It's basically becoming the Netlix of video games. But yeah, it made me think when I saw Crusaders Kings 3 on the Xbox Game Pass library that it may be possible for Baldur's Gate 3 to end up there as well.

[zacharyb]

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Xbox Game Pass sound like a crazy deal for what it offers. What is the catch?

It's a monthly fee and you lose access to the games when your Membership runs out, oh and you have to play it from the Microsoft/Xbox App which is pretty awful. Other than that I don't think there is any other downsides.

[Bajkę]

Originally posted by zacharyb:

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Xbox Game Pass sound like a crazy deal for what it offers. What is the catch?

It's a monthly fee and you lose access to the games when your Membership runs out, oh and you have to play it from the Microsoft/Xbox App which is pretty awful. Other than that I don't think there is any other downsides.

Do the games stay on the game pass or they cycle through different games?

[zacharyb]

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Originally posted by zacharyb:

It's a monthly fee and you lose access to the games when your Membership runs out, oh and you have to play it from the Microsoft/Xbox App which is pretty awful. Other than that I don't think there is any other downsides.

Do the games stay on the game pass or they cycle through different games?

I think they cycle every couple of months, but i'm not entirely sure, I haven't really looked into it much.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Originally posted by zacharyb:

It's a monthly fee and you lose access to the games when your Membership runs out, oh and you have to play it from the Microsoft/Xbox App which is pretty awful. Other than that I don't think there is any other downsides.

Do the games stay on the game pass or they cycle through different games?

If they're first-party games for Xbox (say, any studio that Xbox owns) they stay up. I think 3rd party games cycle, depending on licensing fees or timed contracts between Xbox and these developers.

I had Monster Hunter 4 on my xbox via the game pass and when I uninstalled it to make room for another game I couldn't install it again until it came back to game pass, which it did.

Which means Bethesda games, Obisidion games, and a whole bunch of other games are now going to be permanent fixtures on the game pass.

At least, that's my personal experience. I don't know the legal technicalities between xbox and 3rd party developers so I can't say for sure.

Dragon Quest XI is on it though, even though it's not coming to xbox until November or December.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by zacharyb:

Originally posted by Powietrze ☁:

Xbox Game Pass sound like a crazy deal for what it offers. What is the catch?

It's a monthly fee and you lose access to the games when your Membership runs out, oh and you have to play it from the Microsoft/Xbox App which is pretty awful. Other than that I don't think there is any other downsides.

It's not that bad on the actual xbox console. In fact it works great there, but yeah, it needs some work everywhere else.

[Hobocop]

It seems to be on a per case basis whether or not games will be made available on the Microsoft Store, and by extension, Gamepass, with MS-owned stuff being obivous shoo-ins. D:OS2 is on the store, but is not on Gamepass, for example.

Otherwise, the best part of the deal is the possibility that Obsidian might get to work on a Fallout game again, potentially with a not hot garbage engine instead of...whatever BGS has been putting out.

[KennyTheYounger]

Microsoft buying Zenimax has nothing to do with BG3 because BG3 was made by Larian Studios which is not owned by Mircosoft. Doesnt mean that BG3 wont ever come to Game Pass, but I don't see it happening in the near future (i.e. the next few years)

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Hobocop:

It seems to be on a per case basis whether or not games will be made available on the Microsoft Store, and by extension, Gamepass, with MS-owned stuff being obivous shoo-ins. D:OS2 is on the store, but is not on Gamepass, for example.

Otherwise, the best part of the deal is the possibility that Obsidian might get to work on a Fallout game again, potentially with a not hot garbage engine instead of...whatever BGS has been putting out.

I get that Microsoft does not own Larian, but that does not mean that Microsoft won't work with Larian for licensing fees to make Baldur's Gate available on the game pass. There are plenty of games on there right now that aren't owned by Xbox and Microsoft.

[CaptainClitCommander]

You can also get the pc, xbox pass, comes to 5 and some change a month, I use it to play sea of thieves and other titles with friends. Cheaper option if you're only in it for your pc and do not own a console.

[dulany67]

BG3 is on Stadia, so probably not on game pass.