Microsoftin kuukausimaksullinen pelien Xbox Game Pass on ollut suuri menestys. Porinaa on kuitenkin käyty siitä, onko pelinkehittäjille itselleen kannattavaa laittaa pelejään tarjolle Xbox Game Passiin.
Xbox-pomo Pjil Spencer on kertonut Eurogamerille, että kuluttajien tulee keskittyä ennen kaikkea siihen, mikä on kuluttajille parasta eikä siihen, mikä on ehkä parasta pelinkehittäjille.
"The thing at the highest level, which will probably get me in trouble, is as gamers you should focus on what you want, not focus on, like, my P&L [profit and loss statement], or the P&L of the console you chose to invest in. I see this dialogue about somebody worried that somehow Xbox is gonna make less money, or their console is gonna make less money if they tell me a game is going to be on a different platform before it actually comes out, or it's gonna be in a subscription, which is really what I want, but somehow that's gonna mean less money for them so I don't want them to do that because I'd rather pay more money so..."
"You should focus on you as a gamer and the things that matter to you. We as the people running the business - I am incented to run a good business inside of Microsoft and in the long term. I've been here for 31 years. I don't know that I'll make 31 more, but I'm not going anywhere tomorrow. We're building an Xbox business for the long run. I'll tell you, Game Pass today is a strong part of that, and it continues to get stronger, and it supports the building of great IP."