Xbox-pomo Phil Spencerin mukaan Microsoft Flight Simulator ei olisi ollut mahdollinen ilman Xbox Game Passia

Xbox-pomo Phil Spencer on antanut haastattelun The Guardianille, jossa hän paljasti, etteivät pelit Tell Me Why ja Microsoft Flight Simulator olisi todennäköisesti koskaan tapahtuneet ilman Xbox Game Passia.

"I honestly don't think we'd greenlight Tell Me Why if not for Game Pass. It's an episodic, story-driven game - you don't see a lot of them getting made. We knew with the 15 million subscribers we have now, that it would get played, and that people would engage in it more than they would if there was a $30 price point in front of it. Even Flight Simulator is a game we would not have green-lit if we did not see Game Pass growing. We had a million players of Battletoads! These are all examples of games that in an exclusively retail model would be more challenged."

Toisin sanoen Spencer on sitä mieltä, että Xbox Game Pass mahdollistaa myös sellaisten pelin julkaisun, jotka eivät ehkä olisi taloudellisesti kannattavia muilla tavoilla.