{"id":444976,"date":"2023-12-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=444976"},"modified":"2023-12-30T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T15:51:10","slug":"xbox-game-pass-added-9000-worth-of-games-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/xbox-game-pass-added-9000-worth-of-games-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass added $9000 worth of games in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While PlayStation and Nintendo reaped the awards with their games, Xbox players might have been the true winners in terms of savings. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trueachievements.com\/news\/xbox-game-pass-added-nearly-9000-worth-of-games-in-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TrueAchievements<\/a>, after calculating the cost of each new game on Xbox Game Pass, the total amounted to nearly $9000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With big releases like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-starfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Starfield<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-hi-fi-rush-destructoid-tango-gameworks\/\">Hi-Fi Rush<\/a><\/em>, there was no shortage of new games for subscribers to dig into. Clearly, Xbox Game Pass was committed to being the best gaming service, bringing in huge third-party titles and inventive indies. As for the savings, the exact amounts are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>$8763\/US<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a37695\/UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CA$11425\/Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A$13392\/Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u20ac8879\/Europe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R$36898\/ Brazil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Hi-Fi-Rush-Xbox-Game-Pass.jpg?w=640&#038;resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Hi-Fi Rush Xbox Game Pass\" class=\"wp-image-374614\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image via Xbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-xbox-lives-to-serve\">Xbox Lives To Serve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been an Xbox Game Pass subscriber for a good while. To be honest, I reaped some of the benefits, especially early in the year with the releases of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-3-portable-is-better-than-no-persona-3-i-guess-ps5-switch-xbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 Portable<\/a> <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-4-an-all-time-favorite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 4 Golden<\/a><\/em>. Without an Xbox Series X though, I did miss out on some grand additions like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-dead-space-ps5-xbox-pc-remake-motive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dead Space<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-like-a-dragon-gaiden-the-man-who-erased-his-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name<\/a><\/em>. I don\u2019t think my poor Xbox One can even cloud-stream <em>Starfield <\/em>without becoming a portable grill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, many Xbox players did get to dig into some amazing games with the service compared to rival PlayStation Plus. Indies like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/dark-horse-candidates-the-game-awards-nominees-2023\/\">Cocoon<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-sea-of-stars\/\">Sea of Stars<\/a><\/em> were powerhouses, while hotly-anticipated titles such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-lies-of-p\/\">Lies of P<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-persona-5-tactica-switch-tactics\/\">Persona 5 Tactica<\/a><\/em> brought the house down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next year doesn\u2019t seem to let up, either. Game Pass subscribers can get their hands on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/hands-on-persona-3-reload-baby-baby-baby-yeah\/\">Persona 3 Reload<\/a> <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/rpgs-to-look-out-for-in-2024\/\">one of my most anticipated RPGs<\/a>) in February, while exclusives such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/avowed-is-a-new-fantasy-rpg-coming-from-obsidian-entertainment\/\">Avowed<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/all-major-upcoming-xbox-exclusives-of-2023-and-2024\/\">Towerborne<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-receives-stunning-new-trailer\/\">Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2<\/a><\/em> will join the service later in the year. This, of course, doesn\u2019t account for the many that will be announced later on, especially in future events (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/e3-is-officially-dead-announces-esa\/\">though not E3 anymore<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re already an Xbox player, you probably know just how big a value Game Pass is if you checked your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/year-in-review?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_12.12.3&amp;linkId=100000230889978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify Wrapped-esque year-in-review from Xbox.<\/a> Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes both PC and Console access, costs $16.99\/month and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/xbox-game-pass\/games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fairly substantial catalog<\/a>. It&#8217;s worth keeping in mind, though, that while $9000 worth of games does seem like a good deal, 2023 was also the year some users saw Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/xbox-series-x-and-xbox-game-pass-price-increase-in-some-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raise the price<\/a> of the service. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some bangers for your buck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":395673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[20069,19124,120,116],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":888,"display_name":"Michael Murphy","user_nicename":"michael-murphy"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/xbox-game-pass.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Michael Murphy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/michael-murphy\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/xbox-game-pass.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444976"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445029,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444976\/revisions\/445029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444976"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=444976"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=444976"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=444976"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=444976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}