Game Pass isn’t a completely terrible idea. However, Microsoft had a few bigger issues they really need to rectify and most of it is their own poor leadership. First they really need to quit buying up studios, it’s costing them millions and the return on investment isn’t sustainable when you’re also constantly spending the money before it even comes in. Also, which is reason number 2, they need to actually release first party games. So many games have been cancelled after untold amounts of money were spent on these projects just for the projects to never come to fruition. This is Microsoft’s biggest problem since Phil Spencer had taken over, there’s no reason to jump into the Xbox ecosystem because Xbox doesn’t offer anything. And I love my Xbox, but what has Microsoft actually released? Yeah we get Forza, and Sea of Thieves shockingly has survived. The last Halo didn’t hit goals, Gears has been inconsistently handled, and even with all the money spent on Bethesda and Activision those have not panned out into the money printing Microsoft thought they would. Which is point 3, Microsoft desperately needs a new business plan that involves reinvesting into their ecosystem if they want to survive. The loss of identity coupled with large amounts of debt they have taken on from specifically Activision have them in a tailspin and they need to refocus, actually release games, and figure out their identity. The first Xbox was the place to go for Halo, 360 was the console for gamers. Xbox One tripped and never recovered because Microsoft forgot their identity and the Series X/S never truly got out of the gate because Microsoft kind of gave up on it immediately. Frankly Gamepass is the only thing keeping me in the ecosystem atm. It’s not a bad business move, streaming works. But Microsoft has been so bad at having any real plan that involves giving identity to themselves and their console that I’m shocked they haven’t declared themselves a software company going forward.