Xbox Game Pass is always a hot topic. Is it the best deal in gaming or is it a threat to how people have played games for generations? Is it good for devs or not? PlayStation's ex-boss Shawn Layden has once again chimed into the debate and he's once again not a big fan of the subscription service, to put it mildly.
Xbox's subscription is by no means the only monthly pay-as-you-go service around. PlayStation and EA have their own versions too, but Microsoft differentiates Game Pass by dropping every single one of its own first-party releases – from Grounded 2 to every Call of Duty – on to the service on launch day, along with other day-one third-party games, such as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and (maybe one day) Hollow Knight: Silksong.
