My brother is a tech nerd who's never been into gaming. He likes the idea of reliving his childhood by emulating retro games, but he's not into buying a console, building a PC, and spending $60 on a single game. When we chatted about PC gaming a few years ago, Game Pass was the solution for him.
At the time, it seemed like the perfect fit. Game Pass Ultimate for PC was the all-in-one subscription every curious gamer needed to get into PC gaming. The Ultimate subscription with cloud gaming meant casuals could play hardware-intensive games on a simple laptop, as long as their internet connection was good enough. They also had a massive library of interesting games to try, so they could skip researching about games to buy or spending on these titles. Every single barrier to entry in PC gaming, aside from buying a joystick, was removed with cloud gaming on Game Pass.
