Microsoft's fantastic Xbox Game Pass subscription service is coming to the PC

Two years after its debut on the Xbox, Microsoft is bringing its video game subscription service to PC—and it’s bigger than I ever expected. So big, it just might convince skeptics to use the Windows 10 Store, and I don’t say that lightly. Dubbed “Xbox Game Pass for PC,” a branding kerfuffle that ranks up with Games for Windows Live, the proposition is nevertheless pretty interesting.First, some context: If you’ve never tried the original console Game Pass, $10 a month gets you unlimited access to a curated library of games from the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox, thanks to Microsoft’s backwards compatibility efforts.It’s a damn good offering, probably the closest the industry’s come to the whole “Netflix for Games” idea. And it’s made even sweeter by Microsoft’s first-party offerings. Every first-party Xbox One release shows up on Game Pass on release day, meaning if you buy even two exclusives per year you’ve essentially broken even. Of course, Microsoft’s exclusives track record hasn’t been fantastic these past few years, but in 2018 that might’ve meant Sea of Thieves or State of Decay 2 and Forza Horizon 4 as your buy-in cost, with the rest of Xbox Game Pass “free.”To read this article in full, please click here