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===Xbox GamePass (''2017-present'')<!-- Reference Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#Xbox_Game_Pass -->===

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<p>''Xbox Game Pass'' is the latest subscription service provided by ''Xbox'' which was originally announced and launched to provide video games in the format that ''Netflix'' provides Movies. The games catalogue is huge as of now due to the enormous investing by ''Microsoft''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mackuch |first=Eddie |date=2025-09-22 |title=Game Pass Gets "Largest Investment" To Date This Year, Xbox Boss Says |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922152904/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |archive-date=2025-09-22 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> Although a user subscribing to this service only gets to download and play the provided games as long as the subscription is active.Later on in 2019 Xbox added ''Xbox live Gold'' into the Game Pass subscription subsequently removing a separate subscription for gold.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |title=Microsoft to combine Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live into $14.99-a-month subscription |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=April 5, 2019 |website=The Verge |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527042744/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> </p>