{"id":4653,"date":"2025-06-16T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4653"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:39:25","slug":"games-inbox-would-xbox-ever-shut-down-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/games-inbox-would-xbox-ever-shut-down-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Would Xbox ever shut down Game Pass?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Monday letters page struggles to predict what\u2019s going to happen with the PlayStation 6<\/a>, as one reader sees their opinion of the Switch 2<\/a> change over time.<\/p>\n

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Final Pass<\/strong>
I agree with a lot of what was said about the current state of Xbox<\/a> in the Reader\u2019s Feature this weekend<\/a> and how the more Microsoft<\/a> spends, and the more companies they own, the less the seem to be in control. Which is very strange really.<\/p>\n

The biggest recent failure has got to be Game Pass<\/a>, which has not had the impact they expected and yet they don\u2019t seem ready to acknowledge that. If they\u2019re thinking of increasing the price again, like those rumours<\/a> say, then I think that will be the point at which you can draw a line under the whole idea and admit it\u2019s never going to catch on.<\/p>\n

But would Microsoft ever shut down Game Pass completely? I feel that would almost be more humiliating than stopping making consoles, so I can\u2019t really imagine it. Instead, they\u2019ll make it more and more expensive and put more and more restrictions on day one games until it\u2019s no longer recognisable.
Grackle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panic button<\/strong>
Strange to see Sony talking relatively openly<\/a> about Nintendo and Microsoft as competition. I can\u2019t remember the last time they mentioned either of them, even if they obviously would prefer not to have, if they hadn\u2019t been asked by investors.<\/p>\n

At no point did they acknowledge that the Switch has completely outsold both their last two consoles, so I\u2019m not sure where their confidence comes from. I guess it\u2019s from the fact that they know they\u2019ve done nothing this gen and still come out on top, so from their perspective they\u2019ve got plenty in reserve.<\/p>\n

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Having your panic button being \u2018do anything at all\u2019 must be pretty reassuring really. Nintendo has had to work to get where they are with the Switch but Sony is just coasting it.
Lupus<\/strong><\/p>\n

James\u2019 Ladder
<\/strong>Jacob\u2019s Ladder is a film I’ve been meaning to watch for a while, and I guessed the ending quite early on, but it feels like a Silent Hill film. I don’t know if you guys have seen it but it’s an excellent film and the hospital scene near the end, and the cages blocking off the underground early on, just remind me of the game.<\/p>\n

A depressing film overall but worth a watch.
Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>Jacob\u2019s Ladder was as a major influence on Silent Hill 2 in particular, even the jacket James is wearing is the same.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seeing the future<\/strong>
I know everyone likes to think of themselves as Nostradamus, but I have to admit I have absolutely no clue what Sony is planning for the PlayStation 6. A new console that is just the usual update, that sits under your TV, is easy enough to imagine but surely they\u2019re not going to do that again?<\/p>\n

But the idea of having new home and portable machines that come out at the same time seems so unlikely to me. Surely the portable wouldn\u2019t be a separate format, but I can\u2019t see it being any kind of portable that runs its own games because it\u2019d never be as powerful as the home machine. So, it\u2019s really just a PlayStation Portal 2?<\/p>\n

Like I said, I don\u2019t know, but for some reason I have a bad feeling about that the next gen and whatever Sony does end up unveiling. I suspect that whatever they and Microsoft does it\u2019s going to end up making the Switch 2 (and PC) seem even more appealing by comparison.
Gonch<\/strong><\/p>\n

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