There is no doubt that Microsoft’s subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, has given a lot to talk about for various reasons, such as your success, games, operation and resemblance to other services on the market. It turns out that now, an Xbox executive has said that “Xbox Game Pass feels like browsing Blockbuster.” referencing this former store that rented movies and video games, transferring some energy from what this practice was once about.
Through an interview with Screen Rantan Xbox executive known as Chris Charla, talked about the experience Xbox Game Pass means to him, and how it’s similar to something we already knew. In the interview, he details that the energy you feel when you’re browsing Game Pass games is the same energy you felt when you visited these stores, where you could experience the excitement of seeing each game in the display cases.
“Xbox Game Pass feels like browsing at Blockbuster,” says Xbox exec.
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During the interview, Chris Charla detailed (translated): “The only thing I can compare it to, and this is an old comparison, because I’m an old person, is when you used to go to video stores and rent videos. You could also rent video games, I went to a Blockbuster in the U.S. and rented an NES game for the weekend. I think Game Pass has some of that energy, and I think it’s been a great way for people to find their next favorite game. But when I look at it from a developer’s point of view, I think it’s been a fantastic way to find the perfect audience for a game.”
Undoubtedly, incredible and heartfelt words from Chris Charla, which for all of us who knew and visited a Blockbuster store once (more adult people) will understand. the excitement it felt to visit and pick out a game to play for a couple of days. Honestly, that will never exist again, but the feeling that Xbox Game Pass has left and is leaving, is very comparable to that time.