Recently, GameStop uploaded a promotional advertising picture on Twitter, which aroused heated discussion among players. This image is used to promote the upcoming Xbox Play Day event on February 10, and it reads "Play new Xbox games on Xbox Series X and S, and experience the benefits of Microsoft Game Pass." The image refers to Xbox GamePass as Microsoft GamePass, which has sparked curiosity and speculation.
Xbox GamePass has always been known as Xbox's game subscription service, providing players with access to a large number of games. Why the sudden name change? Does this mean anything? In fact, judging from the advertising picture, this is just an ordinary picture, not much worthy of attention. However, there have been recent rumors that Xbox will bring their games to other platforms such as PlayStation 5 and Switch, such as games like "Starfield", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Gears of War". While this has happened in the past, these rumors still spark interest.
Recently, some people have speculated whether Xbox is just experimentally introducing some games to other platforms, or whether it plans to abandon console games completely and turn to making games for other platforms like Sega. This topic has been discussed recently, and the possibility of Xbox Game Pass changing its name to Microsoft Game Pass has caused some doubts.
However, because this name change comes from advertising for Xbox and Microsoft, some people are skeptical. Some players have even begun to speculate whether Microsoft will abandon the Xbox brand and stop manufacturing game consoles. Previously, Xbox head Phil Spencer said on Twitter that they plan to hold a business update event next week, where they will share more details about the future vision of Xbox. Let us wait and see, waiting for Microsoft to reveal more about the development direction and strategic planning of Xbox in future events.