Xbox Game Pass now has over 10 million subscribers

During Microsoft’s Q3 2020 earnings call, Microsoft confirmed that Xbox Live is seeing record engagement this quarter, having over 90 million active monthly users. 

On top of this increased use of Xbox Live, Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service has also seen widespread adoption, achieving a subscriber count of over 10 million. This subscriber count means that one in every nine active Xbox Live users are subscribing to Xbox Game Pass. 

Xbox Game Pass is currently available for PC and Xbox One, offering subscribers access to hundreds of games. These game include many newly released titles such as Gears Tactics, Phoenix Point and other relatively recent releases like Halo: The Master Chief Collection (for PC) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. 

In addition to these high Xbox Game Pass subscription numbers, Microsoft has also seen “hundreds of thousands” of active users of Project xCloud, Microsoft’s Xbox game streaming service, in preview countries. 

With the coronavirus pandemic keeping large portions of the global population indoors, more and more people are looking towards gaming for entertainment and social activity. Playing games online can connect friends together, and now has been the perfect time for many to catch up on their gaming back catalogues. 

Xbox Game pass has already grown to become larger than EA’s EA Access and Origin Access services, which had 5 million users last year. Microsoft has already taken the lead with Xbox Game Pass, and it is unlikely for any competing service to overtake Microsoft in the near future.