Xbox All Access heter en tjänst som blivit populär i USA, som ger dig konsol, Xbox Game Pass och Xbox Live Guld för en månadsavgift. Nu verkar det som att Xbox All Access kommer spridas till fler territorier, att döma utifrån vad Xbox-chefen Phil Spencer berättade under sin Gamelab-keynote igår kväll.
"I think Xbox All Access is going to be critical to both our launch for Xbox Series X as well as just the overall generation."
Spencer säger att i de länder där konceptet provats på, har det gått bra och att det gör det lättare att skaffa en konsol om man slipper betala hela kostnaden för konsolen direkt:
"Xbox All Access this generation has been something that we've trialled; we've put into market in a limited capacity in certain areas, it's just a plat for us to learn and see if there's signal from customers on this. And it's been great, the response that we've seen, where we've tested Xbox All Access, it's been great. But it's been limited in terms of the market. So you're going to see a much broader market and retailer support for Xbox All Access, and it matches a model that customers use for many other devices that they buy. And as you have services that attach to those devices that people love, it just becomes an easier way to bring a great product to customers."
Med tanke på att så många blivit av med jobben senaste tiden, har fler också fått dålig ekonomi. Även detta menar Spencer är något som talar för både All Access och Game Pass:
"We should also just understand the global economic situation that we're going to see this year - we're seeing it today - and I think having more pricing options for consumers is, frankly, just a thoughtful thing for us as industry to think about, whether it's Game Pass and me getting access to hundreds of games for a lower amount each month, or things like Xbox All Access that let me get into a new hardware generation without the big upfront cost. I think those are going to be important things with the economic situation that we see outside."
Xbox Series X släpps senare i år, de flesta spekulationer gör gällande att det sker någon gång mellan sent i oktober till innan Thanksgiving i november.
