How Would You Feel If Xbox Game Pass Actually Dropped Day One Releases?

As it stands, Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, and Persona 4 Revival are the only day one releases I’m fussed about, and that have already been announced. That said, I was keen to try Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 out for the campaign, but Activision has already announced its plans to delay the inclusion of all future CoD games on Game Pass. Which means I’ll likely never play it, or just wait the time it takes to join the service – and I’m fine with that.

Even though I’m likely to review Gears: E-Day, I’ve already pre-ordered my physical copy alongside the fancy limited edition controller, and I plan on picking up the other two mentioned when the time comes. Disc-based media is more important to me as ever right now, and Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature kicks so much ass that I simply want to buy more discs just to build my physical and digital library side by side.

To that end, I’m starting to question whether I’d actually miss day one releases if they weren’t on Xbox Game Pass immediately – and I don’t think I would. Instead, I’d love to see XGP become a more affordable catalogue of games that I wouldn’t necessarily consider buying as soon as they’re announced.

I bought into Xbox as a kid in the 2000s, and I’m still invested in Microsoft’s gaming ecosystem today. I’m already sold on their first party titles like Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable. Including them day one or even a few weeks or months later makes no difference to me because I’m already willing to pick ’em up for my physical collection.

But I’m curious about how you would feel if Xbox ditched new day one release on Xbox Game Pass? And if they did, what would the ideal Game Pass model look like to you? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.