Game Pass, Microsoft's gaming subscription service, had 34 million subscribers as of February 2024. Microsoft revealed this figure in a press release. blog post where he shared his plan for the future of the Xbox business.
The latest figure reveals that Game Pass growth has slowed significantly. It took Microsoft three years since Game Pass launched in 2017 to achieve this. 10 millions subscribers in April 2020. Over the next five months, the company added five million subscribers, and hit 18 million subscribers by January 2021, a growth rate of almost 90% per year. A year later, the company announced that Game Pass had 25 millions the subscribers. Over the past two years, Game Pass has added nine million subscribers, which would represent an average annual increase of just 18%.
Game Pass lets gamers pay a monthly fee to Microsoft for unlimited access to an evolving library of games that they can play on their consoles or PC. In an announcement Thursday, the brand's leaders plans revealed to bring Xbox games to more platforms, including PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, both of which have significantly more users than Xbox. There are currently no plans to offer Game Pass on Sony or Nintendo platforms.