No more unpleasant surprises: it will be easier to know when a game leaves Xbox Game Pass

A dialog box will tell players how much time they have left before they can no longer enjoy a title.

There’s nothing worse for a gamer than starting a new game and finding out that they can no longer access it after a few days. Indeed, most of the games available on Microsoft’s subscription service come and go, much like many films and series on SVoD platforms.

Departures, in particular, are often unclear unless you take a look at the Xbox Game Pass website. A real readability problem which the American giant has decided to remedy.

Avoid drama, but not only

Subscribers to Microsoft’s flagship service will be entitled to a new feature that will allow them to obtain information on the career of a game. ” When launching an Xbox Game Pass title that will soon be leaving the catalog, users will see a new dialog box that will help them know exactly when the game will be leaving », Explains the Redmond firm.

This dialog box will also allow you to go further in the adventure, leaving the possibility of purchasing the title directly and not losing your progress. There is no doubt that Microsoft is seeking to push the monetization of its service further, as it recently did with the early access of Starfield.

For now, this update is only available to users who are members of the Xbox Insider program, which provides access to new features still in development. Its deployment date is therefore not yet known, but we can only hope that Microsoft will not delay too long, in order to avoid some drama in the weeks to come.

The Xbox ecosystem is constantly evolving. If PC players can increasingly benefit from the brand’s licenses, console players have benefited from several new features in recent weeks. In addition to a new interface on Xbox Series X|S, it is now possible to stream games directly to Discord, but also to transfer game captures directly to OneDrive.

Source : Neowin