What If Xbox Never Made Game Pass?

What if Game Pass never existed? On Episode 283, Kelvin and Rob go down a rabbit hole into one of the great "what ifs" in modern gaming. Picture an alternate 2017 where Phil Spencer never launches Game Pass, Xbox doubles down on exclusives, and Halo, Starfield, Indiana Jones, and post-acquisition Call of Duty all stay locked to the green box. Does Xbox close the gap on PlayStation? Does Sony have to answer the bell? Or was multiplatform always the only real path forward? We debate both sides — and ask the bigger question: is Xbox's problem strategy, or execution?

Plus: what we've been playing and the usual chaos.

This, and SO much more, on Episode 283 of The Gaming Duo — where friendships are built through gaming.

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