The officially licensed video game of the 2024 Formula One Championship is coming to Xbox Game Pass. You can race some of the best drivers in the world, and in the refreshed Career Driver mode you can experience the careers of real drivers from the past and present. Maybe with enough practice you'll be able to dethrone Max Verstappen as champion.

Microsoft confirms 10 new games for Xbox Game Pass in 2025, including Moonlighter 2 and Echo Weaver. Indie titles like Tanuki Pon's Summer and Buckshot Roulette are expected later in 2025. Balatro, a popular deckbuilder, was also shadow-dropped onto Xbox Game Pass after gaining popularity in 2024.

So, sure, GamePass is reasonably successful for what it is — but it definitely hasn’t changed the world like Netflix did to Hollywood. People are still mostly buying new games, sometimes even still on a disc from Best Buy or Walmart. Streaming a game to your phone or TV over the cloud remains pretty niche.