Xbox Game Pass was supposed to be the Netflix of gaming — what happened?

The Verge
By David PierceFeb 20, 2025, 10:00 am136 pts
Hello, and welcome to a special episode of Decoder! This is David Pierce, editor-at-large at The Verge. Nilay is off this week for a much-deserved break from what I can only describe as a pretty bleak news cycle. So I’m filling in for him, and the Decoder team thought this would be a good opportunity to…

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