Microsoft highlights the importance of strategy games on PC Game Pass

Strategy games have always been super important for the world of video games on PC, while on consoles it has not been a differential genre, on PC it is a totally associated and differentiating genre for many players.

As you can imagine, this detail has not been overlooked for Microsoft, which is why they have almost always invested in strategy sagas as mythical as Age Of Empires. The game is a classic that since its inception has triumphed in all generations of players, from the beginning to the present. Therefore, from Microsoft they have bet together with PC Game Pass in nurturing the catalog in a genre that attracts millions of compatible players and that they consider essential for their growth.

Strategy games are a must have for PC Game Pass

Our mission with Xbox Game Pass has always been to offer gamers a wider, more layered choice for developers. That is why we believe that we can have a really positive effect on the genre of strategy games on PC, because we do everything we can to make these titles more accessible to people.

For me it is really incredible to notice how someone, after having subscribed to Game Pass for Halo, approaches experiences like Darkest Dungeon for the first time and ends up falling in love with it.

Strategic videogames have become one of the most important items in our portfolio due to the popularity and interest aroused by this type of titles in our subscribers. They are permanently in the Top 10 of the most popular games on PC Game Pass and represent 20% of our total commitment on PC.

Microsoft continues to highlight this genre as one of the most attractive, but without forgetting that there are other games that can act as a hook and then reach others such as those mentioned in the above quote.