
Anything indie that manages to find its way onto Xbox Game Pass tends to make a bigger splash on the Xbox platform, and we're starting to see small developers clamour for inclusion on the service. The latest such team is Moving Pieces Interactive — the dev behind Shoulder of Giants — who've made it clear that they want to be a part of the service as well.
In a new interview on the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast, the dev expressed its desire to be on Game Pass, saying that any such move is ultimately up to Microsoft, despite fan requests.
"What I can say is that it's definitely something that we want. A lot of people have asked us 'is the game coming to Game Pass, when will it come to Game Pass?' and my answer to them is: please tell this to Microsoft! And, hopefully it will happen."
For now, the game's Xbox launch has come and gone, and inclusion on Game Pass is less likely at the this stage given that indies tend to launch on the service or miss the boat. Some do arrive a short time after launch though, so there's still a chance that Shoulder of Giants could arrive one day. It's certainly something that the devs would like to see happen!
We'll drop the timestamped discussion on all things Xbox Game Pass down below:
Is this a game you'd of liked to play on Game Pass? Let us know your thoughts on these comments!
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Want on it so they get the money upfront, as there is no way that there will be many gamers clambering to play this crap
@grumpypotato Haha. Quite!
Of course small developers with relatively little marketing budget want to get on game pass. It's a double win for them. Both get paid upfront AND get a whole load of free press and word-of-mouth referrals leading to even more sales both on Xbox and any other platforms they release on. It's a no brainer.
Trying to break through is hard. Look where it is without that.
There are no critic scores on Metacritic, not one, and googling it very little comes up.(edit:see below) Perhaps it is an OK game that has an audience, if only it could find one.@themightyant There’s actually six reviews on Metacritic. Doesn’t sound too bad.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-series-x/shoulders-of-giants
@awp69 Thanks for the correction, I did look but missed that somehow, must have clicked on XBO not XSX, as I saw the 1 x 4 user score on PC. I'll amend above.
Still stands to reason why they would want to be on Game Pass.
“We really want the big up front wodge for the Gamepass inclusion because we are worried our game won’t sell.”
Xbox now admit being on GPU hits your sales HARD.
If you are begging to be on GPU, your game is full of DLC… is looking like it won’t sell so you’ll take a lump sum or is MTX heavy….
Or multiple of the above.
These are strange old GPU propaganda stories these…. You can try and convince us GPU is good for everyone but the evidence more and more is suggesting it might not be.
And I say this a long time subscriber.
Some people will justify and big up GPU at every turn… even these comments here. Lol.
@Stocksy I just read a little while ago that GPU does hurt game sales so who knows how long it will be around if that is true. A company can't keep putting money in to a product that isn't producing a profit. GPU can't just break even it has to start paying for itself and then some just to keep shareholders happy.
@Skedaddle this is a gaming website about games.
I come on here to talk games.
Go elsewhere if you don’t like it.
Bringing in the suffering of others is disgusting. I give heavily to charity and have done over this case.
I’m currently sat next to my daughter in a hospital, I’ve been in hospital with her for over a month and she is in a serious condition. We were rushed to London two hours from where we live because she took a turn for the worse. So the last thing I need is your toxic nonsense. This is escapism. You should be ashamed
I’ve never insulted anyone on here.
I sometimes want more from Xbox and don’t understand why some posters seem so personally invested in any criticism against the brand.
@BleedingDreamer Xbox have admitted it in the documents about Activision. The opposite to what they said last year. Pure Xbox haven’t run a piece on it though. Which is strange.
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