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welcome to stream economy if there is only one thing I want to talk about this week it is super exciting Microsoft just announced Xbox all-access this is a subscription service that they're gonna start testing out and it's interesting because it's not just services and free games in a library this thing includes a console we here at Stream economy figured we would try to help you decide whether it was worth it or not and also what it means for the future of the games industry obviously you're gonna want to know some details about this so let's discuss first question of course how much will this cost you well if you would like an Xbox one S you're gonna pay $22 a month under Xbox all-access if you think you're ready for the upgrade and you want to go for the Xbox one X that'll set you back $35 a month if you think this is a really good way to subscribe get an Xbox play the new Tomb Raider for a month and then send it back and cancel your subscription think again it's a two-year agreement there are some good benefits here though the agreement also includes xbox live which includes online multiplayer gaming access movies TV shows and discounts on certain Xbox games and game paths which is a huge library of hundreds of Xbox one and backwards compatible Xbox 360 games you can download and play now that we know what you'll be paying if you decide to subscribe we should talk about how much you might save so if you get an Xbox 1s or an Xbox one X including all of those services it will cost you six hundred fifty eight dollars for the Xbox one s over two years and eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars for two years with an Xbox one X if you do it under all access it's five hundred twenty eight dollars and seven hundred and seventy dollars so a pretty decent savings one hundred and thirty bucks on Xbox one s over two years and sixty eight dollars are a little bit more on the Xbox one X which I know doesn't seem like a whole lot but honestly that's at least one game and maybe even a whole bunch of Indies if that's what you're into and lastly if you're wondering if you own the console when the subscription is up you sure do there's no sending it back or paying off a final balance on a rental that sounds amazing right well not quite so there are some downsides as with mostly everything in the world if you are not interested in using Xbox Live or game pass well you're kind of Sol because you're gonna have to pay for it if you sign up for this agreement and that also applies to your Xbox let's say you sign up for the agreement and you're paying your subscription and you decide well I'm just gonna let this xbox sit and collect dust on my shelf because there are no games I'm interested in right now well that's a waste of your money too so if you're only interested in one game that might be a console exclusive all-access might not be the Xbox for you so on top of that there's one more hitch that isn't actually my biggest complaint and that is it's only available in the United States so if you are anywhere else in the world that sucks I know but even if you are in the US you're probably cheering right now hold off on that put a pin in that cheering for just a couple seconds you actually have to physically travel to it that is not a Microsoft store that is also not a Microsoft store that nope Sony that's a Microsoft store you have to go to a physical Microsoft store location to get this agreement to be able to sign up and get your console unfortunately that's easier said than done thirty-five states have at least one Microsoft Store sure but 15 states have that's right zero sorry everyone who lives over in this area you have really nice views outside though if that's any consolation no it really isn't is it on top of that if you're anybody in any of these states with limited amounts of money which is why you are probably interested in this deal in the first place having to spend it to travel to a Microsoft store to get a cheaper console might end up not being cheaper at all so look I don't like that okay Xbox all-access I think Microsoft has a great idea here but it needs to be rolled out on the internet or internationally in some way and I'm sure there's a lot of work that goes into that I'm not saying it's super easy but I hope Microsoft does put in the work I want top of that I think Microsoft is going to kind of prompt other gaming consoles to offer the same types of things I would not be surprised if Sony offered something very similar for the PlayStation 4 or maybe a future PlayStation now as for the switch it is only $2.99 as opposed to the other consoles higher price points but the Xbox one s is also the same price so I can't imagine Nintendo even just considering the idea even if they don't do it those are my thoughts on Microsoft's Xbox All Access subscription now it's your turn I want you to go down to the comments I want you to tell me what you think about this new idea that Microsoft's testing out are you angry because you don't live in the u.s. are you mad because you live in Montana and you can't get to a Microsoft Store or are you super excited about it you can't wait to try it out I can't wait to talk to you now that we're on the subject of consoles hey Sarah what do you think of the console wars console wars all bronze poker but Bryan's don't sale everyone you like make yourself go and support Microsoft and build support so neat because bronze are bad and bronze will Batman playing on the walls man oh I see people going mental oh I see people punch these on the fist because you like PlayStation oh I see kids very nice oh cool why am i controller for the Xbox one mouth ps4 control our fate meet our fate right then oh I see you like oh I see tweets oh I see everything oh I see forms going mental oh I see puritan tweeting Donald Donald Trump seemed cute in man I'm an Xbox man American made and impugns like nah man you can get bit on me because you got a Nintendo sweats no that's it console wars man that's how how are you go just push the button hang on man bring the asteroid bring the nukes I'm done thanks for watching let us know down in the comments if you prefer us to deep dive into a single topic weekly or if you like the three storey approach that we normally do as always you can check out last week's episode right over here and bonus stream economy content over this way you you