James McWhirter, an analyst at the British agency Omdia, gave an estimated figure for the number of subscribers to the Xbox Games Pass service at the end of last year, saying that it was 33.3 million subscribers based on the agency’s data, which does not count subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Core, which is the service that was presented as an alternative to the Xbox Live Gold service without his participation. The number of subscribers that includes the Core category.
According to McWhirter, the service witnessed a growth in the number of subscribers by 13% during the past year compared to its growth of 15% in the year 2022, and 55% of subscribers were from the Ultimate category, which allows players to play on Xbox and PC while also providing the benefits of cloud broadcasting. However, These numbers are based on the agency’s analyses, which cannot be confirmed since we have not received official updates on these numbers for some time.