For the past few years, Microsoft has focused its efforts on bolstering itsXbox Game Passsubscription service.Xbox Game Passis clearly a key pillar of Microsoft’s strategy, with the company doing everything it can to make it as appealing as possible to Xbox gamers. This has included crossover deals with other companies to add their own services to Xbox Game Pass, as well as adding all of its first-party games to the service on day one of their launch.
At this point, Xbox Game Pass is really a no-brainer for Xbox gamers. However, not all Xbox Game Pass users may be taking full advantage of the service. Not only does it give players access to over 100 games, it also has Xbox Game Pass quests that players can use to earn points that, in turn, can be used to purchase new video games and other prizes. Players can even use it to purchase more Xbox Game Pass, meaning that they may not necessarily have to pay for the service with real money again.
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What Are Xbox Game Pass Quests?
Xbox Game Pass questsare added to the service on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Each day, players can complete two quests to play one game through the service and to log in to the mobile app. Weekly quests, meanwhile, challenge players with playing specific games. Sometimes the quests are as simple as starting the game up, but other times they are more specific, tasking players with earning achievements or doing some other thing in the specified game. Monthly quests are a little more time-consuming in-game challenges, and they also reward players for completing as many daily and weekly quests as possible.
Those interested in completing Xbox Game Pass quests, can find them in the Xbox Game Pass hub. Those that want to take full advantage of the Xbox Game Pass quests will want to check them out each day and ensure they’re completing all the daily, weekly, and monthly rewards. It’s basically free money, especially when the quests are for games that players would be playing anyway.
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Some Drawbacks
For one, many Internet users have to deal with data caps that make it so they aren’t really able to download many games in any given month. Conflate that withballooning video game file sizes, and the unfortunate reality is that many people will be stuck paying extra fees whenever they happen to go over their data caps when trying to complete Xbox Game Pass quests, or simply using Xbox Game Pass in general.
Secondly, gamers also have to deal with limited space. Some of the world’s most popular games take up a ton of hard drive space, and so while the Xbox Series X has 1 TB of storage, that can fill up fast. The Xbox Series S has even less storage, making it significantly less convenient for those that own that console to complete Xbox Game Pass quests. Of course, Xbox gamers can expand their storage with external hard drives, and those on Xbox Series X and S can purchaseSSD expansion cards. But purchasing such things can be pricey, and so many gamers will be stuck with whatever their available internal storage allows.
Considering these drawbacks, those with data caps or limited storage capacity may not be able to take full advantage of Xbox Game Pass quests. However, they can still do enough to getsomethingout of the program, and it’s definitely worth a look either way.
