With this, Xbox could easily boast the best backwards compatibility suite the console world has ever seen, far surpassing anything that Nintendo and PlayStation are able to offer. Sure, Antstream is available on PlayStation as well, but this whole Xbox Retro Classics initiative suggests Microsoft has even more of a keen interest in the program.

Game Pass members can now play over 50 old-school games for free. Microsoft 's Retro Classics is a library of old-school Activision and Blizzard games from the '80s and '90s, like Pitfall! and MechWarrior 2. You can play on Xbox consoles, PCs and supported cloud gaming devices.

Surprise! If you are a Game Pass subscriber, you now have access to dozens and dozens of retro video games. And Xbox and Activision plan to add even more classic games in the future.