Microsoft PC Game Pass Preview Available in the Philippines for P5 Only (P119/Month After)

This is a win for PC gamers as starting today, March 29, Microsoft has begun offering a special preview PC Games Pass in the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand are included). The PC Game Pass preview will offer over 100 well-renowned games including Xbox Game Studios releases and an EA Play membership. Titles on PC Game Pass include Minecraft, Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator and franchises such as Halo, Gears of Wars, Hitman, and Mass Effect.

To access the SEA-based preview, you need to do the ff:

1. Make sure that your region is set in the Philippines (or the other SEA countries that is part of the preview) 

2. Go to Microsoft Store and Download the Xbox Insider Hub app.

3. Open the Xbox Insider Hub app and Join the PC Game Pass Southeast Asia Market Expansion preview in the Preview tab.

4. Download/Launch the Xbox app in the Microsoft Store.

5. Subscribe to PC Game Pass. The initial fee is P5 and P119 per month after the first month.

This is a huge difference to the other PC Game Pass in the U.S. As a comparison, subscription for the PC Game Pass starts at $10 per month with the initial trial fee for first time users at $1.