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That's a big part of it. Right now, Microsoft tries to put a number of big titles in their subscription service, a bunch of filler titles they can buy from publishers for cheap, and maybe a few that sold more popularly than they expected.
If subscription gaming becomes the majority, Microsoft and other streaming providers get to pick the contenders and not much else gets seen. Games like Lethal Company won't have a sudden boom in popularity because it wasn't on Microsoft's radar.
Currently the reason I like Game Pass is they have inadvertently re-opened the doors for “try before you buy” in a weird way. I’m also experiencing a bunch of games I probably wouldn’t have otherwise played. That being said, enshitification is inevitable, so this really awesome period for gamepass I’m sure will end at some point.
They recently increased how much work it takes to get Microsoft rewards points (the way I’ve been able to play Game Pass without paying for it for years now), which I feel like is the first sign that change is coming.