[Rumour] Xbox Live Gold will transition to Xbox Game Pass Core from 1st September. GWG will end.
[Rumour] Xbox Live Gold will transition to Xbox Game Pass Core from 1st September. GWG will end.
Xbox Live Gold will apparently transition to Xbox Game Pass Core on Sept 1st
- includes online multiplayer and various benefits
- same price as XBLG
- Existing XBLG subscribers will convert to Core
- includes 25 Game Pass titles
- GWG offers will end
If this picture is legit then it's just a confusing rebrand. You now have 2 plans both about 10 dollars but one can't use multiplayer and one has a much smaller selection of games. That's confusing and lame imo. They should merge them into one.
Continuing the tradition of Microsoft being terrible at naming things.
You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy, in this case video games, software, consoles or gaming PCs.
I was skeptical about that phrase when I first heard it, now it seems like it will become a reality by 2030s
wtf does this mean? I can still buy Xbox games if I want to. I'm still thinking of doing that for the Game Pass games I want to continue playing, even if I stop paying for GP.
It was a phrase quoted directly from a video posted to YouTube on June 3, 2020 by the World Economic Forum titled “The Great Reset” in the middle of the economic crisis caused as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
And even if today you could buy those games, and own a physical copy, there’s no guarantee that the service that pushes the updates on that software will be around forever. Rendering the disk depending in a service itself.
Same price and XBLG? So itll be $5 a month instead of $10?
Also, they're deleting the name Xbox Live? That's a terrible decision if true.
Microsoft dropped "Live" branding from everything, Xbox was the only major service still using it. Makes sense.
Much like most new Apple products are called "Apple Something" rather than "iSomething"
Having both Live and GamePass is confusing, and GP has the better brand right now. Ask people about GamePass, and they love it. Ask people about Live, and they’re still grumpy that MS made them pay to play Halo 2 and 3 online.
Dunno, I'm just going to let my subscription expire and go back to buying the 1-2 games that come out each year. It comes out cheaper that way and you own the games.
You own the games? Really? Do you buy digitally? If yes, far from you own it. Do you buy physical copy? You think you own it, but then some games require a multi-GB day zero patch to start after installation. Some even require online connection and even log in.
@mtcerio @Techmaster yes when you buy a game physical or digital you only paid for a license to play it, which can be revoked at any time by the owner.
The only platform that you own games on is GoG, everything else your SoL if Valve or EA or Microsoft day "Fuck you no more X game"
Gamepass is the better and cheaper way. It's 3 Triple A games worth of cost over 1 year. Which is... A bargain for what you get.
There really needs to be a tier cheaper than Ultimate that includes online play but not PC Game Pass.
Yep that’s what I don’t understand just stick online play into the console game pass sub it would simplify things a lot
My take is that the console and PC tier are the same exact thing. ( one for console users, one for PC users). This give you online multiplayer and access to more game pass games for an extra $1 per month. Unless you need both core and console to get access to the extra games. That is totally not worth it if true.
It would be good if games with gold disappeared. Needing to redeem a game is just odd, especially if you can only play it as long as you have a subscription. It's also a bit unfair to people who subscribe later, they're missing a lot of the previous games. Just add everything to game pass.
So console doesn’t include multiplayer? That’s odd
Very interesting if it turns out to be legit.