2023-07-17 13:00:55
Microsoft announces the replacement from September 14, 2023 of Xbox Live Gold by Xbox Game Pass Core, a new subscription.
We have been writing on Frandroid for several years that Microsoft offers both the best video game subscription with Xbox Game Pass, and the worst with Xbox Live Gold.
This historic subscription from Xbox pays off big, but seems completely anachronistic in 2023. It allows access to Xbox Live servers from an Xbox console, access that is free if you play from a competing console, a PC, a smartphone or in the cloud gaming. It also provides access to games every month, like PlayStation Plus, but Microsoft hasn’t offered interesting titles there for a long time.
After 21 years on the market, Xbox Live Gold will finally disappear before the end of the year. Microsoft announces the arrival of Xbox Game Pass Core from September 14, 2023 to replace it and simplify the range of Xbox services. The name indicates a desire to offer a more accessible price, like the Xbox 360 Core in its day.
Un mini Game Pass
This new subscription will be offered at 6.99 euros per month, that is to say the same monthly price as the current Xbox Live Gold. It will always be possible to lower the bill by subscribing to 12 months at once for 60 euros. Microsoft does not offer volume discounts for other Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.
Xbox Game Pass Core carries over some of the benefits of current Xbox Live Gold, like the ability to play online on Xbox Live or discounts on the Xbox Store. Game Pass obliges, subscribers will also be entitled to a small catalog of games.
As some rumors of the hallway evoked, it is a catalog comprising essentially games developed by Microsoft studios on which the firm therefore has all the rights. Here is the list of games that will be offered at launch:
Among Us ;
Descenders ;
Dishonored 2 ;
DOOM Eternal ;
Fable Anniversary ;
Fallout 4 ;
Fallout 76 ;
Forza Horizon 4 ;
Gears 5 ;
Grounded ;
Halo 5: Guardians ;
Halo Wars 2 ;
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice ;
Human Fall Flat ;
INSIDE ;
Ori and the Will of the Wisps ;
Psychonauts 2 ;
State of Decay 2 ;
Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.
The firm promises to grow its catalog regularly with additions two to three times a year.
Games ” offered as part of Xbox Live Gold and registered to the Xbox account will still be accessible, as long as the player has an active subscription to Xbox Game Pass Core. Xbox 360 games will remain accessible with or without a current subscription. The offer will no longer include the addition of new Live Gold games.
Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be automatically switched to Xbox Game Pass Core.
A sad detail
This announcement is consistent with Microsoft’s strategy and is expected by analysts. The increase in the price of Xbox Game Pass has also created space for this new subscription.
However, we are saddened by an element that seems strange. In the comparison table, we can see that access to online gaming is only integrated with Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
It makes sense if you think about replacing Xbox Live Gold, but it seems strange for a new subscriber. This means that to subscribe to the full Xbox Game Pass and have access to online play, you must subscribe to two different Xbox Game Pass subscriptions: the core version and the console version. Microsoft will probably recommend upgrading to the Ultimate version. But it’s odd that online play hasn’t been integrated into the Xbox Game Pass Console.
One thing is certain, if Microsoft integrates Diablo IV orCall of Dutyto this multiplayer-oriented Core subscription, the firm could reap big in subscriptions in the coming months.
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