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Windows Central Exclusive: Microsoft is moving ahead with an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan
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DenchDeckard
Gold Member
This is fucking incredible news! Holy shit microsoft you mad bastards! I love it.
I have three Xboxes in my house, oh and three gaming pcs. I had mine with Xbox live ultimate and my sons who has his Xbox set as my home Xbox so he can play my games. I then had to buy game pass ultimate again for him and did the three year trick so he could use on his pc and set my daughters series s as his home Xbox to share his game pass ultimate.
this will mean we just have one account of game pass ultimate right? Mega!
I have three Xboxes in my house, oh and three gaming pcs. I had mine with Xbox live ultimate and my sons who has his Xbox set as my home Xbox so he can play my games. I then had to buy game pass ultimate again for him and did the three year trick so he could use on his pc and set my daughters series s as his home Xbox to share his game pass ultimate.
this will mean we just have one account of game pass ultimate right? Mega!
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Amazon does this pretty smartly and I suspect most places will follow suit eventually.
When you sign up for the Prime family subscription, it puts that payment method as the "family" payment method. Anyone you share your account with then has access to use that "family" payment method to buy things. Therefore, you really only want to give it to people you would trust with your wallet.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Who knows what the family plan details are but just for info for you guys who have never done home sharing, it works this way:
1. You and a buddy put each other's profiles on each console and do the setting about making them primary console (I forget but something like that)
2. When doing that, now you share each others DIGITAL game downloads and sub plans (Gold and GP are both allowed)
I don't know if shit like mtx is a shared purchase. Probably not.
But at least for digital games and sub plans, those are both accessible. So get one guy to buy it, and both users get it.
You are only allowed to flip flop primary console access I think 3 times a year. So they are smart enough to not let you share your digital stuff to a different friend every week.
You never know. Maybe a Family Plan is really the same as Home Sharing, but instead of 1 other console to share with, they'll allow you 5 people for a fee and only GP sharing allowed.
1. You and a buddy put each other's profiles on each console and do the setting about making them primary console (I forget but something like that)
2. When doing that, now you share each others DIGITAL game downloads and sub plans (Gold and GP are both allowed)
I don't know if shit like mtx is a shared purchase. Probably not.
But at least for digital games and sub plans, those are both accessible. So get one guy to buy it, and both users get it.
You are only allowed to flip flop primary console access I think 3 times a year. So they are smart enough to not let you share your digital stuff to a different friend every week.
You never know. Maybe a Family Plan is really the same as Home Sharing, but instead of 1 other console to share with, they'll allow you 5 people for a fee and only GP sharing allowed.
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reinking
Gold Member
What if we fan the flames the other way and say they are going to take away game sharing for those not on your family plan?
I think this is great news. I only have one request from media/people though. Can we stop saying "The Netflix of. .?" I'm sure most people know how subscription services work.
Topher
Gold Member
Because this isn't an official announcement.
Elder Legend
Pro Anti-Consumerism
Good shit! Can I use this to share with friends instead ?
systemr123
Member
This is exactly what ms will do. They’re master in inflating made up numbers to sound awesome.
KungFucius
Member
I was thinking the same. That is the only way I'd really pay for office. Otherwise it will be work PC for office and open source on personal PC to edit.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Orly, wat
bender
What time is it?
Make Microsoft Rewards and Game Pass Quests part of their daily chores and they can earn enough points monthly for a GPU sub. 35,000 Points for 3 months. Getting 12,000 points a month is pretty simple if you spend 5-10 minutes a day on Bing Searches, Daily Quizzes and the Game Pass Quests.
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
bender
What time is it?
Yep, you set up your buddy's as the primary console with your account. Then log out, they now login with their account, and you login with yours on your system. I pay for gamepass, but both me and my brother use it, at the same time even, we can even play online together. He has access to all of gamepass games and all games I own
I bought elder ring once, but we are both playing it
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Craig of War
Banned
I still think this rumor of Live Gold going away is gone to come true
it make to much sense now with this family plan thing they might do it sooner
gamerant.com
it make to much sense now with this family plan thing they might do it sooner
Xbox Live Gold is Reportedly Going to 'Go Away' and Be Discontinued
According to a reputable industry insider, Microsoft has plans to eventually get rid of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service.
gamerant.com
Knightime_X
Member
Wonder if this is limited to 1 console or can I add my son to my account so he can have GP on his account as well.
Topher
Gold Member
I still think this rumor of Live Gold going away is gone to come true
it make to much sense now with this family plan thing they might do it sooner
Xbox Live Gold is Reportedly Going to 'Go Away' and Be Discontinued
According to a reputable industry insider, Microsoft has plans to eventually get rid of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service.
I doubt it. There are still far too many people on Xbox Live Gold. Forcing them to GPU would be a PR nightmare worse than when they tried to double the price.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont think they'll mandate a GPU membership either. Especially since Sony still has a basic Essentials tier.
Unless MS wants to get generous with free MP for all, and GPU dumbs down from $180 to $120. And they hope the math works out long term where more people join the Xbox ecosystem and they make it back in the higher user count buying games and mtx covering lost rev from Gold and cheaper GPU.
00Magnum Gaming
Member
Why wouldnt they. Everyone is paying and theyll all use different accounts.
This is supposed to be using the ms family account system so I think it's still one payer/subscriber.
They might break out GP users as a separate metric.
DenchDeckard
Gold Member
I really wish they would let me do the family share they discussed at the start of the Xbox one. It was the one great thing about their borked announcement. Make it like steam family sharing or something where my fam can play my purchased games. It’s a bit of a pain at the minute.
Topher
Gold Member
MP for free would be the easiest but financially most painful option for Microsoft. Don't see that happening. I think you are right, though, that to make online a meaningful part of Game Pass it will require come restructuring. Doing so and somehow allowing current XLG to pay at the same level they have been paying will prove to be difficult, I think.
Companion Cube
Member
I know it's crazy but it would be cool of them if:
Live turns into Gamepass
Gamepass turns into GPUltimate
and GPUltimate becomes the Family Plan.
and the pricing for the tiers doesn't change.
Live turns into Gamepass
Gamepass turns into GPUltimate
and GPUltimate becomes the Family Plan.
and the pricing for the tiers doesn't change.
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I am going crazy and thinking live gold just turns into gamepass cloud.
Hendrick's
Banned
This seems like it would be the perfect time to roll in Gold since they will be adding a new tier for Family.
They will just have to bite the bullet and make online play free. Then they just drop the Games with Gold and make the $10 GP the entry point.
They will just have to bite the bullet and make online play free. Then they just drop the Games with Gold and make the $10 GP the entry point.
Vognerful
Member
wait a minute. is that the Mascot from Outer Worlds?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Targeting a Fall/Holiday release for this new plan going by insider chatter.
DenchDeckard
Gold Member
Probably to coincide with a big series s push this holiday season. Could be a huge holiday for xbox but they need a wide variety of games, starfield hopefully but also some family friendly stuff.
Hopefully there's some games further along than we thought.
Understanding it needs to cost more than 1 GPU sub, this tier needs to cost less than 2 GPU subs or it won't be helpful to most real families (just game sharers).
• Families with 1 or 2 consoles don't need this because they can already share
• Families with 3 or 4 consoles can share 2 subs
I'll reserve judgment until I see price and how structured.
• Families with 1 or 2 consoles don't need this because they can already share
• Families with 3 or 4 consoles can share 2 subs
I'll reserve judgment until I see price and how structured.
Unrivaledx88
Member
lol, i dont think PS plus wants to compete with that. i for one will still choose PS+
xbox is just gathering the casual and hardcore gamers that like everything for cheap, in a way disrupting and getting them accustom to not paying for much. i think deals like this will not be good for games long term.
xbox right now is banking on the huge acquistions they made and names of huge games that will get gamers to bite early without actually putting quatitly games out first
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
When I leave my account logged into one of the kids consoles and try to play on my PC, it says I can’t play because the account is already in use. Am I missing something?
remember_spinal
Banned
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Is the console set as the home Xbox ? I'm not sure about how that level of sharing works as I don't use it right now myself (which is why a proper family plan is enticing to me).
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
No it’s set as their home console. My PC is set as my home. Admittedly, I don’t know what I’m doing. It seems weird that you could log in on 2 systems and play co-op or MP together on the same account.
The designated home console for an account gets all the benefits of Live/GPU without that account having to be signed in. It's not intuitive.
For example, Billy has Xbox 1 set as his home console, he can sign in to Xbox 2 and play with/against Sam who's playing on Xbox 1. If you have 2 kids each with an Xbox in their room, each should have their home console set as the one that is not on their room so they can share subscriptions and digital content. In this case, 1 GPU sub is all that's needed for both kids (unless you lose Internet access).
Topher
Gold Member
The other day I was comparing load times for Halo Infinite on PC vs XSX and I ran into the same thing. I could not launch the game on one while it was playing on the other.
Vognerful
Member
Is there a possibility they announce a new model S these holidays?
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Topher
Gold Member
I wouldn't be surprised to see a 1 TB Series S launched at the same price point.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
A 1TB Series S (or a price reduced Series S) would probably be a good announcement for the holidays.
DenchDeckard
Gold Member
This is what I think. Series S 1tb at the current price and a drop or offer at like 199 on the 512.
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