Microsoft recently announced Xbox Game Pass, a subscription service giving Xbox One owners access to hundreds of games, for $9.99 in North America. Many questioned whether this service, launching in late Spring, would affect Games With Gold, but a Microsoft representative has now confirmed that it won’t.
Speaking with Kotaku, the rep said ‘Games with Gold and Xbox Game Pass are two different service offerings with unique benefits. Games with Gold is an added benefit specific to Xbox Live Gold members that rewards players with two to four free games each month to enjoy.’ They added that ‘Xbox Game Pass is a subscription-based service that gives you unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 backward compatible games for Xbox One for $9.99 USD per month.’
They clarified that you do not need to be a member of Xbox Live Gold to then subscribe to Xbox Game Pass, but the multiplayer sections of Xbox Game Pass titles will be locked to those who subscribe to Gold.
While new additions will be added to the Xbox Game Pass library every month, the Microsoft rep said games will be taken off the service ‘sometimes.’ If you choose to cancel your subscription to Xbox Game Pass you’ll naturally lose access to the games on the service, but your save data won’t be deleted, if you want to re-subscribe and start where you left off.
People have been clamouring for a video games-style Netflix for some time now, so it will be interesting to see how the general public take to Xbox Game Pass once it launches in late Spring.
Source: Kotaku
