Xbox Live Gold Has Killed Off Yearly Subscriptions On Website

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Xbox Live Gold Has Killed Off Yearly Subscriptions On Website

Xbox Live Gold Has Killed Off Yearly Subscriptions On Website
You must now purchase either monthly or three-month Xbox Live Gold memberships.


By Gabe Gurwin on July 19, 2020 at 5:57AM PDT



It appears there could be some changes in the works for Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold program, as the company has discontinued year-long subscription plans. As of now, only monthly and three-month Xbox Live Gold subscriptions are available from Microsoft's website, and this change was not accidental.

As confirmed by Microsoft to True Achievements, the company has officially delisted the 12-month Xbox Live Gold plan. These were available for $60, while month-long plans are $10 and three-month plans are $25. Because of this, it will apparently cost about $100 to get a year of Xbox Live Gold now, which is just slightly less than a Game Pass Ultimate subscription that bundles a year of Xbox Live Gold with a year of Xbox Game Pass.

Xbox Game Pass has been one of the best values in gaming since its launch back in 2017, and it now receives all first-party Microsoft games on the same day as their official release. It will also include access to Project xCloud starting this fall, but Microsoft hadn't made any indication it would be moving away from the Xbox Live Gold program. By increasing the price of the service, it could be encouraging more people to simply make the jump to Game Pass, instead.

An Xbox Live Gold subscription is necessary to play online games for Xbox One, as is PlayStation Plus on PS4. The service's Games With Gold program also gives away four free games per month, including backward compatible Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles.
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They also discontinued the 1x which is strange considering they say they'll still support the console for 2 years.

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5n0man said:
They also discontinued the 1x which is strange considering they say they'll still support the console for 2 years.

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Support for those who have it....

If you're still looking to get one, it makes sense just to get the upcoming "Series S" which will be in similar price for a console much more powerful
 
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Support for those who have it....

If you're still looking to get one, it makes sense just to get the upcoming "Series S" which will be in similar price for a console much more powerful
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But you'd think they would discontinue the base X1 and lower the price of the 1X.

Apparently they still plan on selling the base system, but the 1X is done.
 
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5n0man said:
But you'd think they would discontinue the base X1 and lower the price of the 1X.

Apparently they still plan on selling the base system, but the 1X is done.
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I'm willing to bet that base console is what they are gonna promote as the streaming box they've been rumored to have for a min.....chop the price of a xbone to 99 and stream all the next gen stuff on it
 
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