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xbox live gold its days are numbered. Literally. As of September, the new plan to play online on Xbox consoles, its replacement, is called Game Pass Core. More than a name change, it is an entry option to Microsoft’s video game subscription service based on two claims: the multiplayer experience and access to a catalog of more than 25 games. From there, the two questions ask themselves: what will happen to my plan and what games are they?
The transition from Xbox Live Gold to Game Pass Core is automatic and will take place on September 14, 2023. According to Microsoft, it will no longer be possible to contract Xbox Live Gold from that month (which makes sense) and we will be able to continue enjoying all those games that we have claimed over the years as long as we have Game Pass Core as normal. In addition, it ensures that, despite the change, subscribers will maintain the price.
That being said, in the case of Xbox 360 games, items already claimed with Xbox Live Gold have always been owned by the playerwith which a subscription is not necessary to download or enjoy them via backward compatibility on Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
The first 19 Game Pass Core games announced
The second big change is that Microsoft will stop offering two games every month. To be honest, and with very few exceptions, Games with Gold have been advertised monthly for years without generating . At least, compared to free games on platforms like Epic Games or PlayStation Plus subscription games.
The good news, on the other hand, is that the new approach to the service chooses to offer access to a fixed selection of more than 25 games from Xbox Studios, Bethesda and third parties, adding two or three batches of novelties each year. And although we still don’t know if there will be Activision Blizzard games, since 19 titles have been released, the announced collection is wide, varied and forceful.
Game
|
Gender
|
editor
|
developer
|
multiplayer
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year
|
Price
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
among us
|
Puzzle / Social
|
innersloth
|
innersloth
|
Yeah
|
2021
|
€4.99
|
descend
|
Sports
|
No More Robots
|
ragesquid
|
Yeah
|
2018
|
€24.99 |
Dishonored 2 |
RPG / Stealth |
Bethesda/Xbox Game Studios |
Arkane Studios |
No |
2016 |
€29.99 |
Eternal Doom |
FPS |
Bethesda/Xbox Game Studios |
iDSoftware |
Yeah |
2020 |
€39.99 |
Fable Anniversary |
RPG / Adventure |
Xbox Game Studios |
Lionhead Studios |
No |
2014 |
€39.99 |
fallout 4 |
RPG / Adventure |
Bethesda/Xbox Game Studios |
Bethesda Game Studios |
No |
2015 |
€19.99 |
Fallout 76 |
MMORPG |
Bethesda/Xbox Game Studios |
Bethesda Game Studios |
Yeah |
2018 |
€39.99 |
Force Horizon 4 |
Driving / Open World |
Xbox Game Studios |
Playground Games |
Yeah |
2018 |
€64.99 |
gear 5 |
Action / Shooter |
Xbox Game Studios |
The Coalition |
Yeah |
2019 |
€39.99 |
Grounded |
Adventure / Survival |
Xbox Game Studios |
obsidian |
Yeah |
2022 |
€39.99 |
Halo 5: Guardians |
FPS |
Xbox Game Studios |
SamaGame |
Yeah |
2015 |
€19.98 |
Halo Wars 2 |
Strategy |
SamaGame / Xbox Game Studios |
Creative Assembly |
Yeah |
2017 |
€39.98 |
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice |
Adventure |
Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios |
Ninja Theory |
No |
2018 |
€29.99 |
Human Fall Flat |
platforms |
Curve Games |
No Brakes Games |
Yeah |
2017 |
€19.99 |
Inside |
Adventure / Platforms |
playdead |
playdead |
No |
2016 |
€19.99 |
Ori & The Will of the Wisps |
Adventure / Platforms |
Xbox Game Studios |
Moon Studios |
No |
2020 |
€29.99 |
psychonauts 2 |
Adventure / Platforms |
Xbox Game Studios |
Double Fine |
No |
2021 |
€59.99 |
State of Decay 2 |
Action / Survival |
Xbox Game Studios |
Undead Labs |
Yeah |
2018 |
€29.99 |
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited |
MMORPG |
Bethesda/Xbox Game Studios |
Zeni Max Online |
Yeah |
2015 |
€19.99 |
Official prices without promotion or discount for subscription to Game Pass.
Adventure, platforms, author-named role-playing, wild shots, driving and multiplayer options to take advantage of online. The range of titles goes from Fable Anniversary from 2014 to much more recent Groundedand offers true timeless essentials.
In the end, the general idea is not very different from the already retired PlayStation Plus Collection, being a welcome option for new players of Xbox consoles, as well as an additional incentive for those who buy very specific games like EA Sports FC 24, Street Fighter or Call of Duty that ask to be enjoyed online.
Logically, none of this applies to PC, where it is not possible to contract the Game Pass Core service. Among other reasons, because unlike consoles, desktop players do not need to pay to play online.
What difference is there with Xbox Live Gold and with the Game Pass of a lifetime
Also, a legacy aspect of Xbox Live Gold is the exclusive discounts. In this way, and based on the current prices in Europe, the table of prices and benefits It will stay that way from September 2023.
Xbox Live Gold (Discontinued) |
Game Pass Core |
Game Pass Console |
GamePass PC |
Game Pass Ultimate |
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Price |
€6.99 / month |
€6.99 / month |
€10.99 /month |
€9.99 / month |
€14.99 /month |
Games |
Two games a month with Games with Gold |
more than 25 games |
Hundreds of console games |
Hundreds of PC games |
|
Online Multiplayer |
Yes on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and XBox Series X/S |
Yes on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S |
No |
Does not apply |
|
News |
Each 15 days |
New games 2 or 3 times a year |
|
|
|
promotions |
Discounts and offers for members |
|
|
|
|
cloud game |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, on the web, Xbox app, browsers, TVs, iOS and Android |
key date |
Discontinued in September 2023 |
Available from 2023 |
Available since 2017 |
Available from 2019 |
|
How is the Game Pass Core proposal compared to the game Pass of a lifetime. Well, that depends on whether we are interested in playing online. Being cheaper to get the Game Pass Ultimate subscription to receive both services, the game in the cloud and all the advantages of EA Play. As we discussed, the successor to Xbox Live Gold is a gateway to Game Pass.
At the price level, it should be taken into account that Microsoft started the summer by readjusting the price of the Xbox Game Pass service, going from 9.99 euros to the current 10.99 euros and, in the case of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, going to cost 14 .99 euros compared to the initial 12.99 euros.
That said, the value of the content offered and the games, all told, still makes it a very worthwhile subscription. Above all, when all the next house bombings like Starfield and Forza Motorsport will arrive at launch, and it is not necessary to buy titles like Redfall to know if we will continue playing the next day.
Will we miss Xbox Live Gold? The only thing that changes from the new plan is the two games per month with Games with Gold. And it must be recognized that maintaining what has already been claimed and the instant addition of 25 games, including many of the best of the house, play in their favor. In any case, the temptation to get hold of to play online is much greater today than yesterday.