Corporation management Microsoft still plans to revise how the subscription service works Xbox Live Goldby actually giving it up and letting console owners Xbox play multiplayer projects at no extra cost. However, it is better not to wait for such changes in the very near future, as the insider told about. Jeff Grubb…
As the informant noted, the Microsoft gaming department is interested in the implementation of free multiplayer on consoles of the family Xbox, however, in order for this to happen, the service Xbox Game Pass first must capture the widest possible audience, becoming one of the main sources of income for the American corporation.
“[На отказ от Xbox Live Gold] it could take years as the focus right now is on making sure Game Pass has a comfortable life. Therefore, now Microsoft is doing its best to capture more audience. This means that sooner or later Xbox Live will really go away, but only after the number of Game Pass users has crossed a certain mark, “explained Jeff Grubb.
According to Grubb, the abandonment of Xbox Live Gold will become possible after the number of Game Pass subscribers exceeds 40-50 million people.… Now the figure is approaching 20 million.
Microsoft expects significant subscriber growth with release Halo infinite this autumn…
As a reminder, Microsoft has previously made changes to the way Xbox Live Gold works, allowing the Xbox audience to run shareware games without buying a subscription plan.
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