Xbox Live Gold Price Increased, February 2021 Games With Gold Announced - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 January 2021 / 3,573 Views
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Games with Gold for February 2021, which has been increased to 5 games, as well as a price increase for Xbox Live Gold.
The price of a one-month Gold subscription has increased by $1 to $10.99, the three-month subscription has gone up by $5 to $29.99, while the six-month subscription has jumped $20 to $59.99.
The Games with Gold for February are:
- Gears 5 ($39.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28
- Resident Evil ($19.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28
- Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition ($14.99 ERP): Available February 16 to March 15
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb ($9.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 15
- Lost Planet 2 ($19.99 ERP): Available February 16 to 28
Here is an overview of the games:
Gears 5
Experience the celebrated campaign and multiplayer, now fully optimized for Xbox Series X|S. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera… herself.
Resident Evil
It’s the game that defined the genre. In this remastered version, join the special forces team, S.T.A.R.S., and investigate a mysterious mansion on the outskirts of Raccoon City. Stay alert because supplies are scarce, and the living dead are all around.
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Discover secrets, dangers, and an array of unique characters in the world of Salt. In this metroidvania-style platformer, a heroine arises out of the aether of fear to help a world on the brink of collapse. Featuring stunning handcrafted pixel art and original soundtrack compositions that bring a visual and auditory wonderland to life.
Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb
It’s time to put on your fedora and help Indy recover one of the most powerful artifacts known to man. In epic, globe-spanning fashion, take on Nazis and the Asian underworld to track down the mysterious Heart of the Dragon before it falls into hostile hands.
Lost Planet 2
After 10 years removed from the original title, return to the troubled planet torn apart from the ongoing battle for thermal energy. Play four player co-op and customize your character with an arsenal of weapons and vehicles to pilot.
Here is more information on the price increase for Xbox Live Gold:
Periodically, we assess the value and pricing of our services to reflect changes in regional marketplaces and to continue to invest in the Xbox community; we’ll be making price adjustments for Xbox Live Gold in select markets. In many markets, the price of Xbox Live Gold has not changed for years and in some markets, it hasn’t changed for over 10 years.
So, what does this mean for you?
- If you’re an existing online 12-month or 6-month Xbox Live Gold member, there’s no price change. If you choose to renew your membership, it will renew at the current price.
- The price of a 1-month Gold membership is increasing $1 USD and the price of a 3-month membership is increasing $5 USD or the equivalent amount in your local market.
- If you’d like to upgrade your Gold membership to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate your remaining Gold time will also convert directly to Ultimate (up to 36 months). For example, if you have 11 months of Xbox Live Gold now, and you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, those 11 months convert to 11 months of Ultimate at no additional cost.
Members have already been notified in some regions. If you’re in a region where prices are being adjusted, you will receive an email and a message center notification over the next month letting you know what the new pricing is for your membership. Going forward, new pricing will be 1-month for $10.99, 3-months for $29.99, and 6-months for $59.99, or your local market equivalent. You can always visit your account to manage your membership, and prices won’t adjust until at least 45 days after you receive the messages.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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This seems like a bad move.
disgusting
why would anyone want to play fortnite or apex legends or virtually any big free to play game on xbox now when they have to pay $120 per year while literally everyone else gets it for free lmao. what a backwards ass decision
Told ya MS is evil. Told ya raising the price on Gamepass and XBL was their plan all along. Just wait until 3 years from now when Gamepass is $25 a month. :)
Your reasoning for Microsoft being evil last time was using bad faith arguments and console wars logic by bringing up things that had no relevancy anymore instead of focusing on the present, which was fully on you and why you got bodied last time. Nobody denied or defended when Microsoft made bad decisions, just like nobody is doing right now, you were just using poor reasons last time because of your own bias which was apparent to everyone then got defensive & mad when everyone told you that. You didn't tell anybody anything.
So no, you were wrong. This bad decision Microsoft made is not the reasoning you were claiming last time, but at the very least this is news you can actually criticize them for now like the rest of us instead of still living in 2013.
Edit: LMAO that didn't last long. It's already cancelled. :)
Lol, you had nothing but ad-hominem attacks. Last I checked, you got mad and stopped responding. :)
Don't worry. MS will try this again in three more years. Just the fact that they even attempted it lays their console plans bare for all to see.
Yes, and when they do try it again in three more years you will still be wrong like you are now because your reasoning for finding them evil still has almost nothing to do with any of the bad decisions they actually make currently, they're instead based on irrelevant notions of yours.
I didn't reply because you were already doing a great job at making a fool of yourself on your own. Saying I had nothing but ad-hominem when you were the one calling everybody who said your logic was bad Xbox fanboys & peasants (lmao) then unironically saying "durr go back to playing Call of Duty you kiD!!1!". Literally middle school behavior, no self-reflection. Pure cringe not worth a response. You thinking that continuing to scream while I chose not to reply because it wasn't worth it means you somehow "won" anything also says enough. By all means feel free again, so as I said back then: good luck, here you go champ.
My reasoning is based on what they did to Office, attempted to do with XB1, and just now attempted to do with XBL. But go ahead and have the memory of a knat, pretending that 7 years is such a gulf in time that it should all be forgotten.
Tossing in some ad-hominem attacks =/= having nothing but ad hominem attacks. Your entire comment was nothing but attempted character assassination by way of psychology, and strawman arguments.
It was only after you repeatedly pulled that shit that I decided to respond with some insults of my own.
Calling someone immature or stupid doesn't win arguments. Actually having a relevant response wins arguments. Instead of actually arguing with me you just wanted to blow up over how "I'm being unfair to Xbox" or some such shit.
I agree, MS is evil like most major companies. Consumers have options to save money though. Shop around for Xbox Live, its always discounted during the holidays and 12 month options are at retailers.
$25 for Gamepass would have to come with a significant increase in output. In that scenario I wouldn't necessarily mind paying $25.
Remember when some people thought they were going to cancel fees for Xbox Live Gold and make online play free? Now the price has essentially doubled. Xbox provides Amazing value alright...
XBox still has the best value in most areas, that has not changed. Just in the past two months I played over 200 bucks worth of recently released games, and only had to pay 30. Not to mention MS rewards, which is even more value on top of that.
However this move is just a cheap way to try and push people to Ultimate, and I don't agree with it. If all you want in online play, you are getting shafted and that is BS. It is like they are punishing you for not wanting gamepass. You either save a ton (if you play enough games to justify it), or you pay more for a basic online sub. Hopefully people are loud enough to have them change it before it goes live. While MS is making A LOT of great moves, they are in no place to be making dumb choices like this.
I get the feeling that Microsoft wants all of its players to pay regular fees to play games. Remember when they attempted to make the XOne always online and not be able to play second hand games? Hopefully this will backfire too
They ultimately didn't do that though. Its also funny that some of what they wanted to do is just happening naturally. Most game sales probably are digital at this point, Sony and MS both have digital only consoles, a vast majority of users are probably always online. It was stupid of MS to think about rushing it.
MS can get away with a price increase of Live Gold. People also have options to pay less if they shop around or wait for discounts. My Gamepass and PS+ subscriptions are good for a couple years because I buy during discounts.
Do we know how many people sub to XBL standalone, rather than as part of Gamepass?
That's a good question. At this moment is sounds like much of the Gold users are using Gamepass Ultimate.
120$ pr year for Xbox Live Gold now? dang.... Also cant even play F2P games without it. Like this is legit a reason to get a PS5 instead.
It is MS, you surprised? Always been a shady company. Ultimately companies do not care about you, they just want your money. They have worked out their loyal fanbase will accept it, like all loyal fanbases, although this seems at bit below the belt.
It sure is inconvenient that they waited until after the Series X's launch window to do this... what a coindydink!
Outside of my monthly ffxiv mmo subscription, I've never paid to play online, and don't ever intend on doing so.
My advice to people is don't pay full price for Xbox Live. Its always discounted during the holidays. Also, you can still buy the 12 months for $60 at stores. For some reason you just can't get 12 months directly through MS. I don't like how MS is handling Live Gold, but it doesn't really impact me as a Gamepass Ultimate user.
And this why PC gaming is the real "For the gamers" The console market is nothing more than a dictatorship. They can do as they please. Gaming is an expensive luxury.
Thats all it is. They would have been better off lowering the price and taking away the free games and discounts. Put all the benefits on gamepass. It gives people incentive without shafting anyone IMO.
Also F2P games should be free period. MS is literally the only one charging the online fee for them.
without a doubt. Gotta make back money from the studio buys, and the increased content day1 in gamepass someway.... only way is price goes up (I dont see xbox install base going much higher than xbox one did, so gamepass subs will likely stay the same).
I don’t think anyone disagrees that GP will go up in price. It’s already an embarrassment of riches, they can stand to charge more for it.
Gold on the other hand not so much, unless we’re going to get five games that are this good every month (not speaking to Dandarodo Hyper X whatever)
12 month are going away, they are the "last" remaining ones, xbox arnt doing 12month ones anymore (my takeaway). So now you just have to buy 2 x 6months = 120$ pr year.
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