Xbox Game Pass Family Plan Reportedly to Launch Later This Year - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2022 / 1,636 Views
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan later this year, according to Windows Central's Jez Corden who spoke with sources familiar with Microsoft's plans.
Xbox Game Pass Family Plan will be a more expensive tier of Game Pass. It will give up to five people access to Xbox Game Pass and will be far cheaper than paying for five separate Game Pass accounts.
People in the same country will be able to play together using a single Game Pass subscription managed by a single account holder. Microsoft already uses a Family Account system for its Office 365 subscription.
Corden isn't sure if there will be separate Family Plans for Xbox Game Pass on consoles and PC Game Pass, or if it will have the same features as Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which includes Game Pass for Console, PC, the Cloud, Xbox Live Gold, and EA Play.
Microsoft has had a desire for an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, but it had to work out details on how royalties would be distributed and how licenses from third-party publishers would be compensated for players who weren't attached to the main account.
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This will be amazing if true... I have 4 kids and they all use GamePass. I'm using my Microsoft Reward right now to pay for the majority of it, but this will be more than welcome!
Intersting if true. Personally I'm moreso missing an annual option with some discount, but of course that wouldn't benefit them unless it got in a lot of new subscribers. This right here could possibly do just that though.
Don’t have a need for it unless me and some friends want to do this together then yeah it’s an awesome deal. If I don’t use it well it’s still a nice deal for those who do
Excellent news!
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