Family subscription plans for Xbox Game Pass are said to be in the works.
Microsoft may be pulling inspiration from Netflix by selling Xbox Game Pass in a family plan-like subscription, which allows gamers to enjoy the service with their families.
Windows Central has an exclusive story on Microsoft’s intentions for an Xbox Game Pass “Family Plan,” which they say they’ve heard about.
We can now confirm that Xbox is pushing forward with a family plan for Xbox Game Pass, which may arrive as early as the end of the year,” Windows Central’s Jez Corden wrote.
Xbox Game Pass will be available to up to five people on the Family Plan, which is expected to cost less than five individual Game Pass memberships, according to this report.
Playing with friends in the same nation will be possible utilising Microsoft’s Family Accounts system, which is already used for Office 365,” Corden said. “In much the same manner as Netflix.”
It’s not yet clear if the Family Pan will apply to the vanilla Game Pass or also to the Game Pass for PC and Game Pass Ultimate, though. Furthermore, Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement about the Xbox Game Pass Family Plan or provide any information on price or a launch date.
It’s fantastic news for a gaming family if all of this information is correct. A household of students or young professionals who want to share the wealth of games on Game Pass but don’t want to spend money on individual memberships may benefit from such a subscription package, even if they are not a family in the traditional sense.
Even at its most costly tier, Game Pass remains one of the finest buys in gaming due to its access to a large library of Xbox titles, both old and new, as well as PC games and Xbox Cloud Gaming (its game streaming on iOS is currently rather remarkable).
For example, Microsoft may reply to the recently enhanced PlayStation Plus services by making Game Pass more reasonable for those who don’t want to pay full price for the library of PlayStation titles as well as some game streaming.