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Exclusive: Microsoft is moving ahead with an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan
Surprise!
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What you need to know
- Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft's Netflix-like game subscription, providing access to hundreds of games for a relatively low cost.
- One way in which it isn't like Netflix is the lack of a Family Plan, allowing you to attach additional accounts to one subscription.
- That is all set to change, as we can exclusively confirm plans for an Xbox Game Pass "Family Plan" are moving ahead.
From our information, paying on a higher tier for an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan will net access for five players for games across the entire library, and will be far cheaper than paying for five separate XGP accounts as is necessary today. Utilizing Microsoft's Family Account system already in use for Office 365, players within the same country will be able to play together using a single XGP subscription managed by a central account holder, in much the same way as Netflix.
Some details remain unclear for now, though. For example, will there be separate Family Plans for PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass console, or will it all be exclusive to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate? And the exact pricing is also unknown as of writing, besides that it will reportedly be far cheaper than having to pay for several separate accounts as required today.
We're not sure exactly when all of this will be announced, but it does seem as though Microsoft is readying up to make this public in the relatively near future.
Tl;DR it's basically how people can already game-share on Xbox (and PS if I'm not mistaken) but taken to a next logical "family" level for more people to do it at a higher fee.
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