Microsoft’s game subscription platform, Xbox Game Pass/PC Game Pass, allows players to play every game on the platform without limits as long as they pay a fixed monthly fee. Netflix” to call this massive platform. And now, the latest news hints that the platform is likely to add another hit feature that closely resembles Netflix.
On this massive gaming platform, players will find, in addition to Halo, Gears of War, Forza Horizon and Sea of Thieves In addition to Microsoft studios such as Sea of Thieves, you can also find the entire Yakuza series by Sega, as well as a large number of EA Play and third-party games such as Battlefield and FIFA. After Microsoft officially acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda, all of the company’s recent games have also appeared on this platform, even Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 in development. (The Elder Scrolls VI) will be available directly on the first day of sale. Not to mention that Microsoft announced not long ago that it will acquire Activision Blizzard. When the deal is officially completed, players will also see “Overwatch”, “World of Warcraft”, “Darkness” Activision Blizzard titles like Diablo, Call of Duty and more. Such a large lineup may be difficult for the average player to digest, so sharing it with others may be a good choice.
According to the Windows Central website, Microsoft has always wanted to add a “family plan” plan to the Game Pass platform, but when the discussion was just starting, they encountered many problems that needed to be solved, such as what to do under this plan. Pay royalties to game makers, and how third-party game publishers take a cut when multiple people use a single account at the same time. However, Microsoft currently seems to have developed a response to these problems and is preparing to officially unveil the family sharing plan for the Game Pass platform later this year.
It is rumored that the family plan of the Game Pass platform will use a family account system quite similar to Microsoft’s Office 365, allowing up to five players living in the same country to share a subscription account of the Xbox Game Pass family sharing plan, and can log in and play at the same time. . It is conceivable that the monthly fee for the family plan will of course be higher than the general account, but it will still be a more cost-effective option than subscribing to five different accounts.
In addition to the detailed price of the family plan, other details about the new plan have yet to be officially announced by Microsoft, such as whether the family plan will include both Xbox Game Pass on the Xbox console and PC Game Pass on PC PCs. , or whether the plan will be an exclusive option for premium members of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
By the way, in order to compete with Microsoft’s increasingly large subscription platform, Sony also officially revealed to players earlier this week its new reintegrated PlayStation Plus service, offering subscribers a large number of PlayStation Plus services. PS4/PS5 game lineup, and the more advanced plan can play a large number of classic games from PS1 to PS3, and can also play these lineups on the PC platform through cloud streaming technology.