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*'''User freedom''': Service is mandatory for users intending to play online games, however in 2021, free-to-play games do not have this requirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |title=Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live to Xbox network |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345276/microsoft-xbox-live-network-rebrand-name-change |website=The Verge |date=22 Mar 2021 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517220803/https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345276/microsoft-xbox-live-network-rebrand-name-change |archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>

*'''User privacy''': Same data collection practices as is outlined by other [[Microsoft]] products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |website=[[Microsoft]] |date=Oct 2025 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~B0BqU~~ |archive-date=~~11 Oct 2025~~}}</ref><!-- ; such as [insert examples here]

*'''User privacy''': Same data collection practices as is outlined by other [[Microsoft]] products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |website=[[Microsoft]] |date=Oct 2025 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128183121/https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref><!-- ; such as [insert examples here]

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===Xbox GamePass===

===Xbox GamePass (''2017-present'')===

<p>''Xbox Game Pass'' is the latest subscription service provided by ''Xbox'' which was originally announced and launched to provide video games in the format that ''Netflix'' provides Movies. The games catalogue is huge as of now due to the enormous investing by ''Microsoft''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mackuch |first=Eddie |date=2025-09-22 |title=Game Pass Gets "Largest Investment" To Date This Year, Xbox Boss Says |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922152904/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |archive-date=2025-09-22 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> Although a user subscribing to this service only gets to download and play the provided games as long as the subscription is active.Later on in 2019 Xbox added ''Xbox live Gold'' into the Game Pass subscription subsequently removing a separate subscription for gold.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |title=Microsoft to combine Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live into $14.99-a-month subscription |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=April 5, 2019 |website=The Verge |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527042744/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> </p>

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 *'''User freedom''': Service is mandatory for users intending to play online games, however in 2021, free-to-play games do not have this requirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |title=Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live to Xbox network |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345276/microsoft-xbox-live-network-rebrand-name-change |website=The Verge |date=22 Mar 2021 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517220803/https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345276/microsoft-xbox-live-network-rebrand-name-change |archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
-*'''User privacy''': Same data collection practices as is outlined by other [[Microsoft]] products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |website=[[Microsoft]] |date=Oct 2025 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/B0BqU |archive-date=11 Oct 2025}}</ref><!-- ; such as [insert examples here]
+*'''User privacy''': Same data collection practices as is outlined by other [[Microsoft]] products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |website=[[Microsoft]] |date=Oct 2025 |access-date=17 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128183121/https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref><!-- ; such as [insert examples here]
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-===Xbox GamePass<!-- Reference Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#Xbox_Game_Pass -->===
+===Xbox GamePass (''2017-present'')<!-- Reference Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#Xbox_Game_Pass -->===
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+{{Main|Xbox Game Pass}}
+<p>''Xbox Game Pass'' is the latest subscription service provided by ''Xbox'' which was originally announced and launched to provide video games in the format that ''Netflix'' provides Movies. The games catalogue is huge as of now due to the enormous investing by ''Microsoft''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mackuch |first=Eddie |date=2025-09-22 |title=Game Pass Gets "Largest Investment" To Date This Year, Xbox Boss Says |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922152904/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-gets-largest-investment-to-date-this-year-xbox-boss-says/1100-6534902/ |archive-date=2025-09-22 |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> Although a user subscribing to this service only gets to download and play the provided games as long as the subscription is active.Later on in 2019 Xbox added ''Xbox live Gold'' into the Game Pass subscription subsequently removing a separate subscription for gold.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |title=Microsoft to combine Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live into $14.99-a-month subscription |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=April 5, 2019 |website=The Verge |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527042744/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18296816/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-subscription-pricing-release-date-rumors |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> </p>
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