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Xbox Game Pass formerly known as Xbox Gold is live service subscription provided to users for using Xbox Multiplayer servers for Games and other online services. | ===History=== | ||
Xbox Game Pass Core formerly known as Xbox Gold is live service subscription provided to users for using Xbox Multiplayer servers for Games and other online services.<ref> | |||
{{cite web | |||
|last=Humphries | |||
|first=Matthew | |||
|title=Microsoft Replaces Xbox Live Gold With 'Game Pass Core' | |||
|url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-replaces-xbox-live-gold-with-game-pass-core?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A | |||
|website=PCMAG | |||
|date=2023-07-17 | |||
|access-date=2026-01-26 | |||
|url-status=live | |||
|archive-url= | |||
|archive-date= | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The Xbox Game pass core was then replaced with "Essential","Premium","Ultimate" versions of the Game Pass.<ref> | |||
{{cite web | |||
|last=Xbox Team | |||
|first= | |||
|title=Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans | |||
|url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/10/01/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-premium-essential-plans/ | |||
|website=Xbox Wire | |||
|date=2025-10-01 | |||
|access-date=2026-01-26 | |||
|url-status=live | |||
|archive-url= | |||
|archive-date= | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
=== Subscription Price increase === | === Subscription Price increase === | ||
Xbox has been been increasing their Prices for Xbox Game Pass periodically after them rebranding it from GOLD.<br> | Xbox has been been increasing their Prices for Xbox Game Pass periodically after them rebranding it from GOLD.<br> | ||
Back around early 2021 Xbox announced increasing the price for GOLD $1 USD for 1 mo,$5 USD for 3mo, which caused a huge Backlash after which they announced that they were going to make the Free To Play games be excluded from Xbox Live GOLD subscription and be accessible for all which included their Xbox Live party services after 18 years of Xbox Live.<ref | Back around early 2021 Xbox announced increasing the price for GOLD $1 USD for 1 mo,$5 USD for 3mo, which caused a huge Backlash after which they announced that they were going to make the Free To Play games be excluded from Xbox Live GOLD subscription and be accessible for all which included their Xbox Live party services after 18 years of Xbox Live.<ref> | ||
{{cite web | {{cite web | ||
|last=Xbox Team | |last=Xbox Team | ||