Starcade_Legend Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) I haven’t had an Xbox Live Gold subscription active for I don’t know how long, now. As I was playing Gears 5 campaign on my One X, I clicked on multiplayer mode (loosely by accident). Lo and behold...I was able to get online and play a match! I instantly tried a number of other online games, and...they all worked! Shots fired by Microsoft before the State of Play? ? Anyone else notice this? P.S. I don’t have an Xbox Live Gold nor a GamePass Subscription. Edited August 6, 2020 by DaivRules Grammar/Punctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evs_castro Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) If i remember correctly, they had reported a few days ago that they would make Multiplayer free for everyone, not requesting a Gold membership anymore. Edited August 6, 2020 by evs_castro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAILtoSTARSCREAM Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) Yeah there's a thread on resetera already. It's weird since MS just came out and said they don't plan to make changes to XBL Gold. Edit: Maybe it's to counter the upcoming free MP weekend on PSN. I highly doubt this is more than a one off thing. Edited August 6, 2020 by HAILtoSTARSCREAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcade_Legend Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, evs_castro said: If i remember correctly, they had reported a few days ago that they would make Multiplayer free for everyone, not requesting a Gold membership anymore. So this is it, this is their direction, I guess. Anyone think SONY will follow them? ? I don’t think it’s likely, but I DO see them rolling PS+ and PS Now into a nice little ‘one complete package‘ price, in response...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amebapiko Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I guess it's their only chance against sony ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAILtoSTARSCREAM Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Starcade_Legend said: So this is it, this is their direction, I guess. It was only rumored and MS has already said they don't plan to change XBL Gold, just yesterday. This is most likely some unannounced free weekend thingy or a glitch. A mexican user on resetera says MP is not free in his region. EDIT. Also seeing reports that it only works with Xbox One games, 360 games still require gold. Edited August 6, 2020 by HAILtoSTARSCREAM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAILtoSTARSCREAM Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 As expected, just a one off thing. Gold ain't going nowhere. https://www.xbox.com/en-au/xbox-game-pass/big-gaming-weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 12 hours ago, Starcade_Legend said: So this is it, this is their direction, I guess. Anyone think SONY will follow them? I don’t think it’s likely, but I DO see them rolling PS+ and PS Now into a nice little ‘one complete package‘ price, in response... 6 hours ago, HAILtoSTARSCREAM said: As expected, just a one off thing. Gold ain't going nowhere. https://www.xbox.com/en-au/xbox-game-pass/big-gaming-weekend The idea of Microsoft, who implemented requiring Gold for MP a generation before Sony did suddenly making it not required anymore got a laugh out of me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supkris Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 No it’s not free forever. It’s free for what’s called a big gaming weekend. Free multiplayer for select games till Sunday. https://www.trueachievements.com/n42756/xbox-big-gaming-weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Tennis_Giraffe Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Microsoft will never make online play free - they've been gouging people's wallets for years, that's what they do best. While Sony had their online services for free, Microsoft found a way to rip people off. Sad thing is, stupid people like me never knew what Sony was offering and simply coughed up the subscription year after year after year because we just assumed it was how it is. Unfortunately though, because Microsoft had been getting away with it for years, Sony then had to implement it too. Thank god I eventually saw the light though when Microsoft announced the "always online" Xbox One. And now seeing how they're trying to push this Game Pass thing, I'm so glad I shifted across to Sony. I'm not saying Sony are a perfect company by any means, but compared to Microsoft just about ANY company is better. Edited August 19, 2020 by A_Tennis_Giraffe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMcDamage Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) If they keep this going for the new Xbox it alone could be a good reason to go back to Xbox. Providing this time around they make some great games worth going back to the console for. Edited August 18, 2020 by DaveMcDamage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcade_Legend Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, DaveMcDamage said: If they keep this going for the new Xbox it alone could be a good reason to go back to Xbox. Providing this time around they make some great games worth going back to the console for. What...like the cell-phone/easy-stream/micro transaction-riddled version of their flagship title, Halo Infinite? I’ll pass...but I WILL be there Day One if Microsoft decides to make a Gears of War 1 Ultimate Edition on PS5. Free Online, Games-As-A-Service, ‘Play Anywhere On Anything’...it will never be enough to dominate the home console market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-1138 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 It never was. The cost of your soul is implicit, as it is with any Microsoft product. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ_Solo Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/18/2020 at 6:46 PM, DaveMcDamage said: If they keep this going for the new Xbox it alone could be a good reason to go back to Xbox. Providing this time around they make some great games worth going back to the console for. What do you mean? Them removing the 12 month Gold subscription and forcing people to use the more expensive monthly subs or ultimate and still not removing f2p games from the online paywall is making you want to go back to Xbox? Cool.Cool. Cool. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1rstinFlight Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, TJ_Solo said: What do you mean? Them removing the 12 month Gold subscription and forcing people to use the more expensive monthly subs or ultimate and still not removing f2p games from the online paywall is making you want to go back to Xbox? Cool.Cool. Cool. This is totally spot on. Microsoft deciding to remove the cheapest way of buying gold and forcing people to either fork over more money or go with game pass ultimate is such a scummy move. That’s not even getting into the fact that their exclusives are pretty much terrible these days and all are available on PC where multiplayer is free. There’s literally no reason to own an Xbox anymore. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/21/2020 at 2:29 PM, ZJW44 said: This is totally spot on. Microsoft deciding to remove the cheapest way of buying gold and forcing people to either fork over more money or go with game pass ultimate is such a scummy move. That’s not even getting into the fact that their exclusives are pretty much terrible these days and all are available on PC where multiplayer is free. There’s literally no reason to own an Xbox anymore. Thank You! Somebody finally gets it. I loved the Xbox 360. But now? Not interested in their upcoming Xbox console. Didn't get the Xbox One due to the debacle Microsoft had. Phil Spencer..... you are a clown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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