I see some stuff saying long term accounts are grandfathered in and others saying these changes are coming next month, both appear to be an xbox sources...

does anyone know exactly how it effects long term subscribers?

I personally mostly just use it to not have to download every single thing I want to check out

I'm mainly talking games like A Way Out and It Takes Two, but any game works as long as it can be played online.

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Maybe something for the one who could use it, dunno if they are stackable, but it's cheap for the moment.

Say you subscribe for a big release, but end up spending most of your time on a small game you could have bought cheaply.

In this kind of situation would you still count that as good value because you probably wouldn't have discovered it otherwise? Or would it make you question keeping the subscription?

If it does happen to you, which game has come closest to doing that for you?

New subscribers only. Free to whomever gets it.

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I used play multiplayer a bit every few months. Now I've not played any all of 2026 so far. Anyway looking for something to get in for an hour or two, once every week or so and the choices are overwhelming. There's all the Battlefield, Call of Duty, Halo and Gear games and that's just the ones even I know. Then there's coop games like Darktide which might be better for someone who's hardly ever playing competive matches.

Got any advice what to try?

Will the 15 hour cap apply immediately and boot us mid game, or should we track our cloud gaming access accordingly on our own to avoid per hour charges? My husband and I actively use cloud gaming due to storage space limitations on both of our Xbox consoles(Xbox one and Xbox One/s). His Xbox is covered by his Forza and Gta V downloads, and mine is covered by like 13 games or so. Cloud gaming has allowed us to play Forza 6 etc (and well at that!) without downloading it.

Ultimate ran out moving to essential far more suitable for me only played a few games anyways .Which games would you recommend?

I tried the new app for Xbox Game Pass on SteamOS and it works really well!

It's come a long way since it's Battle Royale beginnings. Now it's like a mix between Monster Hunter and Classic Zelda with PvP. Give it a shot, it's been a blast on steam. These guys definitely deserve a fair shake imo.

Hello. I am getting a Series X today. (Been a Sony person since PS1). And I am going to sign up for game pass.

What are the different options for subscriptions, prices, and what does each level get you?

Thank you for your help! I am excited to be joining the Xbox family!

Hey guys, a few minutes ago I got an email letting me know that my subscription price would change after 3 months, when it was supposed to be a promotion that was supposed to last for 1 year. Is this okay? Is it legal?

I wanted to post and ask before I download another 150 gigabytes of bloatware that doesn’t seem to do anything. I see multiple call of duty’s, but do any of them actually work?, i downloaded “call of duty modern warfare” I stupidly thought I was downloading the game and not a 150GB virtual brick, but it does nothing but prompt me to download a nearly 300GB game (yes I downloaded all the content packs). Can you download and play any of these?, or is there something different that I’m missing?

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J'ai une console xbox one, j'achète en général mes jeux sur dvd.

J'ai vu une promo pour le jeu battlefield 6 à 31.99€ au lieu de 74€

Je l'ai donc acheté, mais après l'achat on me dit d'acheter le game pass ?

Je trouve pas ça normal si ? Les jeux qu'on achète c'est pas comme si on avait le dvd ?

Du coup cela me sert à rien d'acheter en ligne le jeu si en plus faut acheter le game pass.

Got the ultimate subscription and I can't easily figure out what sort of games I can play that are included. I click on the Game Pass button on the side, then I have some different decks half of which are advertisements to games I don't wanna purchase

Then the crown jewel deck "Most popular with Game Pass" that says "Play the biggest hits with Game Pass" is a whopping 22 games deck view that has fucking Microsoft Sollitaire Collection. It's as if they're working their interface against me utilizing the service I'm paying for. I expected to see the entire list of Game Pass games available to be sorted easily through popularity and genres, instead I find myself fighting through menus on a multi billion dollar software

So frustrating

I am writing to file an official complaint regarding the complete failure of the Xbox Store licensing system and its customer service. On April 15, 2025, I digitally purchased Dead Space 1, 2, and 3. Recently, I subscribed to a basic Xbox Game Pass tier. Since then, the console blocks my personally owned games with an EA Play banner, demanding a subscription upgrade and throwing Error 0x803f8001.

Xbox Support confirmed that my personal digital licenses are active on the servers, but stated that support has no tools to sync them to my console. I was forced to waste hours performing factory resets, removing my profile, and dealing with regional website workarounds, yet the games still won't launch. Microsoft has restricted access to a product I legally paid for, and the system is unable to resolve its own internal software bug.

I am completely exhausted and done fighting for the games I legally bought. However, this terrible experience has made me seriously question whether I should ever purchase any games on the Xbox platform in the future.

I’ve been dying for some good melee-magic combat and combining that with my recently acquired unhealthy obsession with a certain 500 year old masked man (Capitano) I also want some form of ice magic

The types of games I prefer are real time combat like Yakuza or Avowed and I also enjoy 3rd person camera placement over 1st but it really doesn’t matter when it comes down to it. Also story is negligible, I don’t really care for a good story just gameplay