Xbox One Games with Gold service may differ from 360

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Xbox One Games with Gold "might not look exactly the way things have looked in the past," according to Phil Spencer.


The service selects two Xbox 360 games for Xbox Live Gold members to download free every month. Spencer, who was promoted on Monday to head of Xbox, told IGN that Microsoft is considering feedback to the program while it works on the Xbox One version.

"The Games With Gold program on Xbox 360 has been successful for us," Spencer said. "It's been part of the value people see in [Xbox Live] Gold, something we recognize that isn't on Xbox One that isn't there today. We haven't announced a plan, but people should understand that we understand the expectation that people have around what the value on Xbox One Gold should be. It might not look exactly the way things have looked in the past, but the recognition that that form of content and that perk for being a Gold subscriber is important to people, something we definitely hear."

Spencer avoided a direct comparison to Sony's PlayStation Plus program, which provides a rotating selection of free games that are playable as long as users remain subscribed. But he said the company is working "to make sure we're trying to match what customers want."

Hitman Absolution and Deadlight will be available free in April through the Games with Gold program.

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DRPZPosted:

I hope they have good games on this.

StonerzardPosted:

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Pummpy1 Free DLC would be nice, or 'Xbox Live Tokens', were every-time you buy Gold or Add Xbox Credit, you get the tokens which are added onto the account.
If you save up enough, you would be able to buy something small like DLC.
Or if you had the patience to wait a long time or invest a lot of money into it, maybe even a game such as Minecraft.
Anyway, look forward to seeing what they come up with.
there already is its called Xbox live awards you must sign up for it though


Yeah, it gives you small amounts of msp from each transaction, but I actually collected over 4,000 msp in all my years of having a 360

StonerzardPosted:

Absolution is a great game! I would love this, might dig out the 360 just to play it again

MissPosted:

I really hope they start adding newer and better games since the One is now out.

KixaPosted:

Pummpy1 Free DLC would be nice, or 'Xbox Live Tokens', were every-time you buy Gold or Add Xbox Credit, you get the tokens which are added onto the account.
If you save up enough, you would be able to buy something small like DLC.
Or if you had the patience to wait a long time or invest a lot of money into it, maybe even a game such as Minecraft.
Anyway, look forward to seeing what they come up with.
there already is its called Xbox live awards you must sign up for it though

KixaPosted:

I like this new guy this month games are good cant wait to play hitman

InvictusPosted:

I cannot wait for them to release this.

DreamsPosted:

xGestures I wonder why the Xbox One version of GWG isn't in effect yet. Seems like all they have to do is put the game's price to "Free", and there you go. Most likely they won't do it anytime soon because all the games are $60 at the moment. If they would stop being cheap and give us games that are more recent, it would be a much more positive feedback from the community. I know they want to make a profit, but if you're going to provide a service, do it right.


theres hardly any games for the xbox one yet i doubt they wanna have any games that came out within a month to be free

OasisPosted:

xGestures I wonder why the Xbox One version of GWG isn't in effect yet. Seems like all they have to do is put the game's price to "Free", and there you go. Most likely they won't do it anytime soon because all the games are $60 at the moment. If they would stop being cheap and give us games that are more recent, it would be a much more positive feedback from the community. I know they want to make a profit, but if you're going to provide a service, do it right.


Currently there are only 32 games available, minus any f2p or betas. Using the 360 version would mean that in roughly 1.5 years you would own all those titles. Obviously I'm not counting any future releases. But basically it doesn't make good business sense to keep it the same.

Whatever they do it'll have to be good, otherwise people will be mad.

PTHPosted:

I wonder why the Xbox One version of GWG isn't in effect yet. Seems like all they have to do is put the game's price to "Free", and there you go. Most likely they won't do it anytime soon because all the games are $60 at the moment. If they would stop being cheap and give us games that are more recent, it would be a much more positive feedback from the community. I know they want to make a profit, but if you're going to provide a service, do it right.


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