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[ManaByte]

Comments saying the same thing and the OP confirmed his console is NOT family sharing gold.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Can anyone test this?

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Trying it now

 

[Shambala]

I’m about to my ultimate subscription is done. I’m about to sign in n see

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Nvm system update...shoulda known, everytime I have to clear a layer of dust off my controller there's always a system update I gotta download before I can play.

 

[Shambala]

Nvm system update...shoulda known, everytime I have to clear a layer of dust off my controller there's always a system update I gotta download before I can play.

Lmao me too

 

[Mmnow]

This would've been an incredible E3 moment. No leak, no weeks of debate, no coy denials.

I'm still not entirely convinced its happening, but there will be zero surprise if it does.

Roll on 2021 and, hopefully, a return to a better gaming news cycle.

 

[Shambala]

Confirmed I can play online with and expired ultimate sub.

 

[M.W.]

Noice. Bout time.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Wow. The rumours are true?!?!?

No wonder MS didn't care about Gold subbers for the past year doing GPU top ups for $1.

They just wanted some people getting in early. And a year ago, people were thinking it was a glitch allowing people to bork the system with 3 years of GPU for $1. Planned long term subbing tactic the whole time..

 

[Empire Strikes Back]

Someone should make a video and spread the word.

 

[Marcinkowski]

Im silver and im playing Halo 4 right now WTF!!!!

 

[Dee_Dee]

Wow...didn’t they just say they weren’t making any changes like yesterday lol?

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Confirmed I can play online with and expired ultimate sub.

I can't even download the update...I got an error message two times in a row after the download was done...

Nvm restarted my Xbox and now it took it.

 

[dottme]

I need a multiplayer game install to try this. I'm downloading one of the free game.

 

[bitbydeath]

Impressive. I didn’t think they would.
To confirm is this without GamePass too?

 

[Dee_Dee]

Is it only FTP games or all games? Someone try Gears 5 or something lol

 

[Shambala]

Impressive. I didn’t think they would.
To confirm is this without GamePass too?

Yea my gamepass ultimate expired like 3 months ago n I never used my X1X since. But I just signed in n played some Black ops 4 online.

 

[Dee_Dee]

Yea my gamepass ultimate expired like 3 months ago n I never used my X1X since. But I just signed in n played some Black ops 4 online.

Woah

 

[M.W.]

MS droppin' bombs before the Sony event for PS4 tomorrow

 

[bitbydeath]

Yea my gamepass ultimate expired like 3 months ago n I never used my X1X since. But I just signed in n played some Black ops 4 online.

That’s cool.

 

[Empire Strikes Back]

Microsoft deserves a congrats here, it’s not easy to give up billions.

 

[bitbydeath]

Microsoft deserves a congrats here, it’s not easy to give up billions.

Definitely. Huge congrats to MS.

 

[reinking]

Well.. ..if this sticks I will admit I was wrong. I never expected them to give up that revenue stream. I expected it to roll into Game Pass console. Nice.

 

[qiqiqiiq]

They said they weren't planning to get rid of xbox live gold, so does that mean that gamepass is going to become now a part of what paying for gold offers?

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

 

[Megatron]

This feels like something they are testing that went live early by mistake.

 

[DynamiteCop!]

It is 100% free now, I have no Live or GamePass sub and I'm playing online right now in Forza Horizon 4.

 

[Dee_Dee]

This would be an actual mic drop moment if this is real and not some weird mistake

 

[mcz117chief]

Holy shit, is this universal? Does this mean I can play Halo MCC online without gold now? That would be huge!

Microsoft deserves a congrats here, it’s not easy to give up billions.

Absolute kings if this is true!

 

[Bogroll]

Bloody hell i bought a 12 month code late last night for £40 but never mind i bought Gamepass for £10.99 and its converted the lot to Gamepass until October 2021 with the extra month you get free when you leave on auto renewal.
Great news for everyone though

 

[Shambala]

Lol Microsoft tryna control the news in the morning before Sonys state of play . Pretty smart lmao

 

[Jason28]

Ok, we know that free online works on all types of games. Does free online work without any GP subscription ?

 

[TheSpecialOne]

Do we know if this is a weirdly timed free play weekend? It is Thursday in many parts of the world.

 

[Empire Strikes Back]

Lol Microsoft tryna control the news in the morning before Sonys state of play . Pretty smart lmao

Why would they trade their Gold revenue because of one State of Play? I don’t understand.

 

[Bogroll]

Has anyone without a subscription tried a Games with Gold Game ?

 

[-Arcadia-]

Well, if this is genuine, and it appears to be.

Shots fired.

It can't be understated what a big deal this is, both relative to the ongoing competition, and console online in general.

As someone who actually freaking smoldered for years that console warriors, and consumers that refused to stand up for themselves, led us all to mandatory paid online, this is absolutely wonderful, and I never, ever, thought there was a chance of it happening.

This is why competition is so important. They'll never act in your best interest, but theirs? Absolutely.

 

[Stuart360]

Could it be a glitch?. I find it hard to believe they would do this without telling people, and have people signing up for Live and wasting money.

 

[ShirAhava]

Holy crap the PSO2 paywall is gone I don't have gold or gamepass this is real

 

[Shambala]

Why would they trade their Gold revenue because of one State of Play? I don’t understand.

It’s a game of chess. Maybe gold sub numbers were going down while gamepass subs r rising. To get some good pr why not do it on the same day as your competitors event to get more people interested in your eco system.l

 

[-Arcadia-]

Could it be a glitch?. I find it hard to believe they would do this without telling people, and have people signing up for Live and wasting money.

I guess they could announce it and convert all those to GamePass? The 12 month wasn't even an option anymore, so it shouldn't be too much of an ask.

 

[jose4gg]

Why would they trade their Gold revenue because of one State of Play? I don’t understand.

They could've made it free yesterday, but by doing it today, tomorrow everything in the news will be this amazing move.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Well, if this is genuine, and it appears to be.

Shots fired.

It can't be understated what a big deal this is, both relative to the ongoing competition, and console online in general.

As someone who actually freaking smoldered for years that console warriors, and consumers that refused to stand up for themselves, led us all to mandatory paid online, this is absolutely wonderful, and I never, ever, thought there was a chance of it happening.

This is why competition is so important. They'll never act in your best interest, but theirs? Absolutely.

Amen.

 

[Marcinkowski]

Played a Match of Battlefront 2. HOLY SHIT!!!!!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sounds like a marketing ploy.

Sony State of Play is today (Thursday) at 4 pm est.

Get some buzz going and drop the news at 9 am. No time for Sony to react for their 4 pm show.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The new era begins.

 

[THEAP99]

Sounds like a marketing ploy.

Sony State of Play is today (Thursday) at 4 pm est.

Get some buzz going and drop the news at 9 am. No time for Sony to react for their 4 pm show.

Sony already told us ahead of time to not expect anything big from the state of play. So I don't know why that'd be so important?

Unless MS caught wind of a big surprise bomb sony are dropping

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Is it only FTP games or all games? Someone try Gears 5 or something lol

Just got into a horde lobby no problem.

 

[M.W.]

People keep saying free weekend stuff. It's Thursday. Nah, MS wanted to go viral, success.

 

[Stuart360]

With Xbox being a PC thing just as much as console these days, it was always going to get to the point where they would have to justify free multiplayer on PC, but Xbox users have to pay. And trying to force PC users to pay for multiplayer, well it just wouldnt happen lol.