Xbox Game Pass family plan trialed in Ireland and Colombia
9:47 am August 8, 2022 By Julian Horsey
Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has this week announced the availability of a new Xbox Game Pass family plan trial in both Ireland and Colombia. Starting this week in those countries Xbox Insiders can begin to preview a plan that allows multiple people to share Game Pass Ultimate benefits. Making it even easier to play the library of games available from Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service across console, PC, and cloud. To participate in the preview, you need to purchase the “Xbox Game Pass – Insider Preview” Game Pass plan in the Microsoft Store.
For more details on when the plan will be available in your country jump over to the official Xbox new site by following the link below.
A couple of things to remember when joining the family plan is that people you share your membership with do not have to be Insiders but must reside in the same country as you. Also joining the Game Pass Insider Preview will convert the time remaining on your membership to time in the new plan, based upon the monetary value of the old membership. “A full month of Ultimate will be converted to 18 days of membership for this plan. This way you won’t lose any of the remaining value on your existing subscription upon conversion. Conversion is final, and users must wait for their new membership to expire before returning to a previous membership” explains Microsoft.
No Day 1
A new rumor associated with Xbox Game Pass has some disappointing news for subscribers. Over the course of the past year or so, Microsoft has made a larger effort with Game Pass to bring notable third-party titles to the service on the first day of their release. Some of these games have included MLB The Show 22, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Outriders, to name a few. And while it seems likely that Microsoft will continue to try to add new titles to Xbox Game Pass in this manner, it sounds like we should not expect any more day-one releases from third-party publishers for the remainder of 2022.
According to insider Nick Baker, Microsoft currently doesn't seem to have any other third-party titles lined up to come to Xbox Game Pass on day one through the final months of 2022. Baker stressed that he wasn't absolutely certain that this is the case, but explained during the most recent episode of the XboxEra Podcast that he doesn't think high-profile third-party titles such as Hogwarts Legacy, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Gotham Knights, or others will land on Game Pass the same day in which they arrive for all platforms.
Assuming that this rumor is true, it would make Xbox's lineup in the back half of 2022 quite dismal. Not only would Xbox Game Pass not be getting any notable third-party titles that are releasing this fall, but Microsoft's first-party lineup is also quite weak at the moment as well. While 2023 looks stronger for Xbox with games like Starfield, Redfall, and Forza Motorsport all slated to release, it could be a weak end to the year for Game Pass.
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