Microsoft May Be Soft Launching Game Pass Friends & Family
It seems that Microsoft is currently doing a soft launch for Xbox Game Pass’ Friends & Family Plan.
As reported by Wario64, an Xbox user received an offer for Game Pass Friends & Family Plan on their Xbox homepage. The offer is for $ 39.95 a month, but Wario64’s research suggests that this is pricing for New Zealand and not the US.
At this time, Game Pass Friends & Family is only available in Colombia, Chile, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sweden. So this information may only be reflective of what already exists for Game Pass subscribers have in New Zealand, and does not indicate the final product in the US or the rest of the world. It is, however, also possible that this feature is under soft launch, AKA, they’re still testing it out in some parts of the US.
Here is what they Game Pass Friends & Family Plan ad copy states:
“1 month for $ 39.95
Automatically continues at $ 39.95 per month
Share the fun of Game Pass
New Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family members only. Subscription continues automatically at regular price unless cancelled. Game catalog varies. Primary members’ existing Gold, Game Pass and EA Play subscription time will be converted using a converted ratio. This may result in less time than your original subscription. All conversions are final. Geographic limitations apply.”
As we had recently reported, Microsoft had very recently ended their deal for $ 1 Game Pass Ultimate one month trial. We already knew that Microsoft was looking for different ways to increase subscriptions to Game Pass to replace this offer.
While we ourselves hadn’t discussed this, others did speculate that what Microsoft had in mind was a broader rollout of Game Pass Friends & Family across the world.
If that is
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