Xbox Gold Will No Longer Add Xbox 360 Games
The monthly offerings on Xbox Gold will take a hit in quality later this year, as Microsoft has informed subscribers that the service will stop adding Xbox 360 games in October. Xbox Gold is a subscription service that is required to play online games, with the exception of free-to-play Xbox Live titles.
In recent years, Xbox Gold has been seen as an afterthought by many fans, as Microsoft is pouring its efforts into Xbox Game Pass. Xbox Gold grants four games a month, which is one more than PlayStation Plus Essential. The main difference is that PlayStation Plus titles tend to be of a higher quality than the Xbox Gold ones, especially as they will include PS5 games. Microsoft tends to put Xbox Series X/S titles on Xbox Game Pass, with Xbox Gold receiving Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox titles. The fact that Xbox Gold gives games from older systems is a bonus, as PlayStation Plus Essential only gives PS4 and PS5 games, but that could change in the future, considering the new PlayStation Plus subscription model has brought classic games back into the fold.
Related: Why Microsoft Is Cancelling Some Xbox Game Pass Subscriptions
The monthly Xbox Gold offerings are rarely worth getting excited over, which will be even more true in 2022. According to Wario64 on Twitter, Xbox Gold subscribers in Europe have been receiving emails claiming that Xbox Games With Gold will no longer add new Xbox 360 titles starting in October. The Xbox 360 games that have already been claimed as part of previous months will still be available to be redownloaded in the future.
Starting in October, Xbox Games With Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 games (Microsoft has reached the limits to adding new X360 games to GWG). GWG will continue to
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