Talking Point: Xbox Live Gold Members, Are You Happy With The Game Pass Core Launch Titles?

Absolutely. Games with Gold was trash and was a drag on the Xbox ecosystem as a whole. This is a fantastic lineup of games and is just a much better idea all the way around.

I don’t want a service. I want free online.

@sixrings that ship has sailed.

@Kaloudz
I don’t understand why though. PC doesn’t require a service and for cross platform games aren’t those the same servers. To me it seems like an arbitrary way for companies worth billions to make a little more money.

I thought core members would get access to gp quests as they have gp games but no ,console or ultimate if you want to earn from gp quests

@Deemo37 Seriously have you tried to play online on PC without meeting up with cheaters.? I would rather pay something.
At least Xbox gives Free cloud saves, other consoles force you to buy subscriptions for current gen cloud saves.

The games on Core are far better, plus you get far more games per year than Gold.

I like it, quite a lot.

@Martsmall I was wondering about this, shame, that would have gotten me to sign up

Solid list of games if you're just a Gold/Core Sub, but still annoying you just get less now as an Ultimate because of the change, regardless of if you thought the choices for GWG were good or not.

But all negative & personal factors considered for Ultimate, I think I'll swap to Core after I beat Starfield. Don't care for Activision's stuff, at least not the ones I don't already own, so unless they make a ton of their stuff BC and add it to Game Pass that won't be a factor for me either.

I'm on Game Pass Ultimate too but I was on Gold for years before I upgraded to GPU and I would be 'content' with that list as a start, but I'd also want to see how it changes over the course of time.

But I'd be happy to continue as it seems 'better' value - the only difference is that you can't 'keep' playing if the leave Game Pass even if you stay subscribed...

It's a great service. I prefer being limited to a selection of great games.
The only problem right now is that I'm unable to install games remotely with the app like I was able to do with XGPU. Yet I'm able to uninstall games remotely.

I can't really vote because I've always had Game Pass Ultimate using my Microsoft Reward points.(well for as long as i can remember)But if I only had core, I'm sure it's a fantastic lineup. As someone who has had Ultimate for a long time , I just wish there was an extra game on there that isn't on Game Pass—something that benefits Game Pass Ultimate users, as all the games on Core are on Game Pass. But maybe it's just me being selfish and greedy

I'm not seeing anything on this list that would make someone get core if online gameplay was free as it should be.

It's a well-curated list of games.

Compared to when Xbox Gold was at its height? No, not really. There were some fantastic games that were on Gold, and when it was 360 games they were given permanently.

But Gold wasn't what it used to be and tbh the last two years it was super lame. Compared to that, GPC is fantastic, and amazing deal, and terrific games. I love it and I'm glad it replaced GwG. Unfortunately the Halo 5 servers are still dead. ( T_T)

Seems to me that the only people with a valid reason to be unhappy are ultimate subscribers.

@Kaloudz To me, a game like Forza Motorsport or Horizon, if you pay full price for a game but can't play online without the service is a big mistake. While the game is playable solo this makes no sense. If Microsoft can't afford to support their title's online presence on games people pay full price for they shouldn't be making games. They have $70B to pay for ABK, they aren't broke and need to grift their consumers.

Yeah, that's scam I'll be avoiding.