
Hopefully, we'll hear more about it in the very near future. This would also explain why this hasn't been available before. Microsoft has reportedly had to work hard to figure out how they would distribute royalties, and pay developers for their games. Which would almost certainly be significantly cheaper than paying for separate accounts. There is plenty that remains uncertain, but there is a suggestion that the family plan would offer a variety of tiers, with the highest tier allowing up to five separate players to share access. This would work in the way you would probably expect, allowing multiple users to share access to a single package. But that might be set to change.Ī report from Windows Central earlier this year suggests that a family plan is in the works, and could be announced in the near future. We stated above that a family plan does not currently exist. What About That Xbox Game Pass Family Plan? Not the cheapest option, but potentially still better value than buying individual games on a regular basis. The current alternative is to buy a separate subscription for each account. Read More: How To See Hours Played On Xbox: Can You Check Game Time On Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S? But if you are planning to buy one subscription and share it among multiple people, you're going to struggle. At the moment, Xbox Game Pass is a great value proposition for an individual. The only other way to share your pass is to make use of the home Xbox feature that we alluded to earlier.
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It would undoubtedly create problems if you attempted to sign in from two different locations at once. Unless you share your Xbox profile username and password (which no-one ever recommends!) then the Game Pass is intended for the original subscriber only. Until such times as that becomes a reality however, sharing your Game Pass is difficult to do. But for families that have more than one Xbox, or kids off at university, a family plan would be a great idea. There would undoubtedly be commercial concerns around making it profitable for 3rd party game developers. Phil Spencer has publicly stated that this is something they'd like to do. Read More: Xbox Remote Play Not Working: How To Fix Xbox Remote Play Not Connecting To Console Can I share my subscription with my family?Īs we mentioned above, no family plan exists at the moment.
