Xbox Game Pass is today a service that we could consider basic for everyone who has an Xbox. Whether you like the catalog that makes up the service or not, just to be able to get for free and from day one of launch the Xbox Game Studios titles are priceless. What if you shared the account as a family?
Share your Xbox Game Pass account
It is no secret that thousands of users use the “This is my main console” function to share a library with a friend and family member. Thanks to this function, two people can share the catalog of games they buy digitally, in addition to enjoying subscribed services such as Xbox Live and Xbox Game Pass .
It is a very ingenious strategy that has allowed many players to share expenses over the years, but what if we wanted to give access to a third person? It can? As of today, it is impossible, since the method handles two user accounts, and it is not possible to include a third person, but it seems that Microsoft is thinking of opening the field a little more as far as Xbox Game Pass is concerned.
Xbox Game Pass as a family
The idea for this comes through a tweet posted by Phil Spencer himself. This is an answer to a user who asked if they had considered a family plan for Xbox Game Pass, in the same way that it is offered in other services such as Spotify or Apple Music.
Well, the Microsoft manager has answered that it is something they would like to do and that they are taking it into account. Spencer further notes that, although there is currently a function to determine family profiling for a single console, a family plan for members with different consoles could help improve the current offering.
The fine line of the picaresque
The possible incorporation of the family plan would almost certainly have a new debate on the implementation of this type of subscription formats. How does the service know if the users belong to the same family? Will this option end up being used to share the subscription between 5 friends and that it costs more than paying individual subscriptions separately?
It is clear that all this will happen, but even so it is certain that Microsoft will continue to compensate by increasing its user quota, and it is that in the end the services are becoming endless sources of income for many manufacturers.