Xbox Game Pass Starts Today for Gold Members

The main post should probably be updated to answer all these questions that keep getting repeated.

The feature is for Xbox One only

Yes you need a CC or Debit Card to sign up for the trial, you must opt out of autorenewal before the trial ends.

No DLC for the games in the library is not included but it will be discounted by 10% so long as you are part of the program

Have been playing Steredann which is like a pixelated R-Type bullet hell shooter. It's a lot of fun. Have also downloaded Lumi and a couple of others. Feel like I am already getting my money's worth.

One thing I would like to see is a time limit for the games on the service, so we know how much time we have to play a specific title.

I've definitely got my money's worth so far. I have been working through the arcade titles more than anything, especially the Sega Collections. It's good to be able to play the likes of Streets of Rage and Super Hang On for the nostalgia rush. I've been most impressed by the Pac-Man Museum. I had a SNES back in the day and spent many hours playing Pac-Attack and working through the Puzzle Mode, so to see that pop up again is just amazing! It's a shame there's no achievements tied in to the puzzle mode though because I was never able to finish it as a youth .

Started playing Stacking this morning too, that's a lot of fun so far, I think I'm going to have to keep the subscription going just to work though the actual game release titles as I don't think I'm going to get any time for them in the two weeks.

ClownTastic said:The latter was already on the article ;) Thank you for the suggestion.

Outlawed Torn said:No it is not. It is not even in the xbox pass in germany tried the search in store it shows up there but it gives me price instead of install

Cool idea, but there's still some details that I think should be clarified before they start charging money for this. Like how many new games will be added each month? Is there a limit to the number of games that will be offered at a time? For example if they have 100 now and add 10 next month, will 10 of the current games be made unavailable in the program? What will be the deciding factor of the games that get dropped? Least number of downloads? Or are they making deals with publishers to have games for a set amount of time? And lastly, will there be an announcement made prior to a game being made unavailable? Like others have mentioned, that would suck to be halfway through something and then take it away without warning.

ATT: AUSSIES

If you ever downloaded Saints Row IV: Re-Elected from the US Store (or maybe any other store which is not AU), it appears you can double up on the one in the Game Pass.

I now have two separate entries for the game on my profile.

Hell, maybe non-Aussies who already purchased the game can switch to the AU store and download the AU version.

All I know is that I have a second entry for the game on my profile. =D

DrSchlepenstein said:Never understood this... you should be paying $30-40 MAX for a year of Live. I got a 2-year sub last Christmas for $40. At $10/month for this program, I'm more than happy to pay about $14/month for Live and my choice of a ton of games - it's cheaper than Netflix!

That said, I'll take my two week trial for now and wait until next month for the T-Mobile Tuesday promotion to give me another free month of Game Pass before I decide if I have the time to play these.

It's well worth it if you have a month off work 😊

ClownTastic said:What about Paypal? Can you use Paypal?

Goggs25 said:Thank you, this was main thing I was interested. Hopefully it will be added one day.

Gonna take up trial offer when there is something interesting as Bioshock DE and I have time to play. Can't be bothered with SR4 AU stack, still haven't finished SR4 - it feels just too much work. Maybe in distant future, but still probably no.

Damn, that's good.

The game selection is terrible. 360 games are only games free with the pass, and Xbox One games you just get a discount with, whats the point.

Some great games in there but sadly I have most of the good ones. Might subscribe anyway and play some of the other ones I don't own.

How about a PSA on Day 13 to remind us to cancel our subscriptions if we choose?

Redd Five said:Yes, this, please

Use one of the many virtual assistants you likely have access to (from a pure numbers guess, Google Now on your phone) to set a reminder for the day before, or set a good old fashioned calendar appointment on your phone. Or just cancel your subscription when you start the trial (more often than not you can still use your free trial still). Much more effecient than hoping you happen to see an article about cancelling on a website, especially when said article won't be as applicable to everyone as the announcement was, and thus could probably not be run.

apologies if this has been discussed already, but I got the trial and it still wants me to buy some of the games. Is this just happening to me, or are other people experiencing this? Roundabout is an example. Or have I completely misunderstood the concept of this?

In my blog I have a relatively up to date list showing the ta score and the name of the game for each game listed in game pass. It's not entirely exhaustive due to me being in US.

McTennisD's blog post - Game Pass List

Hoping that TA puts a filter under games for game pass

MA3LSTR0M808 said:Select "Install" instead of "Buy". If you're on the subscription, you're still given the opportunity to buy games at discounted price and keep them even if you cancel the subscription at some point. You should see the "Buy" option for every single one of the game pass games.