Microsoft no longer offers free Xbox 360 games on Xbox Games With Gold subscription service

Microsoft earlier announced that starting in October this year, it will no longer offer free Xbox 360 games on its Xbox Games with Gold subscription service.

According to Microsoft, the reason is that the number of Xbox 360 games provided per month has “reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue.”, but it will continue to provide Xbox One games and exclusive discounts for subscribers in the future.

The Xbox Games with Gold subscription service, formerly known as Xbox Live Gold, has been available since 2013. It attracts players to subscribe by giving away Xbox 360 games every month, and when Microsoft launched the Xbox One series of consoles, it also added Xbox One game content to compete with Sony’s practice of adding games to the PlayStation Plus subscription service.

Here’s the full email from Microsoft to Xbox Live Gold subscribers:

From 1 October 2022, the monthly games provided to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold members via Games with Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 titles.

We have reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue; however, Games with Gold will continue to include exciting Xbox One titles and exclusive savings each month.

This will not impact any Xbox 360 games that you downloaded before October 2022. Any Xbox 360 titles that you redeem via Games with Gold before that time are yours to keep on your Xbox account, regardless of whether you continue your subscription.

Thank you for being a loyal member.

Team Xbox

Via: theverge