Xbox Live Gold could increase 6 month price to $60, it’s claimed - Video Games Chronicle

The USD price for an annual Xbox Live Gold subscription could be about to effectively double compared to 2020 pricing, it’s been claimed.

That’s according to a pair of yet-to-be-verified images, which allegedly show updated retail cards with a new $60 price tag for six months of Xbox Live Gold.

In 2019, Microsoft began bundling Gold with its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the form of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which costs $14.99/£10.99 per month and features on demand gaming and access to EA Play.

In March 2020, Microsoft claimed that there were around 90 million active Xbox Live users and Game Pass subscribers had topped 10 million.

“At this time Xbox has decided to remove the 12 month Xbox Live Gold SKU from the Microsoft online Store,” a company spokesperson told VGC last August when asked about the change.

“Customers can still sign up for a 1 month or 3 month Xbox Live Gold subscription online through the Microsoft Store.”.