{"id":140543,"date":"2020-12-09T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/xbox-games-gold-free-2020-value-quantity-quality\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:50:28","slug":"xboxs-games-with-gold-in-2020-took-a-quantity-over-quality-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/09\/xboxs-games-with-gold-in-2020-took-a-quantity-over-quality-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox’s Games with Gold in 2020 Took a Quantity Over Quality Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These days, Microsoft offers gaming fans an arsenal of options for playing games. It’s never been easier to gain an instant library of diverse titles on Xbox<\/strong> (and PC as well) via Xbox Game Pass, whose library now exceeds over 400 games. Anything from indie delights to triple-A blockbusters, Xbox Game Pass hosts plenty of names both big and small. Even though these days Xbox Game Pass takes the spotlight as the premier offering of games, Microsoft still offers its long-running free games service for Xbox Live Gold members. Even if it’s been a bit of a mixed bag in some examples, Xbox Live Gold continues to offer players two-to-four games to its subscribers.<\/p>\n

However, many have wondered what the value of Games with Gold is in the wake of Xbox Game Pass. Considering Microsoft is continuing to push for more subscribers\u00a0to its premium games library, some feel its made Games with Gold comparatively lacking. To some extent that’s true, as often times the month’s announcement of games is met with backlash and disappointment from fans. Nearly every comment section on the Games with Gold videos uploaded to YouTube are plagued with that same sentiment. Looking back at 2020’s offering for Games with Gold, it may be true that Xbox Live<\/a>‘s free games program may have a redundancy problem.<\/p>\n

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First, compiling the list of all games (Original Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One titles) together makes 48 total games offered from the Games with Gold service<\/a>. That’s four a month, with the selection flip-floppping between two Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, or two Xbox One games, an Xbox 360 game, and an Original Xbox game. Excluding any deals that have occurred involving the games on this list, that’s a total Games with Gold value of $1,075.52, based on each game’s MSRP value. Now compare that to Xbox Live Gold which can be as high as $119.88\/year when paying $9.99\/month, or as low as $60\/year by paying annually.<\/p>\n

Just a couple things to note: The annual subscription for Xbox Live Gold is no longer available<\/a>, but since that option was taken down later in 2020, it’s still a valid comparison for the yearly cost. That comparison is also without even mentioning if at any point Xbox Live Gold memberships were on sale from retailers like Best Buy or Amazon. It’s also worth noting that Xbox Live Gold is also bundled into the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription as well, which is currently $14.99\/month.<\/p>\n

Even at the highest cost of Xbox Live Gold, that’s still $955.64 of savings if players added every Games with Gold option to their respective libraries. However, it’s important to consider the games themselves that were offered on the service:<\/p>\n