Microsoft launches Game Pass Family plan in South Africa

About time but it doesn't quite solve the shared device problem though.

For example, my kids game on my gaming machine as well but only my profile has xbox pass, theirs doesnt. They all have their own accounts for private workspaces etc and we often lan minecraft ( non pass ).
 
Kosmik said:
About time but it doesn't quite solve the shared device problem though.

For example, my kids game on my gaming machine as well but only my profile has xbox pass, theirs doesnt. They all have their own accounts for private workspaces etc and we often lan minecraft ( non pass ).
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Not entirely sure what you mean.

If you get this then everyone has Game Pass, every gamer tag.
 
Solitude said:
Not entirely sure what you mean.

If you get this then everyone has Game Pass, every gamer tag.
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No.

One PC ( gaming machine ) , I have a xbox pass subscription but when my kids log into their profiles with their xbox game tags, they do not have access to gamepass. So there is no way to share the gamepass with the other two on the same machine UNLESS I login to gamepass on their windows profile but it will log them out of their microsoft profile on the machine.

ie: MS account A + gamepass

MS Account B, C and D dont have gamepass. All MS Accounts can use same machine.
 
Kosmik said:
No.

One PC ( gaming machine ) , I have a xbox pass subscription but when my kids log into their profiles with their xbox game tags, they do not have access to gamepass. So there is no way to share the gamepass with the other two on the same machine UNLESS I login to gamepass on their windows profile but it will log them out of their microsoft profile on the machine.

ie: MS account A + gamepass

MS Account B, C and D dont have gamepass. All MS Accounts can use same machine.
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I don't understand.

This is why they have game pass family. You just invite them to the family group and they have game pass access.
 
Kosmik said:
No.

One PC ( gaming machine ) , I have a xbox pass subscription but when my kids log into their profiles with their xbox game tags, they do not have access to gamepass. So there is no way to share the gamepass with the other two on the same machine UNLESS I login to gamepass on their windows profile but it will log them out of their microsoft profile on the machine.

ie: MS account A + gamepass

MS Account B, C and D dont have gamepass. All MS Accounts can use same machine.
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I think the Family plan solves this exact issue as well, because you would be able to add their accounts to the main subscription.
 
Kosmik said:
No.

One PC ( gaming machine ) , I have a xbox pass subscription but when my kids log into their profiles with their xbox game tags, they do not have access to gamepass. So there is no way to share the gamepass with the other two on the same machine UNLESS I login to gamepass on their windows profile but it will log them out of their microsoft profile on the machine.

ie: MS account A + gamepass

MS Account B, C and D dont have gamepass. All MS Accounts can use same machine.
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This is exactly what Family plan is sorting out.
Its the same as Microsoft 365 Family, you share it to another account not device.
 
is it Live already?
If I add a family member, then it 'pools' the games individuals own, so we all have access to the pool right?
Or is it only the main member/subscriber who shares their stuff to everybody else.
 
Kosmik said:
No.

One PC ( gaming machine ) , I have a xbox pass subscription but when my kids log into their profiles with their xbox game tags, they do not have access to gamepass. So there is no way to share the gamepass with the other two on the same machine UNLESS I login to gamepass on their windows profile but it will log them out of their microsoft profile on the machine.

ie: MS account A + gamepass

MS Account B, C and D dont have gamepass. All MS Accounts can use same machine.
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This still sounds to me what Game Pass Family Plan will sort out. One Game Pass connection for each of those Microsoft accounts. Similar to how their Office plans work.
 
Solitude said:
This still sounds to me what Game Pass Family Plan will sort out. One Game Pass connection for each of those Microsoft accounts. Similar to how their Office plans work.
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It will sort it out but the main point of the pass and restriction was per device.

Here its one device. So sure it will work but its excessive. For example, if I have a store bought game , like I did for minecraft before pass. On their profiles, I can do a "download" of the game which just links the master game file to their profiles on the same pc. They are not out of their accounts.

Just saying, its an expensive option for what should really be to allow ANY user on a pc to leverage game pass if installed and active.
 
Kosmik said:
It will sort it out but the main point of the pass and restriction was per device.

Here its one device. So sure it will work but its excessive. For example, if I have a store bought game , like I did for minecraft before pass. On their profiles, I can do a "download" of the game which just links the master game file to their profiles on the same pc. They are not out of their accounts.

Just saying, its an expensive option for what should really be to allow ANY user on a pc to leverage game pass if installed and active.
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Ah so that's what you mean.

My wife and I share Game Pass on XBox but we both have separate PC's. I didn't even know it works like that on Windows.
 
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Is it worth having this game pass is the question
 
Kiemo said:
Is it worth having this game pass is the question
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is it worth having Gamepass?? Most defintely!!

it's GAMEPASS sharing only. Was being greedy :)

Some have also asked me if the Xbox Game Pass Family Plan will allow game library sharing for non-Game Pass titles to the other family members. There are no plans for this to be the case, this is only for Xbox Game Pass titles, although game sharing will work as normal between two users..
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Workaround is I/we can keep our existing share with perks as is, then add others under friends and family for the Gamepass share.
So effectively we could have a Six in the 'family'. SWEET. Thats a clan in itself!!
 
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