Family Pack For Xbox Live
(Update) 4 accounts for the price of...
Published: 9:48, 23/06/2010 by Gastos84.
13Microsoft have unveiled a new Xbox Live subscription package called the “Family Pack.”
Paying $49.99 for an annual subscription to Xbox Live, in order to play games online and access various other content, is something that users of Microsoft’s console have gotten used to. For families or houses with multiple occupants, however, that cost obviously multiplies.
With Kinect arriving in November and with it aimed at the family market, Microsoft are launching the Family pack to coincide with the new hardware.
The Family Pack allows for 4 individual Xbox Live Gold accounts on one Xbox 360 for players from one household. This new membership pack will also grant the account holder greater control over aspects such as mature content, points usage and time spent gaming. This will cost $99.99 (EU pricing yet to be announced), the equivolent of 2 annual Xbox Live Gold accounts.
Thanks, Gi.biz
Update: Microsoft have contacted us to say the UK price will be £69.99.
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23/06/2010 at 09:50
Member since: Jan 2010
4 Xboxes in one house? isn’t that a bit.. rare..? Even with this Family Pack..
23/06/2010 at 09:53
Member since: Jul 2009
4 xbox live accounts on 1 xbox…
23/06/2010 at 09:53
Member since: Mar 2009
“4 individual Xbox Live Gold accounts on one Xbox 360″
23/06/2010 at 09:55
Member since: Oct 2008
Why would you do that when you can have 4 people using the one console?
23/06/2010 at 09:58
Member since: Mar 2009
You can have four people playing online on the same account if you wanted (Live just appends the player number to the end of the gamertag) but it’s nicer to have your own account. Also if you’re sharing a Gold account online it precludes the people sharing the account from earning any Achievements (although I think the main user of the account can still earn them).
23/06/2010 at 11:54
Member since: Oct 2008
Fair point.
Still think its a bit optimistic though.
Why pay for one subscription when you can pay for more?
23/06/2010 at 12:05
Member since: Oct 2008
It’s not that rare.
Most 3 of them are usually broken though..
23/06/2010 at 09:53
Member since: Aug 2008
doesnt it go by accounts though, not consoles?
23/06/2010 at 09:53
Member since: Aug 2009
This is actually a good idea from MS!
Buy one get one free.
23/06/2010 at 13:30
Member since: May 2009
Buy two, get two free.
23/06/2010 at 09:54
Member since: Mar 2009
This seems like really good value. Whilst you can share an account between multiple players online, it is nicer to have your own account.
23/06/2010 at 10:21
Member since: Oct 2009
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23/06/2010 at 10:49
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23/06/2010 at 16:46
Member since: Dec 2009
Woah! Final Fantasy 53?!?!?
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23/06/2010 at 19:37
Member since: Mar 2010
*Facepalm*
23/06/2010 at 11:50
Member since: May 2009
This would be great value, if I couldn’t already have my whole family registered on my PS3 and able to play online, access content etc… for $0 a year.
23/06/2010 at 11:54
Member since: Jun 2009
lol fair enough.
23/06/2010 at 13:08
Member since: Aug 2009
Time for free online I say
23/06/2010 at 13:07
Member since: Aug 2009
Why not one account can linked to a account called a SUB-account oh wait…. they’re only interested in money.
That would be cool but I just see no reason to pay more for four accounts.
23/06/2010 at 15:19
Member since: Oct 2008
This is good news for people like myself.
I have a Gols acocunt, and my oldest son has a Gold account. Now I can creat one for my wife (the peggel addict) and younger son for the same price i’ve been paying.
Hopfully Sony takes a smillar approach with PSN Plus.