
Why is everyone so fast to complain about it when they hear the price
but don't even think about what they are getting out of it? The price
will be 50$ a year but before you post "How could MS do this to PC
gamers!" think about the advantages you are getting from the service.
Unified friends list, achievements, matchmaking, Live Anywhere, and
most likely all of the other features that come with Xbox Live. If you
already own an Xbox Live account you don't even have to pay more your
account will just be carried over onto your computer for free. The
Windows Live service will also include the Silver Account and all the
things accompanied by the Xbox Live Silver Accounts. You are not being
forced to use the service to play games online but its a better way to
play games online.
Of course none of these features I have talked about have been officially confirmed my Microsoft but by an educational guess you would think that they would try to imitate the Xbox Live service as much as they possibly can for Windows Live Gold service.

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.