Microsoft Now Delisting 24-Month Subscription After Annual Xbox Live Tier Was Removed

Looming over Microsoft and its Xbox ecosystem of platforms is a new enigma regarding the future of its online services. In particular, Xbox Live has been brought into question as of recently. This past week, it was reported that the firm discontinued the 12-month purchase option for Xbox Live abruptly. The report was later verified by Microsoft to be intentional, a spokesperson tells.

And now this week, the firm has struck once again as a new delisting has been reported. This time, it is told that the 24-month purchase tier is now unavailable, The Verge’s Tom Warren shares.

While there is still no direct influence as to why Microsoft has decided to remove the two from the same-named storefront, there are some predictions that could answer questions of those asking. Some users believe that the firm is aiming to be gone with the online service as a whole to align with PC as the platform continues to merge with console. Evidently, one example for this occurred this week where Halo Infinite was confirmed to be free-to-play on all supported platforms.

However, many believe that this will not slow down for the firm as the hypothesized initiative will eventually be put into effect and online will not be an additional fee to access. With Xbox Live out of the picture, the firm would then emphasize its ambitions to further push Xbox Game Pass as the main subscription service divided between console generation as well as PC.

This week, Rectify Gaming spared our take on the matters of Microsoft’s pursuit to abandon Xbox Live as Xbox Game Pass has began to be overshadowing the online subscription service. In that, we elaborate that the titles for Games with Gold are being handed effortlessly as the frontrunners are now unique to Xbox Game Pass. You can read the full opinion piece by heading here.

What do you think will unravel for Xbox Live in the coming future?