A game with gold, but the cost is same?

Hey there,

It looks like you may be on an Xbox Live Silver account if you are seeing a charge pop up. You can verify your subscription status through your
Microsoft Account page under 'Subscriptions'. If that page doesn't show a current Xbox Live Gold subscription, you will need an active Xbox Live Gold subscription to grab the free games with gold. Keep
us posted!

How did you sign up for Gold? If it was on the website it will take some time to update your account. Here's how to speed it up:

On the dash go to System>Settings>Network and run a Connection Test. It will sign you out. When you sign back in your should show as Gold and be able to take advantage of the offer.

Because they are free with a gold membership at no extra cost. Yes you have to pay for gold but there is no increase in gold pricing thus the games are free...with gold. Games with Gold.

Gold only costs $60 for a 12 month subscription so I definitely wouldn't purchase it for $80. With that being said, if you paid $60 for an annual Gold subscription and then the monthly $10 Game Pass subscription, you would pay $180 for a year of services,
which is the same as 12 months of the $15 a month Game Pass Ultimate. It just depends on how you want to pay or bundle the services. You can upgrade to Ultimate at any time, but it will convert whatever Gold you have left. For example, if you have 12 months
of gold and convert to Ultimate, you will only end up with 4 months of Ultimate. Conversion is based on cost. 4 months of Ultimate is valued at $60, which is the cost of 12 months of Gold.

the costs will now be more or less the same on PSN and Xbox Live,but you'll get decent Free games with PS+.The advantage that came with Family Gold is now lost,making it less in Xboxs favour