Can I delaying Xbox live Gold membership?

FuneralWaggons1 · Dec 31, 2015

Friends, I will be studying abroad this upcoming semester and unfortunately will not be bringing my Xbox with me (the withdrawal will be unreal...) However, I'm only about halfway through my current 12-month Gold subscription. Is there any way I can suspend
my membership until I return to the states or is it just a sunk cost? Thought I would check here before contacting customer support.

:)

Azzin · Dec 31, 2015

Do i need xbox live

You can't even use the BBC iplayer for free without an xbox live subscription.

This is one of many Microsofts negatives that I don't like.

They automatically believe your going to get xbox live for online gaming so everything else is a bonus.

If your not interested in getting xbox live then your limited to what you can do really.Click to expand...
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I thought you could use iPlayer without a Gold sub?

From memory, part of the delay for iPlayer even coming to the 360, was that we already pay for the BBC through our TV Licence, so forcing us to pay again was opposed by the Beeb.

AvalonX · Dec 31, 2015

Xbox One: Sharing Digital Games and Gold

Looks like Microsoft has released additional info on how the Xbox One Digital sharing will work when the system launches. Little change up, but its interesting their is no mention of Xbox family share. Guess you have to be logged in at a friend's house.

Our goal is for Xbox One to be the hub for games and entertainment in your living room. It’s a future where everyone in your home has a personalized account with all the content they love front and center. To do that, we had to think about how the system would work and thrive in one of the busiest rooms in the house that many people share. We wanted to create a system that was highly personalized but also social. It’s about celebrating your individual tastes but also making it welcoming and easy for people to share. Here’s what that looks like.

Sharing Digital Games

Everyone in your home can share digital games with each other. Your Xbox One can become your virtual game library filled with digital games that different people in the home bought. Anyone can pick any digital game on your Xbox One, sign in with their own gamertag and play – even if the owner is not signed in. Like physical media, you can also play many digitally downloaded games without being online, although experiences will be best when connected to the internet and Xbox Live. Finally, when you purchase a digital game, you can start playing even before the entire game downloads.

Because your digital games go with you, you can also use and share digital games when you sign in to another console. And, if you happen to buy a digital game when you are signed in on your friend’s console, your game will also be available on your Home Xbox One console for anyone to use.

Sharing digital games is a great feature of Xbox One, and we’re also making it possible for Xbox Live Gold members to share some of the best benefits of Gold.Click to expand...
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Sharing Xbox Live Gold Benefits

At E3 this year, we briefly highlighted a new benefit we’re bringing to Xbox Live Gold members on Xbox One. We’re calling it Home Gold. It will enable any Xbox Live Gold member on Xbox One to extend many Gold features to others at no additional cost. One Xbox Live Gold account delivering great benefits to everyone in the home.

Here’s how Xbox Live Gold members can extend Gold benefits including multiplayer gaming, Game DVR, SmartMatch and access to entertainment apps and experiences, including The NFL on Xbox, Skype, Internet Explorer:

At home. You can set up your console at home so that anyone who uses that console will enjoy multiplayer gaming and access to entertainment apps – even if you are not home or logged in.

On the go. You can log in at a friend’s house and everyone there can enjoy multiplayer gaming and access to entertainment apps while you are logged in.

At Home with Xbox One
If you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, an unlimited number of people can enjoy many benefits of Xbox Live Gold while they are using your Home Xbox One console. Friends and family will simply create their own account and gamertag and be able to enjoy Xbox Live online multiplayer gaming and access to entertainment apps.
Friends coming over to play? No problem. They can log in with their own gamertag and play online multiplayer. Even if you sign off, your friends and family can enjoy multiplayer gaming while they are playing on your Home Xbox One console.

At a Friend’s House with Xbox One

On Xbox One if you are an Xbox Live Gold member, you will be able to go to a friend’s house and play co-op multiplayer– even if your friend is not a Gold subscriber. Once you log in with your Xbox Live Gold account, everyone using that console can access multiplayer and entertainment apps for as long as you are logged in.

At Home with Xbox 360 and Xbox One

If you are an Xbox Live Gold member today, you are already set for Xbox One. Your Xbox Live Gold membership for Xbox 360 will seamlessly become an Xbox Live Gold account on your Xbox One and you will be able to enjoy Xbox Live Gold features on either console. You can even be logged in to Xbox 360 and Xbox One at the same time. Home Gold benefits are exclusively for Xbox One.

What Home Gold Means for the Xbox One Experience

With Xbox One everyone in your home has a personalized account, which will enable powerful and personal experiences, and that’s one of the reasons why we wanted to create Home Gold. It means that your account and your gamertag are truly yours. You don’t have to share your gamertag for multiplayer gaming with others in your home, or see recommendations for your kid’s cartoons next to the recommended first-person shooter for you. It also means that you can introduce new games and enjoy multiplayer with friends while they are at your house. Last but not least, it also means that when you buy one Xbox Live Gold membership, multiple people can enjoy the best benefits of Xbox Live Gold on your Xbox One at no additional charge.Click to expand...
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Via: Xbox Wire

Smwutches · Dec 31, 2015

Sorry, but no. There's no way to suspend a subscription.

Smwutches

Sorry, but no. There's no way to suspend a subscription.

onyxishere

You can redeem as soon as the Gold membership becomes active. To prevent delays in redemption and the ensure you get both free games for August I would recommend redeeming your Gold membership on the console and not the website.

If you do decide to redeem the code on the website there will be a delay before it becomes active on the console. To speed up the delay go to Settings>System>Network and run a Connection Test. This will log you out. When you log back in your membership
should become active.

EggsBoxJuan

How do I cancel a Gold Family Pack membership?

For information about how to cancel your membership, see
Cancel your Xbox LIVE Gold Membership.

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Once the membership has been cancelled or run out you can go to a regular Gold membership.

banej

You can refer to this article on Xbox Live Gold Trial Membership

support.xbox.com/.../trial-gold-membership

KaiArtist

Thenks. But i can buy Xbox Live gold membership?

Can I delaying Xbox live Gold membership?