Downloading free games with gold

LetCross5014435 · Sep 17, 2017

Why in the world do I need a credit card to download a free game with gold from this website?! When I first joined Xbox it was not like this. This needs to be changed so that if you have gold and you want to download one of the free monthly games, you will
be allowed to do so without using a credit card. A majority of people who play xbox are 15 or younger. Not all those people have credit cards, they but the prepaid-codes from Walmart in order to get live. This needs to be changed immediately.

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bigbenx88 · Sep 17, 2017

Games Send Me To Home Screen!!! Why?

Maybe try downloading the free with gold games and see if they work OK for you. The free with gold games for Xbox One can be found here,

www.xbox.com/.../games-with-gold

XBF Nestor S · Sep 17, 2017

Free games with gold, downloading issue

Hey Tiny! As previously stated the
Contact Us page on our website should redirect to the correct region for support! Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!

Smwutches · Sep 17, 2017

Even though they're free, the system needs a payment method to make a purchase. When Microsoft changes from points to currency, they never updated the store on the One/website to recognize your Microsoft account balance for 360 purchases. So you have to
have a credit card/Paypal to make the purchase anywhere other than the 360 console.

ClaireHudson · Nov 2, 2018

Your response doesn't make anyone feel better about this, Mr. Smwutches.

Regardless of Microsoft's choice to have points or currency in our M-S Rewards Accounts, the value of the purchased gift card should be justification enough for Microsoft/Xbox to use it as payment.

The Support and/or Forum should have the information on "Whether or Not pre-paid gift cards have Expiration dates or Not" a LOT easier to Find (at LEAST have it Listed somewhere, preferably in the Xbox (or Windows*) Gift Cards TERMS OF USE, maybe?).

just My opinion, of course

Mom o'1

WPAK

Hi there,

in order to download Games with Gold for free, you will need a paid Xbox Live Gold subscription, any free trials will not count as Gold to allow purchasing those Games with Gold games for free

steeledwand7664

If you are talking about the free games with gold the answer is no only the account that has a paid (not a trial) gold subscription can download the free games with gold.

MaximumExtreme

You must be a gold member in order to get the games yes but you must download the games during the period they are free for gold. If they are no longer free for gold anymore then you missed the opportunity to get that game during the free with gold deal.

davemcfly85

free gold weekends just let you play online for free you still need to have gold to download stuff that requires a gold membership like the free games for gold members.

XBF Brad A

Hi J,

If your profile does not have the gold subscription, you will not be able to download any free games with gold. You account needs a gold subscription also to access this. Sharing a gold subscription will not work that way in this case. If the account with
the gold subscription downloads the free games then you can install them. Also, The game Elders scrolls online is on game pass was not a free game with gold. It is possible the game pass subscription is expired.

Thanks,

Brad

Downloading free games with gold