Hello, I would like to know if Microsoft has plans to make playing online for free

There's been no official word on if that will happen. Gold subscriptions also go towards things like server maintenance so it's a good thing. It can also be very cheap or free depending on the deals you get. If Microsoft Rewards is available in your area,
you can get gold for free.

Hello



Thanks for bring the question to the forums. Xbox Live is one of the most reliable gaming networks available and in order to achieve that you have to pay for servers and engineers who optimize them/keep them running.
With free games with gold you earn that money back and then some due to able to get up to 40 free games a year.There is as of now no plans to make it free.

Microsoft Rewards are a great way to earn Xbox Live Gold and other things without having to spend money by using Bing and other little tasks:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/rewards

For example when any game purchased you earn 4-6000 points, searching on Bing can earn 500 a day. A 25$ USD digital gift card is 25,000 points. Also, promotions are run frequently where they reduce the points needed for rewards. They also have
subscriptions you can get with the reward points.

Thanks,

Brad

Who the hell would buy Gold if online play was free? No-one that's who. Making the ability to play online free would cost Microsoft a huge amount of money and Windows 8 to the contrary, they don't like doing that.

All games required gold to play online and there are no plans at this moment to make gold free for free games

also would like to add that microsoft has got to be kidding me if they cancel the family plan. how am i supposed to afford 180 dollars a year to play online. it looks like my ps3 is gonna be getting some more love.