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In an interview with IGN during the Game Developers Conference last week in San Francisco, Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Phil Spencer acknowledged the importance of launching the Games With Gold program on Xbox One, saying that they're "trying to match what customers want" while also stating that "it might not look exactly the way things have looked in the past" on Xbox 360.
"The Games With Gold program on Xbox 360 has been successful for us," Spencer said. "It’s been part of the value people see in [Xbox Live] Gold, something we recognize that isn’t on Xbox One that isn’t there today. We haven’t announced a plan, but people should understand that we understand the expectation that people have around what the value on Xbox One Gold should be. It might not look exactly the way things have looked in the past, but the recognition that that form of content and that perk for being a Gold subscriber is important to people, something we definitely hear.
So does that mean it could potentially change to resemble Sony's model with PlayStation Plus, in which you get newer games but only have access to them for as long as you're an Xbox Live Gold subscriber – rather than the current model that seems to favor older titles that you can keep permanently?
"The easiest way for me to answer it is to say from the time we initially announced this box, we’ve had feedback from people around how they would like multiple parts of the program to work," Spencer began. "I think we’ve tried to respond to the feedback that we’ve received. We can’t always do exactly what people want for many different reasons, but we try to be open in terms of what we’re thinking about. So feedback to Xbox 360’s Games With Gold is being heard as we think about any future plans we might announce. The feedback loop is definitely active and we want to make sure we’re trying to match what customers want."
April's Games With Gold titles should be announced later today or tomorrow.
