{"id":66561,"date":"2014-05-14T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=66561"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:41:46","slug":"netflix-xbox-subscription-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/netflix-xbox-subscription-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching Netflix on the Xbox will finally be free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come June, Microsoft will make <a title=\"Netflix news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/netflix\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>, <a title=\"Hulu news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/hulu\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hulu<\/a>, <a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and other entertainment apps free to use on the Xbox. These apps previously required a <a title=\"Xbox Live Gold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/live\/#fbid=Uk9kC7qU0xG\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xbox Live Gold<\/a> subscription for $60 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will also debut Games with Gold on the Xbox One in June, giving players <strong>free games and discounts<\/strong>. One Xbox Live Gold subscription will get you free games on both the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Here&#8217;s what you get with a Gold subscription for each console:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/179794-08-Xbox-Live-Digital-Poster-s16_FINAL_620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/179794-08-Xbox-Live-Digital-Poster-s16_FINAL_620-144x568.jpg\" alt=\"Xbox Live Gold infographic (click for full size)\" title=\"Xbox Live Gold infographic\" width=\"144\" height=\"568\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-66569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/179794-08-Xbox-Live-Digital-Poster-s16_FINAL_620-144x568.jpg 144w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/179794-08-Xbox-Live-Digital-Poster-s16_FINAL_620-65x256.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This decision was no doubt in reaction to Sony&#8217;s pricing model for <a title=\"PSN\" href=\"http:\/\/us.playstation.com\/PSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PlayStation Plus<\/a>. Netflix and other media apps were free to use without a PlayStation Plus subscription. Sony also offers free games and discounts for subscribers. The price for PlayStation Plus is $50 per year (which covers the PS4, PS3, and Vita), $10 cheaper than Xbox Live Gold.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Xbox Wire\" href=\"http:\/\/news.xbox.com\/2014\/05\/xbox-delivering-more-choices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xbox Wire<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Lewis on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-watch-dogs-trailer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everything you need to know about Watch Dogs in this 9 minute trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-preview-trailer-10-key-details\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: 10 key details from the preview trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/half-life-2-portal-released-on-android-nvidia-shield\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Half-Life 2 and Portal released on Android as NVIDIA SHIELD exclusives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come June, Microsoft will make Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and other entertainment apps free to use on the Xbox. These apps previously required a Xbox Live Gold subscription for $60 per year. Microsoft will also debut Games with Gold on the Xbox One in June, giving players free games and discounts. One Xbox Live Gold subscription &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/netflix-xbox-subscription-free\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Watching Netflix on the Xbox will finally be free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":66566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2383],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-66561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnetflix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330761,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66561\/revisions\/330761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66561"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=66561"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=66561"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=66561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}