Well, this is a bit of a surprise! The term ‘Xbox Live’ has been in existence ever since the online service’s launch back in late 2002, but according to a new Xbox update, it might possibly be about to get some kind of rebrand.
Xbox Insiders with the latest Alpha update have noticed that their consoles’ capture libraries are no longer referring to Xbox Live, choosing instead to reference the “Xbox network”, with various images having been posted as proof online:
Xbox network 🤔 https://t.co/E49QQzQFad pic.twitter.com/OQS1cRsrZ2— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 21, 2021
Notably, this follows the news from January in which Microsoft confirmed that free-to-play games would no longer require Xbox Live Gold in the future, and that plans had been cancelled to increase the price of the service.
It was rumoured last year on multiple occasions that Microsoft might choose to phase out Xbox Live Gold entirely and make multiplayer completely free at some point, but nothing official has pointed to that as of yet. We’ll have to wait and see whether this change means anything significant in the long run, but we’re definitely intrigued by it!
Do you think Xbox Live is about to get a rebrand? Give us your thoughts down below.
Source: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/03/wait_is_microsoft_suddenly_about_to_rebrand_xbox_live
