<Tr> <Th> Platform </Th> <Td> Xbox 360 Xbox One </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> US website </Td> </Tr> <P> Xbox Live Gold is a paid subscription service for the Xbox community . Signing up to Xbox Live is free, but, with the exception of the Windows 10 version, in order to play online and access some core services, a periodic fee is required . Features that require a Gold subscription include online gaming, matchmaking / smartmatch, private chat, party chat and in - game voice communication . Other features, such as game recording and media sharing also necessitate Gold membership . Similarly, ordinary Xbox Live members can download and access the Twitch live streaming application, but in order to broadcast gameplay of one's own, a Gold subscription is necessary . Free - to - play titles also remain behind a paywall . Subscribers are benefited with space "in the cloud" for storing files, and granted early or exclusive access to betas, special offers, Games with Gold, and Video Kinect . </P> <P> Games with Gold is a program in which digital downloads of games are offered at no charge to Xbox Live Gold subscribers . Games with Gold launched for Xbox 360 in July 2013, while Xbox One games were added in June 2014 . Xbox 360 receives a game twice per month, while Xbox One receives two games once per month . Games downloaded through the program on Xbox 360 are free to own with no further restrictions . Xbox One Games with Gold titles require active Xbox Live Gold subscription in order to use, and become locked and unplayable if the subscription lapses . As of November 2015, all Games with Gold titles for Xbox 360 are backwards compatible on Xbox One . </P>

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