"We will get there." Updated on 5 May 2021 Epic Games head honcho Tim Sweeney petitioned Xbox boss Phil Spencer to ditch Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold requirement for free-to-play games last summer. The exchange is one of several revealing, private emails sent between company top brass made public as part of the ongoing Apple vs Epic Games trial. Last August, Sweeney emailed Spencer to suggest Microsoft drop the F2P Xbox Live Gold firewall and time it alongside Fortnite's Marvel season launch and permanent V-Bucks price-drop. Eurogamer news cast: are 'metaverse economies' the future of video games? "Hi Phil," Sweeney wrote. "Long ago, we talked optimistically about the possibility of subscription-free multiplayer on Xbox. (PlayStation requires subscriptions for multiplayer but exempts free-to-play games including Fortnite.)