Will Xbox Live Gold definitely be free on the new generation Series X / S?

There have been rumors and older articles about it, but so far I haven't heard anything tangible about it.

I haven't noticed anything about it yet. As far as I know, Xbox Live Gold is still chargeable as usual, as was the case for the old consoles.

No. Xbox Live Gold will not be free on the new generation Xbox.

We don't plan to make it available for free either.

There's a reason why people are paying for Xbox Live Gold. Because the production of consoles, for example, does not make any money from any manufacturer (except Nintendo), every manufacturer loses money in the process.

In order to be able to recover the "lost" money, fees are required which must be paid monthly. As a little extra you get a little free game and the best servers there are for gaming (the Xbox Live servers).

If at some point Xbox Live Gold should be free. Then the consoles would firstly become more expensive and secondly the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate would also become more expensive.

Definitely not!

There were always rumors but nothing tangible and if you look at the fact that the console competition now also charges fees, that won't change.

Actually it doesn't matter, it doesn't cost the world and in addition to good service, it also offers free games every month.