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- Foliot, on 07/27/2008, -31/+291If I have to keep paying for the best console online experience, I will... But free is nice too.
- CochiseFugue, on 07/27/2008, -6/+81 I honestly hope that they give online gaming ability to silver members. A switch to a free-based online gaming service would push them past the minor thing the PS3 currently has over it which is the fact that the PSN is free, though kinda *****. A switch like this could have a huge effect on their already substantial market share.
However, it would also make sense for them to give gold members a reason to keep paying a subscription fee.
So what would you still have to pay for in this "New" Gold Membership? How about a subscription to Netflix giving you access to the new streaming video service available late this fall, and how about that streaming alternative/replacement to cable/satellite television they brought up with that DirectTV partnership a couple years back.....? I'd keep paying for Gold for that.... and cancel my cable. - theaceoffire, on 07/28/2008, -3/+70It would certainly remove one of my biggest complaints!
- CollapseControl, on 07/28/2008, -7/+67Here goes Kotaku, blowing ***** out of proportion again, it is pretty clear what the deal is.
- kirk89, on 07/28/2008, -4/+62I dont mind paying for a 12 month subscription, I just hate paying for downloadable content.
- Foliot, on 07/27/2008, -3/+55They can do whatever they want. If they CHOOSE not to fist ***** your wallet, you can :) all you want.
- SpiritOfRock, on 07/27/2008, -7/+55Woohoo!
- canewediggit, on 07/28/2008, -1/+36why you gotta get all serious and screw up a good fist-***** thread?
- matt510, on 07/28/2008, -8/+41I find it interesting that people can moan and complain about paying for Xbox Live, but why shouldn't you pay? They are providing a service to you that you want to use. Why should you be entitled to that service for free? Yes, free would be awesome, but don't complain when a service that provides something to you asks to be paid.
I know I will get dugg down for this, but you know it's true. - wazzledoozle2, on 07/28/2008, -2/+34With the amount of ads they place in the dashboard, it should be free.
- Ajajadude, on 07/27/2008, -5/+35It's never gonna happen. Microsoft giving up a source of income that millions of people are seemingly willing to pay for? Yeah, and the next version of Windows will be reasonably priced.
- joecolly, on 07/27/2008, -0/+29That's what she sa..
Nevermind, that'll probably just piss you off even more. - Hellman109, on 07/28/2008, -7/+35The difference is that on the PC side it was a flop, on the Xbox side its basically a must have...
I dont mind paying because it kicks ass. - watership, on 07/28/2008, -12/+40The fact that you don't own an Xbox 360 is why you can't see the value of Xbox Live.
- BookmasterIce, on 07/27/2008, -56/+81Is it just me, or should this have been the case when the x360 was first released ?
Sorry m$, looks like you cant collectively fist ***** my wallet any more :) - Ajajadude, on 07/28/2008, -2/+26That's probably the first time I've ever been accused of screwing up anything to do with fist-*****....I apologize.
- HCviolence, on 07/28/2008, -4/+26If 4.16$ a month equates ***** to you then maybe it's time to change your career.
- Mr_Lyle, on 07/27/2008, -3/+23That's all good and well but you're thinking too locally. None of the features you've mentioned would matter to anyone outside the United States. None of us outside the US will be able to access the Netflix feature or any sort of streaming television through a DirecTV deal anyway, so there would be absolutely no incentive for us to keep paying. If they do make online gaming free, they'd need to figure out other ways to make people want to continue paying for their gold accounts. While I very much hope they stop charging for Live, the fact is that there are way too many people willing to pay for the service and I have a real hard time believing they'll just throw away that big a revenue source just outta the goodness of their hearts. At least not until Sony's PSN becomes a serious threat.
- sodade, on 07/28/2008, -1/+21I've been waiting out this console war, but the XBox would be a pretty big win for me if XBL was free.
- nunofgs, on 07/28/2008, -2/+21Surprise! You're paying and you already sit through ads.
- Psythik, on 07/28/2008, -0/+18Stop using dialup.
- AZRoboto, on 07/28/2008, -0/+16The article said that there's a Live Free Weekend going on right now, so of course it'll work for you.
If it's still working tomorrow on a non-cross-platform game, like Halo or COD4 or GTA, then Live on Silver is real - freebird09, on 07/28/2008, -1/+16Perhaps if silver became heavily ad-supported and gold was ad-less?
- WYendrys, on 07/27/2008, -2/+17I like when they fist ***** me...err...my wallet.
- drunknmunky1, on 07/28/2008, -0/+15Can they add a paid option to filter out the annoying 12 year olds? That's something I would pay for.
- fizquierdo87, on 07/28/2008, -1/+15wow, that comment in video form would have been pure gold.
- rugabug, on 07/28/2008, -1/+15You mean like cable?
- Makkiux, on 07/28/2008, -7/+21Its about damn time, it is ridiculous that I have to pay for a service that contains adds. It should be one way or the other
- birch25, on 07/28/2008, -2/+16OhFrak, i find it humerous one pf your complaints with the xbox360 is it's $50-a-year online when the very article you're posting for is about Live being free. just sayin...
- LavaWarrior, on 07/28/2008, -2/+16They should have free online play, but you have ads, and then have it so you can pay for it, and it removes all ads.
- Mr_Lyle, on 07/28/2008, -1/+14It was funny once or twice...it's over now.
- jman583, on 07/28/2008, -2/+15Wow, I just bought 13 months of Xbox live yesterday.
- CollapseControl, on 07/27/2008, -1/+12So... do you use the Xbox 360 to game online or not?
- Bartboy919, on 07/28/2008, -0/+11Well, I trtied it myself with shadow run, and what they are reporting seems to be true.
- EvilCan, on 07/28/2008, -1/+12^ Said by someone who has never tried XBL*
*I freely admit that I've never tried PSN, but that's not really all that relevant. - bmystry, on 07/28/2008, -6/+17Well I find this a little scary I mean we have lots of annoying kids playing already and if it goes free I'm assuming every kid that hasn't gotten the gold membership is going to be able to play.
- neil1492, on 07/28/2008, -3/+14I really doubt this will come true. I thought Microsoft made money on XBL to recover costs lost from the system sale...which is why they started including headsets.
- GlitchEnzo, on 07/28/2008, -4/+14"Wimpy graphically hardware"
FACT: The 360 has a more powerful GPU than the PS3. It has more pipelines, plus it has a unified architecture. - RyanBlack, on 07/28/2008, -10/+20Compete? Xbox live destroys PSN.
- snoogit, on 07/28/2008, -2/+12Only if it's your penis.
- BookmasterIce, on 07/27/2008, -1/+11Hmm... well, there's no possible way to fit TWO fist's in there, maybe if they leave i can colonize.
- Shaggy3, on 07/28/2008, -6/+16A very non-Microsoft move.. And a move in a great direction.
- piratearggghhh, on 07/28/2008, -1/+11Not gonna happen. It's making Microsoft a ton of money and it's nice to know that I'm a paid customer, there is an expectation of level of service and performance.
- RudeTurnip, on 07/28/2008, -5/+15Your internet connection fee and Xbox Live fee are two completely separate things. For $50 a year or $8 a month, you're paying Microsoft to maintain a unified infrastructure across all games that allows players to easily find each other and play together, as well as keep score. Your games will work just fine without Gold membership and you'll still get system and games updates.
- 33PercentGod, on 07/28/2008, -7/+16I have both the PS3 and 360 and it's great having free online on my Playstation. It has the same basic functionality as the 360 does. I can see who's online and what they're playing,send em messages,and join in their games. I don't get why I have to pay for this on Xbox Live WHILE having my dashboard crammed with ads on the blades.
I also got a kick out of the fact I found out you can't send picture messages or video chat with the vision camera unless you have gold. What a joke. - beefchi, on 07/28/2008, -0/+9no, i think only cross platform games will be free on xbox live
- username9000, on 07/28/2008, -0/+9You seriously must be a Sony plant. You just regurgitate the same ***** over and over and over.
- xino, on 07/28/2008, -0/+9I have played many lag free games on Xbox Live. When I first got it in 2003, I played Wolfenstein and XIII a lot and those had lots of lag, but Halo 2 and 3, Gears of War, COD 4, and others had really good performance.
- inactive, on 07/28/2008, -2/+11Just because you have a job doesn't mean you want to spend money. If it was free, you now have money to spend on something else..
Like horse armor! - inactive, on 07/28/2008, -2/+10"Every 12 year old in the world, every idiot, would be on it "
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