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Sardauk on 08 September 2009

I understand that XBL revenues financed NXE and the new features and services that are coming (1vs100, free games, new functionnalities...).

So... giving it for free would mean that the evolution of the system would stop ?

As long as it is way better than PSN, then it is worth the price.


Sales wise, I don't believe it would have any impact.



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 September 2009

I doubt it would ever happen, but i tell you this now, its the only REASON why i pur PS3 ahead of Xbox 360 in my book, P2P is never a good idea with anything if ya can avoid it, one less bill is always better.

If it was Free i would most likely deem both HD consoles Equal and would have very few complaints about the two.



Sardauk on 08 September 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
I doubt it would ever happen, but i tell you this now, its the only REASON why i pur PS3 ahead of Xbox 360 in my book, P2P is never a good idea with anything if ya can avoid it, one less bill is always better.

If it was Free i would most likely deem both HD consoles Equal and would have very few complaints about the two.

I don't understand this anti-P2P stuff.... I never met any XBOX Live players complaining about it.... rather the opposite (ex BF1943...).

 



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 September 2009

^- I've learnd from WoW on PC that P2P isn't worth it for various reasons, thats one of the main reasons i won't ever P2P again.



Sardauk on 08 September 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- I've learnd from WoW on PC that P2P isn't worth it for various reasons, thats one of the main reasons i won't ever P2P again.

P2P between PCs and P2P within XBL is not the same thing...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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welshbloke on 08 September 2009

Grrr bloody stupidly sized sigs slowing the page down, yes thats you Seraphic_Sixaxis.

Anyway. I would not underestimate the sales potential of making live totally free. Obviously Microsoft would need to fill the financial void but it would have a significant sales advantage. After all Sony market the PS3 as free online and a lot of people for whatever reason make a big deal of paying for it.



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Sardauk on 08 September 2009
welshbloke said:
Grrr bloody stupidly sized sigs slowing the page down, yes thats you Seraphic_Sixaxis.

Anyway. I would not underestimate the sales potential of making live totally free. Obviously Microsoft would need to fill the financial void but it would have a significant sales advantage. After all Sony market the PS3 as free online and a lot of people for whatever reason make a big deal of paying for it.

Because they never really tried XBL ?

Again, we are talking about XBL... but it is more about XBL+ NXE (vs PSN + XMB).



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 September 2009
Sardauk said:
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- I've learnd from WoW on PC that P2P isn't worth it for various reasons, thats one of the main reasons i won't ever P2P again.

P2P between PCs and P2P within XBL is not the same thing...

Doesn't matter it's still paying to play with others online, it comes down to the same thing, which is why i prefer PSN and STEAM over XBL, its not worth it to play with others.

 



Sardauk on 08 September 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Sardauk said:
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- I've learnd from WoW on PC that P2P isn't worth it for various reasons, thats one of the main reasons i won't ever P2P again.

P2P between PCs and P2P within XBL is not the same thing...

Doesn't matter it's still paying to play with others online, it comes down to the same thing, which is why i prefer PSN and STEAM over XBL, its not worth it to play with others.

 

Well that is your opinion...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 September 2009

Yeah. don't ever remember saying it was fact, it is my opinion, of course i'll admit when some of my buds on Yahoo/MSN ask me which is better for online and they dont wanna pay (they'd rather get more games) i always say PS3 because PSN is free while XBL is not.

Ironiclly speaking i had one of my bros buds tell me aren't gaming consoles suppose to be for gaming? (he doesn't own any current gen consoles, only gamecube, Xbox, and PS2.)

So in conclusion im sure XBL is a great service worth paying for, but for some of us who'd rather buy an extra game or two VS that to game for PSN is a great option, its one of the reasons why i sorta never gave up on PS3 because thats one things sony did right.