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Phrancheyez said:
Game publishers aren't happy about it? Sucks for them..MS will never charge this because they already charge the users via annual fee.

Articles like this make you realize some of the things that your annual fee is actually covering for MS - not saying it's always a bad thing, but you don't really know what you're paying for - all you assume it is, is to be able to play online..you're covering a bit more than that.

And with Silver, it is unpaid.  Microsoft uses the money for Gold to enable people to download games and demos and so on.  And this explains why there are far more demos of games on the 360 than the PS3.

Early on, the idea of Sony CHARGING for demo downloads was discussed.  Well, I guess it looks like it made its own comeback in this form.