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coolbeans said:

Then all your original statement does is point out the obvious, of course MS' gaming division would lose money if they made Gold free.   I am full aware that gold accounts and ads are unrelated revenue streams, but they do both make money and the possiblity of Live being free will drive in more customers, which in turn makes companies pay more for ads, which makes that hefty chunk lost from Gold members a possiblity it's not as bad as you'd think.

You'd be surprised how often the most obvious truths tend to get overlooked or even argued by silly people who fail to recognize them.