What if LIVE was totally free?

[Words Of Wisdom]

coolbeans said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

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.

Yes, let's be happy that's not the case .  Really though, was it even necessary for posting to try to pinpoint that as me being one of those people when my first reply basically shows I didn't overlook your first statement? There's really no need to "grasp for straws" or what have you.  Point being: MS would lose money if Live became free, Live being free would drive more customers, ads then cost more (or have a reason to), therefore they wouldn't lose as big of a chunk of money in their gaming division as you'd think (which has now been stated thrice (3 times)).

You have no proof of any of the claims in this post.