Its a business model that works and will almost certainly be repeated by others in the next generation. Microsoft are trying hard to differeniate the Gold product away from just online gaming. I am not sure they have been that successful but the Gold service offers more than online gaming and depending on the individual a lot more.
Consoles as a whole are to blame for the ultimate rise in paid for gaming because of the architecture. You could say that the console is even killing of PC gaming, certainly that would be my opinion have played the frankly appalingly crippled Multiplay system for MW2 on the PC.
What Microsoft should not do though is start to restrict services such as the BBC iPlayer that is a mistake. The silver service does not need to held totally back due to a paid service.
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