yo_john117 said:
pezus said:
yo_john117 said:
pezus said:
yo_john117 said:
nightsurge said:
pezus said:
nightsurge said:
Simple answer. No.
Long answer. No, because with Xbox Live they already have a great social community/network. What they need to do is simply keep expanding the features and options of this service, move it to Windows 8 in the future like they will, combine it with the universal gaming service that has been rumored from MS, and voila. |
A paid online/social service will never work for PC/Windows, so they'd have to make Live free for that to work.
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I disagree. What MS is doing is bringing all the features and even games of Xbox Live, Xbox 360, etc accessible from your PC. Having the ability to do all the media operations, including the new Live TV services, and stream games through their universal (buy once, play on all platforms) gaming service they are working on would be a huge selling point.
A paid multiplayer service on PC? No, they wouldn't pay for just that.
A paid online/social/gaming/entertainment/cloud/mobile/universal/etc service on PC? Yes, I believe quite a few if not most people would be up for this.
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It would work simply for the fact that anyone with XBL due to owning a 360 would be able to use it on the PC. There's your userbase right there.
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I guess, but it's a small one. I've been told that PC gamers game on the PC while 360 gamers game on the 360 almost exclusively because a 360 is much cheaper than a gaming PC. Well, we'll see. They won't be expanding their audience by a lot at least, I know that.
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Yeah I agree it won't have a very big userbase especially initially but I think it will surprise many people.
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Fair enough. I'm curious to know more about it at least :D. Hopefully they will start supporting the PC more again and actually release games for it.
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Well if their news is true than every Xbox Live game that is released on the 360 and Windows phone will be compatible for the PC all for 1 price. Much like the Steam stuff of Portal 2 and the PS3.
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I think the major lure will be for casual gamers/casual non-gamers on PC. Aside from the 360 gamers that own a PC as well, casuals will buy into the Xbox Live offerings for the mere simplicity of it. Everything all in one spot with all those services is a major selling point. I don't expect many PC only gamers to use the service/pay for it, but casuals and non-gamers are really going to love it, I think.
