Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype

[NotStan]

maverick40 said:

NotStan said:

maverick40 said:
Is it still going to be free to use?

Most likely yeah, if they begin to charge I see them shooting themselves in the foot and losing alot of customers, but then again if it comes to xbox, then it'll likely be a gold members feature, which is apparently an amazingly big cost.

That is very true, i forgot about that. The only reason millions of people are on skype is because it is free in the 1st place. Google + can do excellent video conferencing and that is free. As long as microsoft keep skype free then it will still be the market leader. Microsoft paid an obscene amount for skype  so how are they going to recoup the cost I wonder?

Mostly from advertising + subscription costs + they probably think that the appeal of Skype on XBL will attract potential gold customers over the years etc etc. Somehow they'll recoup them, it's a corporation after all, if there weren't money in it they wouldn't have brought it :L