richardhutnik said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
When I first got onto VGChartz I only owned a 360 (Which of course I defended at the time because MS had the third party exclusives). No offense but the 360 owners were stomping the PS3 owners for "having no games" and doing the exact same crap the PS3 owners are dishing out today. 2008 through now Sony has been throwing out the exclusives and people have swayed. Some stayed on a side lableing, and abusing the rules (we all have). All console camps were boasting, including the Wii owners who finally after two generations could say their faith in Nintendos ability to dominate wasn't in vain. Of course the war was always between the PS3/360 owners who warred amongst ourselves. People had a reason to argue for Microsoft back in 2005-2008 but after that I really don't know what to tell you. Perhaps some people got scared off, but the fact remains the trolls exist in every group, arguers do too. We've all been in on it because we all have a personal preference even if we own all of the consoles. The response to the topic is founded on the truth that essentially nothing pertaining to online multiplayer is free to play on Xbox Live, so Microsofts statement about it being a natural fit is actually founded on a lie.
Here is the quote from the end of OP:
“The free-to-play model and games experiences will be available to all Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers,” the spokesperson concluded, “as many of the games planned will be multiplayer games by nature (an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription is required for multiplayer gaming). The games that use the free-to-play mechanic will leverage the Microsoft Points system.”
That is the running joke of this post. By their very nature Microsoft does not support free online gaming.
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Every single thing contained in that quote fits the context of the quote. It CLEARLY states the "free to play" model/experience/mechanism (aka, how free to play works) is going to go to XBox Live Gold members. For those who are already paying for Gold, they are going to get games they didn't pay for, to use with their account.
People to say this is a lie is seriously pushing it. By the full context, it is accurate. If one wants to then split hairs over how "free to play" is being defined, feel free to. But you will see individuals who defend PS+ to no end, and say they are getting FREE games, say Microsoft is lying. This is inconsistent. Both use a subscription model and give you content to use with the subscription model for no additional charge. WIth the F2P model, there is also likely micropayments that are coming.
And the reality is, on how cute this discussion has gotten, you pay for Internet and everything else. Next up, is fully free to play going to consist of games being beamed directly toyour head
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Um dude...Xbox Live is a subscription based program. If Microsoft blocks other people from using online because of a fee it defeats the purpose of free to play. Nothing is free on Xbox Live outside of the silver package which is bare bones at best. No doubt Xbox Live will be a great MMO platform for free online games elsewhere, but Xbox Live is a premium service. Free and Xbox Live dont mix in a press statement. On PC, PS3, Wii definitely...Xbox 360 no. This isn't bias I pay for live when theres games I want to play online on it, but it really was a bad choice of words and shows just how out of touch they are with their own policy.
