If MS removed the pay wall for GOLD for the next Xbox, what kind of pressure would that put on Sony?

[gergroy]

VGKing said:

gergroy said:
Microsoft will never remove the pay wall for xbox live. It is the core foundation of the xbox business they are trying to build. Especially since I believe they are going to use xbox live contracts as a way to subsidize the cost of buying their next gen system so they can come in at a cheaper price point.

I don't see that being successful. The last thing most people need is yet another contract. We already got cable/phone/cell contracts.

they have already been testing it out with the 360 and it has already been successful.  

If anything, the cable/cell phones indicate that their is plenty of desire from people to sign contracts to get a lower price of entry.