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darkknightkryta on 10 April 2013
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Pemalite said:
darkknightkryta said:

Because I have to pay for gold if I wanna use my 360 as a cable box?  Microsoft is banking on everything being forced through a gold account.  Hell you can't even web browse without gold.  Kinda funny cause a few things I would check out on my 360 redirects to Internet Explorer and I can't use it cause I don't have gold.


You're not missing out on much. The consoles are plain *horrible* at web browsing. :P

Last few years I've been buying a 12 month gold subscription, but then only use the console during a Halo launch and maybe a few weeks after, then it gathers dust for another 12 months and I migrate back to the PC, waste of cash? Probably.

You never know, Microsoft might ditch the live! subscription idea with the next Xbox in favor of a different more advert-heavy business model.

Considering their current dashboard is filled with ads, whether you have gold or not, is quite telling.  Why loose out on money when people will gladly pay for something they shouldn't and get advertising money?  I actually see these extra features as a way for Microsoft to charge you more.