Games with Gold extended on 360!

[Lafiel]

Adinnieken said:

Lafiel said:

Adinnieken said:

Lafiel said:

Neither does MS, you are only receiving copies of these games if you pay for gold.

That is incorrect.  Absolutely, positively incorrect.

If you are an Xbox LIVE Gold subscriber and you download something for free, it is free forever.  You can delete it, and you will still be able to redownload it again and again as many times as you want.  Even if you are no longer an Xbox LIVE Gold member.  I can attest to this.

In fact, during this latest Games for Gold deal (Halo 3), Microsoft also offered a free Xbox LIVE weekend.  Guess what?  Everyone that had a free (aka Silver) account was able to go online and download Halo 3 for free and they now own it forever.  They can play the offline features with their free account just like someone who has a Gold account, and they can delete and redownload the game as often as they want.

I see, so my wording was false there - you need to have access to Xbox Live Gold to receive these games. In most cases you need to pay for this access, yet there are cases like the free weekend or free monthly vouchers and such that actually let you receive the games for free. That's very generous of MS.

Your wording in the post I answered to wasn't entirely accurate either for example in the sentence "Sony doesn't give you any free games.". In fact I did receive free games from Sony, just not through PS+ (which you didn't mention as condition).

No, your statement of fact was false.  How you worded your opinion, with the exception of expressing an opinion, was fine. 

Yes, you need to have a Gold subscription to Xbox LIVE just like you need to have a PS+ subscription to access the PS+ games.  These are equal requirements to take advantage of the feature of the plan offered.

No, I never said a single thing about PS+.  You didn't respond to my post.   You responded to someone else's.  Regardless, you're splitting hairs.  People often say Microsoft doesn't give away free games, but in fact they do.  They also give away free Microsoft points frequently that can be used to purchase games or DLC.

I didn't pay for the majority of my DLC.  I used the free Microsoft Points that I got through Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Gold Rewards Program and through Bing Rewards to pay for my DLC.  In fact, I didn't pay one red cent for my Xbox One I have pre-ordered.  I used my Bing Rewards and redeemed them for Amazon gift cards, which I applied toward my Xbox One pre-order.

So, until I can get a free console from Sony for doing basically nothing, I don't care what PS+ gives you!!!

I never mentioned PS+. 

I see, I'm sorry for confusing you with another user, it seems I shouldn't have deleted that much of the quote tree.

As you said there are pretty much equal conditions to receiving access to PS+ and Gold "free" games (that's what I wanted to say with my first post) with the difference being that you permanently own the games you received through Gold, which obviously is a big advantage if you only had very limited time access like the free weekend and so on.

And I would be loyal to the company that gives me a free next gen console aswell, good job getting one :).