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d21lewis said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
sales2099 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
d21lewis said:
I'm pretty sure I was getting Gold deals before PS+ was even a thing, S.T.A.G.E..


No. Actually it wasnt. Microsoft has never been generous.

Actually "Deals for Gold" has been a thing for years before PS+, where buying stuff online was at a great discount if you were a gold member.

 Responding to competition or not, they are now. Free games is generous. This isn't about who is more generous: Sony or MS. Just let it go.


So you mean to tell me Deals for gold has existed since before 2010? I had the Xbox 360 before 2010 and it never had those benefits. Every deal with gold benefit is a response to PSN Plus discounts. 

Wow. You really don't want M$ to have any credit at all. There was a time when M$ tried to add value to Gold by offering things the PSN didn't.  It was the only console w/ Netflix, it had newly created avatars, early access to demos, a game called 1 vs. 100, a free game for the fans called Aegis Wing, and special discounts for Gold members.  I'm at work now but I'll Google it when I get home--whatever date PS+ began, I'll show you a Gold members only deal for an earlier date.

It really isn't that big of a deal.  I even personally made a thread of all of the free stuff on XBL years ago.  I distintly remember someone replying that it was bull because M$ doesn't allow free stuff on XBL.


I am sure you missed those old days when I did boast about the good things MS did like 1 vs 100. I was a huge fan of that and I knew about the small sales they had until competition caused them to up the ante. Microsoft had Netflix first, but Sony had it without a paywall so thats kind of a toss up. What used to be hurt Sony became one of their greatest assets. Now we dont have to worry about that crap anymore because they are literally both sequal in consumer satisfatory points. MS has done a huge turn around and that is thanks in part to their competition and the fans who both yelled. Thank goodness the management changed as well.