Xbox Live PC free and console gamers are not happy

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NightDragon83 said:

Scoobes said:
Well, it's not like they can charge PC gamers for something they've had for free for years and get for free from competing services like Steam. So this is expected and MS should never have charged for Live in the first place.

Now Sony have jumped on the bandwagon and it's ever so slightly annoying that console gaming online costs. I sympathise, but I'm glad I game on both platforms.

You know what would be funny is if, now that Sony has also put online multiplayer behind a paywall via PS Plus, M$ does a complete 180 and allows all aspects of XBL services to be free for all Xbox gamers.  It would certainly put Sony in a tough spot as M$ could afford to eat the cost of losing that revenue stream.

It'll never happen though... both companies know that XBL Gold and PS Plus memberships are far too lucrative for them to completely do away with.

LOL Damn. That would've been slick. Microsoft dropped the price of Xbox Live as well.