No more Gold? 12 month XBLG membership discontinued!

[sales2099]

hunter_alien said:

sales2099 said:

This is potentially good news. They don’t want people to buy 1 year of Gold if they gonna announce something that makes those people feel ripped off.

I’m thinking of when Ps Plus was introduced. Multiplayer was completely free but PS Plus was used as a marketplace value proposition. I think that’s what Gold may be transitioned into. Deeper sales on games and free games every month. Of course bundle it with GP Ultimate.

Really hope this is true. Xbox having free online would give a considerable edge on the competition and falls in line with their “breaking down barriers” and pro consumer philosophy 

Yupp. I do hope that they will make online free going forward. In all honesty, that was something that bugged me with all the subscriptions, and especially when it had the absolutely bare-bones approach ala Nintendo Online. If MS will take the first step, Sony and Nintendo will need to follow.

Imo Nintendo could easily roll it back. They only charge $25 and their success can warrant it. Sony on the other hand would be blindsided and would have to either live with the PR or take a considerable monetary hit to match Xbox. 

Hope we get an announcement in the August hardware and services event, this giving me butterflies :)