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sales2099 on 24 June 2013

Sony going paywall has done a lot to help justify Gold. Just gotta work on making Gold more value oriented



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hatmoza on 24 June 2013

This would be awesome because if Microsoft make online free, Sony would most likely follow suit.

I doubt this will happen at all however.



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sergiodaly on 24 June 2013

didn't they just announce a investment of 700 millions in a server farm for azure and xbl??? investing 700 millions and make it free = "does not compute"

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cunger on 24 June 2013

It might not be worth it because Sony could just match whatever Microsoft plans to do.  Just sell a fricken version of the system sans-kinect!



adriane23 on 24 June 2013
ironmanDX said:
adriane23 said:
I can see them doing a 3-6 month free trial of Gold.


I heard that when I pre-ordered my Day One edition I will also get a year free of XBLG. Was told in store.

Unless the person in the store was a decision maker within MS, you should take that with a grain of salt. That would be a lot of revenue they would be losing considering the number of launch consoles they're expecting to ship, and probably wouldn't sit well with their investors.



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J_Allard on 24 June 2013

Day One editions do get a year of XBL. It was on Xbox.com. Might still be.



nnodley on 24 June 2013
J_Allard said:
Day One editions do get a year of XBL. It was on Xbox.com. Might still be.

No I don't think they do. This is what it says is included:

 

Xbox One 
Day One Edition

Whats included:

  • Xbox One console
  • Kinect sensor
  • Commemorative controller
  • Exclusive achievement
  • HDMI Cable
And it also has this at the bottom of the page:

1: Available in limited quantities at select retailers while supplies last. Games and Xbox Live Gold membership sold separately. 
2: * Broadband internet (ISP fees apply) and advanced TV hardware required. Games and media content sold separately. Additional subscriptions and/or requirements apply for some Xbox Live features. Some Gold benefits cannot be shared; access limited to a single, designated Xbox One console in Gold member's home. Content use restrictions and other limitations apply. 

 



ironmanDX on 24 June 2013
The Fury said:
ironmanDX said:
The Fury said:

Bill Gates is not MS, Bill Gates does great things with his personal wealth. If profits were never a concern for MS they would have never charged for XBLive in the first place.

Lol. Bill Gates is not MS... The money he gave to charity was from MS and a majority of it was while he was still there. I also never said profits were not a concern. Every company in the world should be concerned with it.

I respect Bill Gates the man and it's his choice what he does with his wealth (gained from Microsoft or not), same with any of the high up employees. 

The second sentence was more a general stance based on the subject and what you quoted. The employees above are not MS the corporation. The corporation who wants you to use Bing and IE. Employee's own doings with their own money isn't really the corporation, all we know is that MS employees some dang nice people.


Well, the corporation isn't a living breathing and thinking being is it? How could it give to charity then? How could it be selfish? One or the other guys...



Sweep on 25 June 2013

 Microsoft hopes that Xbox One users will ultimately choose to embrace many of the features that caused concern after the system’s unveiling. “[They] still believe strongly that their original business model contains many revolutionary features that consumers can be incentivized to adopt or that consumers will activate on their own,” the source revealed.

IMHO, this has "DRM comming back ASAP" written in it