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tuscaniman99 on 27 December 2013
ethomaz said:

tuscaniman99 said:

You said Skype is a paid service on top of the Live subscription when it is not. I use Skype so therefore I must pay extra for it according to you.

Skype is a paid service even if you have Live... just because MS created a free quota for some time didn't make it a free service.

And yes... you will need to pay extra to use it soon.

Do I have to pay any additional fees to use Skype on Xbox One? Do I need a Skype premium account?

Other than the Xbox Live Gold membership, there are no additional fees to use Skype-to-Skype features such as video, voice, and messaging. If you use up your 100 world minutes of calling to mobile phones or landlines, you can purchase Skype credit or sign up for a Skype subscription. For more information about Skype credits and subscriptions, go to Skype.com.

Directly from Xbox.com. Unless you use Skype to actually call people over mobile or land lines from your Xbox One is is free. /discussion





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theprof00 on 31 December 2013
tuscaniman99 said:
theprof00 said:

Listen tuscan, if you got xboxlive for free, and someone said you were comparing xboxlive to a free psn service unfairly, would you say "I pay nothing for live"? No you wouldn't because that would be asinine. Regardless of what YOU pay, it doesn't change the fact that it's a paid service which you are being offered to try in a limited fashion.

(100 minutes a month, which is equal to 3 minutes a day)

So I guess I was imagining it when I was on Skype last night for 3 hours? Or a few nights before when I was talking to my friend for 2 hours on Skype? I have used over 500 minutes in the past 2 weeks on Skype.

And you've been in a group?



NiKKoM on 31 December 2013

lol.. how did this become a Skype discussion

http://blogs.skype.com/2013/11/21/get-the-best-of-skype-on-xbox-one/
We are offering six months of free group video calling and 100 minutes of calls per month to landlines and mobiles in over 50 countries*.

Skype is actually looking at making group video calling free for all.. they talked about it last month..
http://www.techradar.com/news/video/skype-looking-to-make-group-video-calls-free-1199469



 

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theprof00 on 31 December 2013
NiKKoM said:
lol.. how did this become a Skype discussion

http://blogs.skype.com/2013/11/21/get-the-best-of-skype-on-xbox-one/
We are offering six months of free group video calling and 100 minutes of calls per month to landlines and mobiles in over 50 countries*.

Skype is actually looking at making group video calling free for all.. they talked about it last month..
http://www.techradar.com/news/video/skype-looking-to-make-group-video-calls-free-1199469

Because people get insecure about their service and so talk about how great their non-related features are :D

But yes, according to the links you've so generously provided, skype group, which was what we were debating in regards to party-chat, is indeed a pay service that is free for a limited time. Whether or not they make group calls free, only time will tell. It really depends on how big the competitors' free services get. That news was actually posted to vgc here a week or so ago.