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d21lewis on 15 May 2014
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.



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d21lewis on 15 May 2014
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Chris Hu said:

I'm pretty sure they had occasional extra discounts on games for gold members before 2010.  Now discounts on games are much more frequent both for gold and non gold members.  It seems that there are some deals on games and other stuff on the 360 on a semi weekly basis.


Oh...I just read up. Deals with  gold is the new initiative with stronger sales to combat PSN+ discounts. It was renamed from the "Deal of the Week" which has existed since 2009. Things are about to get interesting now because those old deals were a joke. Thanks to Valve, Sony started doing discounts and thanks to Sony, Microsoft followed suit. Competition is a hell of a thing and the deals are great all around now.

http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Xbox_Live:_Deal_of_the_Week

Seems like you've already done some research.  I don't know about those old deals being a joke.  If they were discounts, then what's the problem?  I think I got Prince of Persia 2009 (can't remember the subtitle) for like $5 from one of those deals.



S.T.A.G.E. on 15 May 2014
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.



Chris Hu on 15 May 2014
d21lewis said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Chris Hu said:

I'm pretty sure they had occasional extra discounts on games for gold members before 2010.  Now discounts on games are much more frequent both for gold and non gold members.  It seems that there are some deals on games and other stuff on the 360 on a semi weekly basis.


Oh...I just read up. Deals with  gold is the new initiative with stronger sales to combat PSN+ discounts. It was renamed from the "Deal of the Week" which has existed since 2009. Things are about to get interesting now because those old deals were a joke. Thanks to Valve, Sony started doing discounts and thanks to Sony, Microsoft followed suit. Competition is a hell of a thing and the deals are great all around now.

http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Xbox_Live:_Deal_of_the_Week

Seems like you've already done some research.  I don't know about those old deals being a joke.  If they were discounts, then what's the problem?  I think I got Prince of Persia 2009 (can't remember the subtitle) for like $5 from one of those deals.

If you talking about the cell shaded on that came out in 2008 its just Prince of Persia (no subtitle).  If you talking about the one that came out in 2010 which was kinda of a tie in with that aweful live action Disney film it Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.



ironmanDX on 15 May 2014
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.


 MS is probably the most generous of all 3 universally. Bill Gates has donted enough money to charity to buy Sony, Nintendo and have change. Also...

 

Microsoft employees set new charitable giving record: $113M to 19K non-profits in 2013

 

I realise the thread is about generosity towards us gamers but damn... Poor post, my friend.