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Forums - Gaming - Want to know how MS will Charge for Gold Live on Windows 10?? By giving you free games!!.

noname2200 on 16 February 2016

As long as the important stuff, like actually being able to play online, are free, the rest of the service can do whatever it wants.



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LudicrousSpeed on 16 February 2016

If they can get other publishers on board, similar to EA's new Origin Access service on PC which launched with a good Ubisoft title, GwG on Windows could be enticing.



Puppyroach on 16 February 2016

I wonder what three games I will get on PC each month? That would be 84 free games/year on X1/360/PC so I assume many games will be the same game in different versions? Good offer though :).



Scisca on 16 February 2016

How would this be competing with Steam?



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

noname2200 on 16 February 2016
RolStoppable said:
noname2200 said:
As long as the important stuff, like actually being able to play online, are free, the rest of the service can do whatever it wants.

Understandable, but not an interesting post.

The interesting part would be if Microsoft can pull off what Sony did. I don't think they can because the PC, unlike a PlayStation console, is an open platform. Microsoft may try to force Gold on everyone with Windows 11 (or whatever they will call it), but I don't see that working because they don't have control over all publishers on PC, so gamers will let Microsoft rot and go to the games that aren't tied to Microsoft's service.

I'm also doubtful: Microsoft has tried to push their system onto the PC before, with catastrophic results, and this new strategy tells me they at least learned something from that failure.

That said, for all their preening the PC gaming community really isn't that much more demanding than their console counterparts. They've willingly swallowed a DRM scheme and santcified its pusher: sweeten the pot enough and it's not inconceivable that they'd pay for online play too. It's less likely because the platform has so many alternatives, but it's not impossible.