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Retrasado on 30 June 2008

At the very least, M$ should make it free because otherwise, a lot of PS360 owners will start buying their multi-plats on PS3 and pocket the extra $50.



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Euphoria14 on 30 June 2008
Tigawoods said:
Euphoria14 said:
SpookyXJ said:
Tigawoods said:
dbot said:
What is the difference between a XBL Gold and Silver account? Is it just the ability to play games online? It has to be something more than that for $50.

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 Not sure if this is right but I think with the gold account you wouldn't have to pay a subscription fee for MMOs. Im not sure if ppl had pay for the Final Fantasy MMO or not. Someone on here im sure knows the answers. I'd have to say it would be nice to not have to pay a monthly fee while playing Huxley or Age of Conan (If they end up being good on the 360, AOC was pretty good on PC and I played it at the recommended requirements)

 

 I dont know about all the MMOs but I have read Huxley will have a subscription fee but you wont have to have a gold account for online play.

All MMO's on LIVE require a subscription fee to play, they do not however require Gold LIVE accounts. All non MMO games however, do require Gold.

 

I am also pretty sure that people pay $50 a year not just for basic online, but basic online for ONLY 1 gamertag. The $50 fee doesn't make your 360 online enabled, just one gamertag, so if your brother or sister have their own gamertag, I am pretty sure they will need to pony up some dough too if they intend to play online as well.

Anyone confirm this? ^ Has this changed, is this still the case?

 

 

 I believe that its 50$ per gamertag since your gamertag acts as its own account so to speak.  However you can make your own profile name to use on local connections and single player type games but you cannot use that profile name online unless u buy an account.

Also thanx for the clarification. I did a little looking around and it seems now they may reduce the fee to gold subscribers or at least make it less than the fee for PC subscribers. Those are rumors however and im pretty skeptical. No worries tho, if either of them end up being good it'll be just like the days of paying for WoW and XBL.

 

No problem. :)

Could you possibly PM me the link to the article that talks about the rumored price reduction on MMO's for Gold users?

Thanks in advance.



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Strategyking92 on 30 June 2008
Euphoria14 said:
Strategyking92 said:

oh, I thought this was about home and shit.....

Well, it's worth it in my opinion, I don't mind paying. If you hate paying, then shut the hell up and don't use xbox live, that's all I can say about that really.

 

I'm so damn tired of these threads popping up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well then simply reading someones posts would help before attacking ones opinion. In terms of this thread I was only talking about basic online play. I was asking for reasons from users of the Gold service as to why the subscription fee was justified, but have yet to hear one valid response other than "Well, I think it is worth it."

Although it is nice to know if I don't use LIVE I am not allowed to give my reasons on why I refuse to pay.

Oh well.

Sony fanboys turned the thread into that.... And you quoted me wtf?

 Sure it would be nice if it were free..... but you don't see 90% of xbox gamers complaining, so quit ruffling feathers.



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Euphoria14 on 30 June 2008
Strategyking92 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Strategyking92 said:

oh, I thought this was about home and shit.....

Well, it's worth it in my opinion, I don't mind paying. If you hate paying, then shut the hell up and don't use xbox live, that's all I can say about that really.

 

I'm so damn tired of these threads popping up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well then simply reading someones posts would help before attacking ones opinion. In terms of this thread I was only talking about basic online play. I was asking for reasons from users of the Gold service as to why the subscription fee was justified, but have yet to hear one valid response other than "Well, I think it is worth it."

Although it is nice to know if I don't use LIVE I am not allowed to give my reasons on why I refuse to pay.

Oh well.

Sony fanboys turned the thread into that.... And you quoted me wtf?

 Sure it would be nice if it were free..... but you don't see 90% of xbox gamers complaining, so quit ruffling feathers.

 

I am not putting you to blame for the thread going off topic, I am only referring to the conversation between me and you.

Possibly read your post wrong, I don't know. If it seems that way, I apologize but that is not the way it was intended.



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Aj_habfan on 30 June 2008
DirtyP2002 said:

it is funny that the PS3-supporters want Xbox Live to be free while the xbox-supporters are willing to pay for this offer.

You win.

This is sad. PS3 fans, if they want to pay money, just let them pay their damn money.

 



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Strategyking92 on 30 June 2008
Aj_habfan said:
DirtyP2002 said:

it is funny that the PS3-supporters want Xbox Live to be free while the xbox-supporters are willing to pay for this offer.

You win.

This is sad. PS3 fans, if they want to pay money, just let them pay their damn money.

 

 

 I don't give a damn if you think it's sad, let us do as we please. It is of no concern to YOU.



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JaggedSac on 30 June 2008

Yes, please let people do what they want. Not sure what the fuck difference it makes to any of you guys anyway.

People will continue to pay for MMOs even though there are free ones out there, and the upkeep costs are the same for all of them.

$0.14 cents a day, I can live with that.

I can't believe people will pay to watch shitty Hollywood movies, but I am not going to argue with them that they should stop it when they are clearly enjoying themselves.



Abandoned on 30 June 2008

im not sure i would be willing to shell out 50 dollars a year just to get xbl. not sure if its worth it



Aj_habfan on 30 June 2008
Strategyking92 said:
Aj_habfan said:
DirtyP2002 said:

it is funny that the PS3-supporters want Xbox Live to be free while the xbox-supporters are willing to pay for this offer.

You win.

This is sad. PS3 fans, if they want to pay money, just let them pay their damn money.

 

 

 I don't give a damn if you think it's sad, let us do as we please. It is of no concern to YOU.

That is exactly what I was saying...

 



JaggedSac on 30 June 2008
Aj_habfan said:
Strategyking92 said:
Aj_habfan said:
DirtyP2002 said:

it is funny that the PS3-supporters want Xbox Live to be free while the xbox-supporters are willing to pay for this offer.

You win.

This is sad. PS3 fans, if they want to pay money, just let them pay their damn money.

 

 

 I don't give a damn if you think it's sad, let us do as we please. It is of no concern to YOU.

That is exactly what I was saying...

 

 

 LOL, that is what he is saying too.