gotmashed

Went in to the shop to buy 12 months live but was told not to just yet, With the ps3 coming out with there online thing (ps3 live or what ever they are calling it) for free theres rumers of xbox live being free soon as well, Does anyone know or heard if this is the case or is it bull

Tuts

It seems to be specualtion at the moment.

Microsoft have stated that live on pc will be free for basic online play but there might be a premium service with extra features where you can play against xbox owners on dedicated moderated servers with voice chat. Nothing definate yet though.

They know you can do it for free on pc now so they obviously cant start charging for it. How this will effect xbox live if at all remains to be seen, so mostly it seems to be speculation by the gaming media.

You never know though with sony trying it. Microsoft could possibly reduce the price if sony get theirs going properly. They might even make it free just to completely blow them away. Who knows.....fingers crossed.

gotmashed

hhmm i might just wait or get a month or so and see what happens

DJ Dunk

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Its already been announced that should you already have an Xbox Live account tied to your 360, you won’t need to pay anything extra if you wish to use it for PC gaming. Windows Games will cost you nothing as a current Gold member. If you don’t have a Gold account: the price is the same for a subscription as that on the 360.

In exactly the same way as the 360, there will be the free but not-as-good offering of Silver, or of course Gold, still priced the same.

This naturally means that your Achievements and Gamerscore are carried over, so any Vista games that feature Achievements will be added to your ‘Tag, and again carried back onto the 360 when you need it.

GDC 07: Microsoft Reveals Live For Windows Pricing



Which shop told you not to buy a Live subscription ?

myblackwrx

iTrader: (1)

'Which shop told you not to buy a Live subscription ?'

One that needs to get as many mugs paying £425 for a console ,my mate works in Game and they have been set daily targets of PS3 preorders.

gotmashed

gamestation but she didnt ask about preordering anything lol,

Silver membership is worthless in my eyes even gold the only diffrence is you can play online. I think if you have gold you should be able to get the arcade games and themes for free tight gits