Need advice on main difference between Gold and Silver Live

I've had my 360 since Nov 2006, after a few months I broke down and bought a Xbox live gold card for a year, and now my year is almost up....But my question is, If I drop back to Silver, do I still get to download roster updates for lets say NBA 2k8, or if there is any update on any game do I still get it?? Also can I still download demos?? These are about the only things I do on Live (yeah I know its sad) because I just cant get into online gaming......maybe cuz I am 29 goin on 30, and didnt grow up with the online gaming like some of you younger gamers did, or maybe I just suck and I'm too scared to get my arse beat, but for whatever reasons I ended up playing games online maybe 2-3 times total in a whole year.....So I have no problem going back to the FREE silver, I just want to make sure I still can download updates on games I own if there is an update, and that I can still download demos from time to time....thanks in advance for whoever takes the time to answer

if you have silver you have to wait a week before you can download new stuff from marketplace and theres no online gaming, but i think you can still play ea games online because its on there own servers.

but really you dont like online gaming? my dad even plays halo with me and my brother sometimes, and hes in his 50s.

if you have silver you have to wait a week before you can download new stuff from marketplace and theres no online gaming, but i think you can still play ea games online because its on there own servers.

but really you dont like online gaming? my dad even plays halo with me and my brother sometimes, and hes in his 50s.

SpeedMan72

I don't think you can play online on any game without Gold, it all goes through the live servers at the start (EA games then just route themselves to EA's Servers.)

But my question is, If I drop back to Silver, do I still get to download roster updates for lets say NBA 2k8, or if there is any update on any game do I still get it?? Also can I still download demos?? These are about the only things I do on Live (yeah I know its sad) because I just cant get into online gaming......maybe cuz I am 29 goin on 30, and didnt grow up with the online gaming like some of you younger gamers did, or maybe I just suck and I'm too scared to get my arse beat, but for whatever reasons I ended up playing games online maybe 2-3 times total in a whole year.....uschris0304

i was silver before i went gold, and you can still download demos, but you have to wait a bit longer than gold members. also you still get patches. and you can still pay for content.

but i dont think you can game online at all, no matter what publisher etc

i understand what you say about online gaming - im 26 and i have never been able to get into it. COD4 MP was ok, but i always find myself playing SP rather than MP. even RTS games i tend to play skirmishes against CPU rather than online.

it doesnt help that i have crap broadband, i tried to play R6V MP the other day and the other players kept asking me to kill myself because the lag was so bad! kinda ruins the experience when people ask you to hari kari

ok, according to what I just read on GameSpot xbox 360 tech center, the only differences between silver and gold are 1. 50 bucks, 2. exclusive marketplace content, and 3. Full multiplayer access...and thats it....However on Silver you do get MMO multiplayer access whatever that is....uschris0304

MMO stands for massively multiplayer online...the only games i can think of atm are phantasy star and FF

[QUOTE="uschris0304"]ok, according to what I just read on GameSpot xbox 360 tech center, the only differences between silver and gold are 1. 50 bucks, 2. exclusive marketplace content, and 3. Full multiplayer access...and thats it....However on Silver you do get MMO multiplayer access whatever that is....chaoscougar1

MMO stands for massively multiplayer online...the only games i can think of atm are phantasy star and FF

And you have to pay a monthly subscription (like WoW) for them as well I think.