Silver Account can't play online multi WTF M$!

I live in the country the closest electronics store is 90 minutes away and that's Best Buy. So I made the drive to Best Buy to pick up RV2 and drove back. I didn't get a chance to play it until today. Well today my gold account expired and i thought nothing of it. So I decided to try the new online multiplayer it gave me the message that I don't have mutliplayer privileges. I never knew that silver accounts couldn't play online. I don't have to pay to play online on my PC or PS3. I could understand paying more if I were guaranteed lag free gameplay, but frankly Live has the most lag and slowdowns compared to my other gaming mediums. Sure we have a pretty more user friendly store then PS3, but I never use the store. So I go to renew with my credit card through Live. M$ rejects my credit card funny seeing as how I have a 0 balance. Called customer service they couldn't do anything about it right now and suggested to buy a gold account card at a local store. Great local for me means a 3 hr round trip. I think online gaming should be free, but use of the store should be paid for. Paying for online play is another excuse for M$ to bleed gamers of their cash. I know someone will suggest moving, but living in the clean air, peace and tranquility, and beauty of these mountains more then outweigh the occasional inconvenience. What do you think? Should online gaming be free to all 360 owners?

Yea, um, you do realize that it costs less than 5 dollars a month don't you? That is a very VERY cheap price to pay for a good quality online experience. Quit complaining.

i know its a pain that you have to pay for live i know but when you try to compare internet with ps3 and wii yes they give online free. BUT they will never match wat live has like the amount of people online or friends list or joining other peoples parties etc. they will never match up YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

I'd rather pay $60 a year to have the best online I've ever experienced than have free online, like my PS3, which is unstanderized absolute utter crap.

I've been using Xbox Live since I was a beta tester for it back in 2002. I haven ever ever been disappointed with it and have loved every experience. I have met very few people who disrupt the games, and I attribute this to a strong community which the subscription fee helps filter.

Lol $50 a year isn't expensive ( get a job )

Why do you use a credit card why not use a prepaid card?

PS3 lags way more then 360 online

All of 360's multi-plats are better one 360 then PS3 ( regarding RB6 V2 )

They still have occasional free weekends, right?

I understand them wanting you to pay to play online, it's the making silver members wait a week to be able to download all new demos. Silver members were aloud to download them right away until the fall update I believe. I don't know just don't see that feature making or breaking someone wanting to buy XBL gold.

It's worth it, period.MinnesotaPickle

Thats the bottom line, its so much better then the PS3 online who cares if it costs a few dollars a month.

I'm still for increasing the price of Gold membership so as to limit the number of idiots online.g5velocity

Online gaming should be free! Honestly, I own every console and I like each one equally but tell me why is the xbox 360 the only one where you need to pay to play with your friends. I just don't get it. Microsoft like any other companies can give away the online services for free, they don't need that money more than the others.

In those years where the technologies are getting better everyday, it shouldn't be acceptable that we must pay to play online besides our regular IPS. I've never and I'll never pay to play online.

Ummmm...50 bucks a YEAR? That's NOTHING.

WoW: $13 (Roughly) a month

Gimme a break, LIVE is worth it. Plus, if you're that cheap, find the list of games you CAN play online with without having a Gold account. (i.e. Shadowrun)

You people need to STOP COMPLAINING. It's $50 a year which is $4 a month. I can find that much change in the couch! Quit being a spoiled brat and get a part time job.

And as someone above me said you pay 3 times that amount for WOW every month. You don't hear those people always complaining.

Also just a quick edit: This isn't pointing towards the OP specifically. Just more that people that constantly complain about you have to pay for Live, ticks me off.

You people need to STOP COMPLAINING. It's $50 a year which is $4 a month. I can find that much change in the couch! Quit being a spoiled brat and get a part time job.

And as someone above me said you pay 3 times that amount for WOW every month. You don't hear those people always complaining.

Also just a quick edit: This isn't pointing towards the OP specifically. Just more that people that constantly complain about you have to pay for Live, ticks me off.

howlrunner13

Noone should be complaining about having to pay $4 a month for the best online service there is. I have a PS3, and the PSN, while free...sucks.

Like I said, WoW players pay 3 times that A MONTH. And so do FF XI players, and Warhammer players. Gimme a break. They pay for one game and you can't [ay for hundreds? Pft. Stop complaining.

I live in the country the closest electronics store is 90 minutes away and that's Best Buy. So I made the drive to Best Buy to pick up RV2 and drove back. I didn't get a chance to play it until today. Well today my gold account expired and i thought nothing of it. So I decided to try the new online multiplayer it gave me the message that I don't have mutliplayer privileges. I never knew that silver accounts couldn't play online. I don't have to pay to play online on my PC or PS3. I could understand paying more if I were guaranteed lag free gameplay, but frankly Live has the most lag and slowdowns compared to my other gaming mediums. Sure we have a pretty more user friendly store then PS3, but I never use the store. So I go to renew with my credit card through Live. M$ rejects my credit card funny seeing as how I have a 0 balance. Called customer service they couldn't do anything about it right now and suggested to buy a gold account card at a local store. Great local for me means a 3 hr round trip. I think online gaming should be free, but use of the store should be paid for. Paying for online play is another excuse for M$ to bleed gamers of their cash. I know someone will suggest moving, but living in the clean air, peace and tranquility, and beauty of these mountains more then outweigh the occasional inconvenience. What do you think? Should online gaming be free to all 360 owners?

ElPadilla

I've always said that Silver membership should be playing online and thats it, and Gold membership should include all the extras like downloading demos, IM, Video chat, downloading movies, and etc. now theres no way anyone can say that this membership system doesn't make sense.julianwelton

Online gaming should be free! Honestly, I own every console and I like each one equally but tell me why is the xbox 360 the only one where you need to pay to play with your friends. I just don't get it. Microsoft like any other companies can give away the online services for free, they don't need that money more than the others.

In those years where the technologies are getting better everyday, it shouldn't be acceptable that we must pay to play online besides our regular IPS. I've never and I'll never pay to play online.

I think it should be free... but if it isn't (which it isn't) I'll just pay for it, it's one of those things that's worth it.

Also, TC, as pretty much everyone has asked, why would you buy a year's worth of gold subscription in the first place if you thought silver could play for free? You stated yourself that you don't use marketplace so it's not for that, so why would you buy gold for a year? I think you knew all along you needed it but simply forgot to update the membership so now you're complaining to us and want sympathy.

you had a gold account and didnt know silvers couldn't play online...yea rightClinton015

I was thinking the same thing

I live in the country the closest electronics store is 90 minutes away and that's Best Buy. So I made the drive to Best Buy to pick up RV2 and drove back. I didn't get a chance to play it until today. Well today my gold account expired and i thought nothing of it. So I decided to try the new online multiplayer it gave me the message that I don't have mutliplayer privileges. I never knew that silver accounts couldn't play online. I don't have to pay to play online on my PC or PS3. I could understand paying more if I were guaranteed lag free gameplay, but frankly Live has the most lag and slowdowns compared to my other gaming mediums. Sure we have a pretty more user friendly store then PS3, but I never use the store. So I go to renew with my credit card through Live. M$ rejects my credit card funny seeing as how I have a 0 balance. Called customer service they couldn't do anything about it right now and suggested to buy a gold account card at a local store. Great local for me means a 3 hr round trip. I think online gaming should be free, but use of the store should be paid for. Paying for online play is another excuse for M$ to bleed gamers of their cash. I know someone will suggest moving, but living in the clean air, peace and tranquility, and beauty of these mountains more then outweigh the occasional inconvenience. What do you think? Should online gaming be free to all 360 owners?

ElPadilla

You can get a 13 months gold subs from many reliable sources around the web for just 30 bucks. I find it funny M$, richest company on planet makes you pay to play online but .. what you gonna do uh? Live is not that bad and for 2,77 USD per month you just CANT complain.

And as someone above me said you pay 3 times that amount for WOW every month. You don't hear those people always complaining.

howlrunner13