[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"][QUOTE="wisdomWarrior"] [QUOTE="The_Crucible"]As i just said in another thread, MS needs to swap what is free and what is being paid for. Users should pay for exclusive or early content, not to play online. Make the online gaming free and charge for the other stuff. Really pretty simple.The_Crucible
yeah, what you say here sounds very logical. Not sure what MS is thinking...
But they won't make nearly as much money. So that's a no from MS...
To All Of You Who Say Or Think This /\
Aren't you telling me with this that Live isn't that great? Think about this:
You're saying that if MS charged for the features like early demos, exclusive videos, achievements, cross-game invites, cross-game chat, etc. but gave the online play for free, you wouldn't give them a dime? Are you saying less people would pay for that than there is now?
I find that funny as hell.
I would think it would help sell more!!!! Someone gets an Xbox, they have a slew of games to play, all with online features. They start to play online, they get hooked, they start to look at what Live Gold would give them in all of the features I mentioned earlier.
I think it would be even more successful than it is now. Waaaaay more. And this way, you get more people into paying to get features and to have them improved upon.
Am I that far off base?
(TREAL_since, this isn't necessarily aimed at you. I've just heard like arguments from 360 supporters lately)
I could be mis-understanding you here, but I would think that MS has done things correctly in terms of maximising their revenue.
I would think that most people would rather play their games online against other people as the main feature VS paying for extra media content such as videos etc. (Therefore MS charges users to play online)
I don't think this is ethical though on MS part. I think online gaming should always be free. That's my opinion as a guy who grew up playing games online with PC. Having said that, if I had a 360 (and I'm looking to get one at the end of the year), then ofcourse I would pay for Live because I want to play my games online against other people.
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