Comments on: Like it slow? Take Xbox Live Silver!

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:32:11 +0000

Tree Huggers.

By: mu

mu — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:51:00 +0000

oh, and did he just call my mom crunchy?

- mu

By: mu

mu — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:50:30 +0000

a little off topic, but speaking of slow, wasn’t xboxlivepipeline.com supposed to be updated once in awhile as opposed to xbox.com? they still have no reference to the splinter cell demo, and, as far as i can tell, have not been updated at all since they went up (i could easily be mistaken). is the only way to check for marketplace updates to actually turn on the 360? i guess that is not totally unreasonable, but it seems like it would be an easy problem for m$ to solve by just updating their own websites when changes ar made to the marketplace. i guess i am wondering, isn’t that what the pipeline was supposed to be for? again, sorry this is so off topic, and ranty, but i figure this news was almost dead anyway.

- mu

By: Spicedbuddha

Spicedbuddha — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:12:42 +0000

silly hippies! i love hippies. they are crunchy and good with ketchup. lol, (i’m a Wood Dragon!)

loveya.

By: BadMon

BadMon — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:45:02 +0000

need I remind you that until this generation, if you didnt pay for xbox live.. you didint get SHIT.. stop your bitching WAIT a week.. and then download it.

By: mu

mu — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:48:20 +0000

i am in total agreeance with nino and curry. it is not like silver is getting all this for free, and now they are just complaining, silver members have already paid for this service when they purchased their consoles, and are now getting straight PENALIZED for not taking advantage of the premiere services. they were promised the same xbox live experience minus the online gameplay, and are now told they will not be receiving it. i love my gold membership, but i play online. i am perfectly comfortable in sharing the other benefits of xbox live with my silver friends, and hey, i am not even a hippy (though my parents were (not my fault)).
so i say, all you silvers out there, don’t take this crap. at least tell major butt-munch that this is total bs, cause it is.

- mu

By: Kenny K

Kenny K — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:59:34 +0000

less then $5 a month is what Gold costs in the US. i have an idea for those complaining: dont get fast food just once a month and that alone pays for Gold

By: john trfc

john trfc — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:33:51 +0000

11 pence in uk money a day is what gold costs in the uk. if you cant afford 11p a day lol

By: Kenny K

Kenny K — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:50:11 +0000

i love it when people find room to bitch about anything FREE. while yes microsoft did state many times that the difference between Silver and Gold would be online gaming, they also did mention a few times of Gold exclusive content.

this is really stupid, if i gave you a free car would you bitch if i told you to wait a week?? they are still getting it but rewarding the paying customers is a very good idea.

you dont like it, get gold, or shut up about whats given to you for FREE.

By: BikeRanger

BikeRanger — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:33:23 +0000

I completely agree, Neuro. And MS isn’t doing this to take anything away from Silver folks, they’re doing it to make their paid Gold membership more valuable.

But hey, every bozo with Minesweeper and a web browser is an expert on game design and marketing.

By: BadMon

BadMon — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:53:27 +0000

Whats the fucking point of XBOX Silver anyhow? Get off your broke ass and pay the 4 dollars and change a month. cheap bastards

By: Stewie Griffin

Stewie Griffin — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:49:39 +0000

that’s what i did to download the GoW trailer!
this thing also helped them reaching 4 million xbox live members n i’m sure it will help them in future too!!

By: kobejonez

kobejonez — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:34:01 +0000

Me too! I think we should have benefits over silver members(cheap a$$e$)why should they have stuff that we pay for.

By: AlienStitch

AlienStitch — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:10:28 +0000

http://www.xbox.com/en-US...e/memberships/?WT.svl=nav

By: Beeb

Beeb — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:46:58 +0000

Good, at least we get something for the money we pay.

By: El $corpio

El $corpio — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:30:07 +0000

It’s a nice bonus for the gold members..after all they do pay for extra stuff

By: Hologuts

Hologuts — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:03:27 +0000

The easiest way round this (as stated) is just simply make a free month gold account to download. When it runs out delete it and when another gold only download appears, create another free month gold account. There is no limit and no credit cards needed. Just an e-mail (and that doesn’t have to exist) and a passport you create.

I think taking trailers to gold only is too much. I have a gold account and have been on xbox live since it started on the original xbox, but I think Microsoft are wrong on this issue.

Seems we are also getting more hype on a game that won’t be demo’ed. What are they hiding? A decent looking game with no gameplay (actually, it has over use of the same graphics if you take a closer look at buildings, windows). This game is way over hyped and there are going to be a lot of gamers dissapointed with it. Yet there will be no demo to avoid losing these sales before release. More dirty tricks? Take advantage of the hype to sell a game that they know a lot of gamers will be disspointed with because the game is all hype and no gameplay.

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:54:25 +0000

Damn hippy.

By: Curry

Curry — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:58:17 +0000

They are adding value to a paid service.

No they are crippling the free service without prior announcement, by removing value from it that was always stated would be available on Silver. No limitations were ever implied.

Using much-wanted content to sell an online service that lots of people don’t want is what I don’t like about the whole approach.

By: Curry

Curry — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:55:14 +0000

Sorry T-man

By: Kum0

Kum0 — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:49:07 +0000

Hasnt anyone noticed the promotions in all th enew games coming out.
Splinter Cell, and Pro Evo 6 both game with 48hr free gold.

I expect Gears do this as well… I will soon have a week of gold for free :|:|:|:

By: Neurothustra

Neurothustra — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:48:51 +0000

I find it interesting that the debate exists. As already, numerously, mentioned: silver members still get the freebies. And no one is talking baout paying to watch advertisements, the discussion is about Silver members waiting so that the freeloaders don’t clog the bandwidth for paying customers (much in the way many game demo filer server force non-paying customers to queue) by being forced to wait several days. Moreover, if you bought a router and configured your home network to even get your 360 online, why not just get a gold subscription? And if you don’t think it’s worth your money, fine - but don’t begrudge Microsoft for adding faster access as a premium benefit. Damn, some of you are just overcome with a sense of entitlement.

By: meStevo

meStevo — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:28:44 +0000

My Xbox Live Diamond Card has nothing to do with online gaming, so stop using that as the crux for arguments. They are adding value to a paid service. You cant compare it to cable because it is a paid service either way.

Now for those that ‘dont have time to play online’ have a reason to get gold as this moves forward and happens more and more often. If it is used enough it will become more and more valid.

By: giantfoodmonster

giantfoodmonster — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:03:07 +0000

dabombar-z speaks the truth

By: slug

slug — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:38:24 +0000

I think the bigger question is why spend $50-60 a year when you don’t have any time to play online?

It’s called a job, and a life. Once you have those two special things, online gaming doesn’t matter much.

By: dabombar-z

dabombar-z — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:20:27 +0000

Gamers are some of the dumbest consumers on the planet. Hey Gold members, this doesn’t change anything for you dummies. You’ve got nothing that you haven’t gotten before. It’s like feeling special because someone told you but still treats you the same. Brilliant!
Hey Sivler members, the stuff is still free morons. You just get it later. Stop whining because you wouldn’t even know the difference unless a Gold member told you. If you didn’t think it was worth it to go Gold due to the great multiplayer games, your an idiot to think its worth it now.

By: willyb

willyb — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:09:54 +0000

Fricken tight asses, buy gold. How the hell can’t you afford 50 bucks a year?!?!?!

It gets you 12 + 1 Months

By: GrandHolyKing

GrandHolyKing — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:18:23 +0000

I have to agree with their strategy. We pay gold to play online so why not get something in return aside from the same downloadable content as silver members?
Xbox Live is very cheap anyway, I could never go to a silver account so i’m not bothered.

By: Raptor

Raptor — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:47:43 +0000

Thats assuming they use the same model. Microsoft isn’t in the position that Sony is to sell content and use that to back its online efforts as Microsoft isn’t a content owner or provider. Sony is, Sony owns music labels, music studios and tv studios all with their own original content which it can levy to sell online for a premium price and this library will also get other content providers to offer their content as well, that is how business is done. Personally I think the online is going to be a lot better than ps2 and up to par with 360 because of the fact that Sony has so many other ways to create revenue compared to Microsoft that they don’t HAVE to charge for their online component.

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:03:35 +0000

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:42:30 +0000

I do it because I love you Triggar Men.

By: zaksheskyman

zaksheskyman — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:40:12 +0000

HAHAHA

By: TRIGGER M4N

TRIGGER M4N — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:34:42 +0000

I don’t think you have EVER spelt my name correct, have you?

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:30:43 +0000

http://forum.xboxic.com/showthread.php?t=843

Trigger Mate has made an excellent forum thread on the subject, I suggest you guys get in on that too, way easier to discuss than in the comments section…

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:29:25 +0000

So now I’m a hippie because I don’t play online and therefore don’t feel the need to pay for it? It’s not a matter of what I can or can’t afford…

By: J1980

J1980 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:20:29 +0000

A good idea would be to perhaps keep all those 48hr gold trial cards that get put in new games, so then when something you really want is on marketplace, redeem your 48hr trial and go get it….or just buy gold subscriptions off ebay if you’re after cheap….I could NOT own an xbox360 and have just a silver account - it dont even bare thinking!!

By: Tucky

Tucky — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:17:29 +0000

yes but PS3 online will imo suck the same as ps2, 360 owners pay for L!VE therefore MS are more likely to have updates, better options etc to keep us paying whereas sony wont care as people dont pay so why should they care? you get what i mean?

By: Blackfish95

Blackfish95 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:58:44 +0000

It’s pretty lame (FWIW I’m a live subscriber since the day it launched) to make an ad a ‘premium’ content.

IN response to some who have said trailers on marketplace aren’t worth it, it’s faster on the web etc… umm… I’m pretty sure the 720p trailers look a hell of a lot better on my 50″ DLP HDTV than my 19″ pc screen
Trailers (movie and game and special events) are my fav part of Marketplace. Keep ‘em coming, but keep ‘em free

By: zaksheskyman

zaksheskyman — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:45:20 +0000

I’m pretty sure not all Silver members are hippies, awaiting confirmation though.

By: cccp simian

cccp simian — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:43:19 +0000

no one said anything about expecting everything straight away…ass.

i’m constantly buying new games and i spend PLENTY of money on microtransactions, thank you.

but i have neither the time or the desire to game online…that’s why silver was perfect for me.

and not once when microsoft’s done a free weekend or week or whatever with live have i played anyone online. i’m just not into it.