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MS: "No plans to change Xbox Live Gold"
- Thread starter Theorry
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I'm also seeing the 12-month code for $60 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/X16-03798/dp...1596655952&sprefix=xbox+live+,aps,280&sr=8-15
Can we still convert Gold to GPU for $1? I'm thinking of biting the bullet today and just grabbing two of those and doing the conversion.
I can assume based on what you said here, you have a specious understanding of what Occam's Razor is.
What explanation is being multiplied here?
People thought MS was going to just be ok with losing all that money? lol
Meanwhile NIntendo only recently started charging for online access, and it doesn't look like Sony has any plans to end PSN subscription.
Meanwhile NIntendo only recently started charging for online access, and it doesn't look like Sony has any plans to end PSN subscription.
now it did have cross-game 1-to-1 private chat, and that worked with Xbox users. Maybe you're thinking of that?
yep
At this moment, there has been a price increase on Gold from $60 to $100 a year, at least on Microsoft's own storefronts. That warrants a response regardless of what was or was not rumored.
If anything, MS may have just gotten rid of the yearly gold sub because then it forces people to pay for the more expensive 3 month sub x4 in a year.
True .X360 started it and was on top while doing it when ps3 was free and behind x360.
As stated multiple times now... the yearly sub is still $59.99. I literally just got the email that mine is renewing for that price August 13th.
OP really should thread mark my original post in here which contains the contents of the email....
it is available still if your account is set for auto renew for the year.
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Does anyone else feel the reason they're able to say this is because they're gonna just have Xbox Live Gold, GamePass, and Xcloud all under one new banner going forward? Like, they already offer that under GamePass Ultimate but I wonder if it'll have a new name? Or maybe that's what the recent rebranding is doing?
I think this is the case. I swear I saw a list of features game pass ultimate had and gold was listed.
It's also exactly what they would say if they weren't changing it soon.
Of course if they were changing it soon they could also say that they were changing it soon, thing that they would absolutely not say if they weren't changing it soon.
So you see if they weren't changing it soon they could only say that they weren't changing it soon, just like they said, but if they were changing it soon, they could say that they were or thay they weren't.
So the odds are 2:1 that they are indeed not changing it soon.
If this ends up not happening, then how are they going to keep tiptoeing around Xbox console owners being the only ones that are required to pay for online gaming? It's a policy that is going to stick out like a sore thumb now that they're pushing for platform agnosticism.
The least I expect is f2p games to not require paywall, that's embarrassing at this point. The other positive outcome for me would be adding gold to Gamepass at no additional cost (getting rid of GWG if necessary)
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That is actually what I think will happen.
Microsoft loses too much money otherwise. F2P game players tend to spend more money in-game than Gold costs a month.
Guess we'll see. This is the major reason why I think it will go away on Xbox. All of their messaging is pointed toward the experience being the same regardless of where you want to play, so mobile and PC not requiring Live while dedicated Xbox consoles do would significantly subvert that.
We'll see at their services conference for sure.
The original statement essentially reads to me that Microsoft are clarifying that the TOS update doesn't relate to XLG.
The statement to Warren only says it isn't being discontinued.
Unless I've missed something, there is nothing here that precludes Gold becoming free.
The statement to Warren only says it isn't being discontinued.
Unless I've missed something, there is nothing here that precludes Gold becoming free.
I very much believe they'll combine all services sooner or later. But i never believed for a second they were killing the online paywall. I know everyone thinks MS is so rich they want to piss money away to make fans happy. But it's nothing but wisfull thinking. XBL is literally their bread and butter.
Tom do you have any idea what might be going on? The only thing I can think is that people heard it was changing and just jumped to it being phased out entirely.
So they are gonna charge more for Gold? That's a PR shit storm. Until they put the 12 months back up I'm not buying this. Things are changing and I don't think the Microsoft PR team would have any insight to this and are just annoyed with the twitter hammering they are getting. I love gamepass but the narrative will be ALL negative it they go that route no matter the value.
Maybe they saw that poll on Resetera where 90% of people said it wouldnt make a difference whatsoever in terms of even getting people to consider switching from Sony to Microsoft and they thought "Ah, fuck it then, might as well keep making money". And honestly why would they change it? Console gamers have shown they're willing to pay money to play online, they're conditioned to it in a way that PC gamers absolutely are not. It's not like dropping Gold is gonna make the Sony die-hards suddenly abandon their platform of choice, the Series X could give sensual blowjobs and vomit bank notes out of the disc drive every weekend and they still wouldn't buy it.
Mind you, they'll almost certainly drop the Gold requirement for FTP games to bring it inline with Sony, it's such an easy PR move that would probably barely put a dent in their Gold subscription income. I'm kind of shocked they haven't already, it's really misguided of them.
Mind you, they'll almost certainly drop the Gold requirement for FTP games to bring it inline with Sony, it's such an easy PR move that would probably barely put a dent in their Gold subscription income. I'm kind of shocked they haven't already, it's really misguided of them.
why can't they just remove the ability of piling on instead of removing the 12 months sub all together?
Even if they did have plans, they would probably correct the article to say that they don't, because those plans wouldn't be public yet.
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
You've heavily implied that for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
Okay, with GamePass + XBLG, Microsoft Game Studios are going to be well funded for years to come. It's very bizarre where actual game *sales* are basically bonus.
But they already said Gamepass is not making any money for them at the moment, so it would be just XBLG on your premise
Are you making a distinction between "Xbox Live" going free and "Xbox Live Gold" going free?
Semantics are important. The only questions that need to be answered are: Is Xbox multiplayer still going to be behind a paywall? If not, is Xbox F2P multiplayer still going to be behind a paywall?
They probably just stopped generating new codes so once the stock is sold out it's sold out for good rather than going through the trouble of recalling all of those cards.
I think we are giving insiders information too much thought
i'll wait until microsoft announces new changes.
Cant believe every rumor that pops up.
i'll wait until microsoft announces new changes.
Cant believe every rumor that pops up.