You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
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MS: "No plans to change Xbox Live Gold"
- Thread starter Theorry
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Theorry: I think your thread title might be a bit misleading (unintentionally, I'm sure).
There's a quote that states "no changes are being made to Xbox Live Gold" which relates specifically to the TOS update, then there's a statement saying "there are no plans to discontinue Gold". I don't believe that either of those equate to saying that there are no plans to change XLG.
There's a quote that states "no changes are being made to Xbox Live Gold" which relates specifically to the TOS update, then there's a statement saying "there are no plans to discontinue Gold". I don't believe that either of those equate to saying that there are no plans to change XLG.
lmao that pro consumer argument is faltering
would be even more hilarious if it was just the F2P wall which MS is the only company that does that
/shrug
I'll gladly eat my crow if they really do remove it but i seriously doubt that. It's been clear how much of a money maker that's been since forever now
would be even more hilarious if it was just the F2P wall which MS is the only company that does that
/shrug
I'll gladly eat my crow if they really do remove it but i seriously doubt that. It's been clear how much of a money maker that's been since forever now
There's no point in keeping 2 separate subs, that's too expensive and will intimidate consumers.
There's also no point in doubling the cost of gold by combining it into Gamepass, that will be a marketing disaster that Sony will use against them for the next 7 years. Why would anyone even buy physical retail copies of Halo or any other first party game at that point? You would be paying an extra $60 for nothing. It would cause Microsoft to bury 5 million copies of Halo Infinite beside that ET-Atari landfill.
So the only option that makes sense is free online.
There's also no point in doubling the cost of gold by combining it into Gamepass, that will be a marketing disaster that Sony will use against them for the next 7 years. Why would anyone even buy physical retail copies of Halo or any other first party game at that point? You would be paying an extra $60 for nothing. It would cause Microsoft to bury 5 million copies of Halo Infinite beside that ET-Atari landfill.
So the only option that makes sense is free online.
This is getting confusing,or will be...currently I have Ultimate but its kinda useless for me since my PC is ancient(2011 Motherboard,660 GPU etc)...I would love the option to get Gamepass for console only that includes XBox Gold for like 12 bucks maybe instead of 15 for Ultimate...this is what they should do,include Gold and Gamepass console for cheaper then getting both separate or Ultimate...or something lol...
Gamepass Ultimate is the same price as gamepass plus the old cheapest Xbox Live subscription. Plus you get xcloud.
Or Microsoft wants gamepass ultimate to look like even more of a value. "Look, you get all these games if you just pay $5 more a month!"
If they were going to make online free they would have stopped selling year gold cards already.
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
So you agree I never said it was going free. Great, glad we cleared that up.
LOL! Your concern is noted. GamePass is growing. They gave crazy deals in the beginning to get people on the service. Kind of like a drug dealer giving your first hit for free.
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
So basically Xbox Live Silver will become free?
Edit: i just googled it lol and its already free. So i dont get it
Edit: i just googled it lol and its already free. So i dont get it
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
lol I never said "Xbox live gold was being discontinued".
It was "Xbox Live? No plans to be discontinued!"
I never thought Gold would go away, but rather they just make multiplayer free. Make Gold an Xcloud thing when that becomes more prominent.
Good job at deleting that insult before I got a chance to respond and maybe for future reference, don't pretend you have insider information for clout.
Insult? I merely said if you had a good understanding of English then you'd be able to read what I've said previously. Like you said, maybe it's time for you to take the L.
Xbox Live gold will likely continue on as a "4 free games a month" and a discounts thing while online multiplayer becomes free. But honestly who really knows
Tom, you're a senior editor at a major news site, this isn't a good look.
Do you have any new info regrading gold? Do you think gold is here to stay for the foreseeable future at least?
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
goddamn, bringing the receipts
...you can't be serious
You're telling others to take the L.
Clearly there are a TON of people who took what you said a certain way.
Don't fucking pedantic ass "I didn't say it would, I said it MIGHT. Learn English lol." Seriously dude?
For those not having their sub on auto renew, do they have the possibility to buy the 59.99 yearly sub ?
No reason to get people to stop paying/signing up before November so any announcement now is very premature. They will probably still have Xbox Live and then separately have Xbox Live Gold which offers free games, maybe a small discount for the MS store, etc. Perhaps they'll drop the price by a few bucks a month.
I'm not being deceptive. So far I've told people to be patient and to imagine Halo Infinite not requiring Xbox Live Gold. If people choose not to read my words carefully then that's their own fault :)
Era and unsolicited advice. There is no more iconic duo.
As for what Tom has said, he's clearly implying something. I also do believe something is happening to gold, be it the free to play wall dropping, or something else.
Xbox Live Gold can exist and not be required to play free to play games.
Being patient is so lame lol I wish we got all this info in June. Do you think we'll have a video event like last month or will we get article drops instead?
This rumor is the worst kind. If online doesn't become free, I'm sure MS will get shit for it, even when this rumor came out of thin air.
You've heavily implied it for weeks. Even in the article you published earlier today you're still saying it might happen.
I guess I know no nothin' 'bout No English 'cus that's all but confirming XBL is going to be free via a wink and nudge.
There is another option, Gamepass subscribers get Gold for free. That way they get money either way and upsell people to Gamepass.
IMO that's more likely than then giving up on Gold fees completely.
Weird, I would have thought being a journalist, you'd want to be as direct as possible to avoid people misinterpreting what you are trying to report on. But I guess we have different interpretations of what journalism is
This is like a comedian saying that if people don't 'get' their jokes, it's the audience's fault. Good comedians write better-worded (or funnier) jokes, not just go after the audience.
As a news professional, shouldn't clarity be part of your goal? And not just clarity for the people 'smart enough to read between the lines', but clarity for the average person?
Gold is a tougher sell now more than ever, especially when the console's flagship franchise has free to play multiplayer. Drop that shit.
So basically Gold no longer required for F2P titles whoop-de-do~
Free MP or not this still brings the important point that if you want to get Gold from the MS Store the price was increased to $120 ($10 monthly) or $100 ($25 for 3-months) for a year of Gold Live.
Well if you aren't doing something different I'm not subbing to anything 😂I bought Gold to play Halo at like 35-40 a year for a cheap code, you aren't gonna get more money from me just to play Multiplayer a few times a year.
So you can't on the official store and have to rely on third party (and no idea for how long). Thanks for the clarification.
I remember when Greenberg insisted that the Fable twitter account didn't mean anything, so they'll forgive me if I don't just believe them until at least whatever news they have to share this month.
That said, if it is true, then I think media need to start asking them about discontinuing annual subscriptions - whether that's a permanent thing, and how it would essentially amount to a price hike for a lot of people.
That said, if it is true, then I think media need to start asking them about discontinuing annual subscriptions - whether that's a permanent thing, and how it would essentially amount to a price hike for a lot of people.