They would get shit for increasing the price, since they removed the yearly option.
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MS: "No plans to change Xbox Live Gold"
- Thread starter Theorry
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They would get shit for increasing the price, since they removed the yearly option.
So, this is going to end with free to play games not requiring Gold. Oh, what an earth-shattering announcement. What a bomb dropped on Sony.
I see it on Amazon
Amazon.com: Xbox Live Gold: 12 Month Membership [Digital Code]: Video Games
Buy Xbox Live Gold: 12 Month Membership [Digital Code]: Read Video Games Reviews - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Yeah i think so too honestly. Or at least all 1st party titles or something will have free online
They did it because you end up paying more by buying 3 month subscriptions
Sure. You clearly only meant 'Halo Infinite won't need XB Live Gold' with all your comments lately like these here:
Clearly the readers fault.
Correct. Again, imo they'll just keep selling them until they run out, so buy one now if you can.
that's what they would say though
(seriously stop hyping yourselves up for something that's not happening. this reminds me of the secret second gpu rumour in the run-up to xbo launch. no way microsoft is giving up such a large revenue stream lmao)
(seriously stop hyping yourselves up for something that's not happening. this reminds me of the secret second gpu rumour in the run-up to xbo launch. no way microsoft is giving up such a large revenue stream lmao)
This in itself would be a massive story, and would look terrible with them trying to compare to Sony.
That means literally nothing. Those have contracts about when they can sell codes and not. Those too will run out soon enough.
Whatever happens, MS is not going to charge people more for playing online MP then they do currently.
I like you Tom, you're a good reporter. But come on, the sub header on your Xbox Gold article says "Xbox Live could still, maybe, go free". Idk if that is a separate author but don't act surprised when people are confused.
So as of now if you're not on auto renewal, you either pay too much for 3 months of Live, or you get on GPU to lock in gold at full price of 60 bucks more a year.
Hmm
Hmm
best case scenario i can see is including gold in games pass but still keeping gold-only as an option. they may be removing the full year option for xblg to make the full games pass option more enticing
You can still get access to online multiplayer for 5 bucks a month.. you just gotta buy game pass, too.
So either get game pass, or overpay.
Terrible PR. If you need GP to play online at current pricing that is twice as much as PS plus.
that's not the only way of increasing the price. they'd want to do it little by little, as they have been doing and as ps plus has been doing.
You can convert your current Gold to GPU, so it's possible. Or maybe add Gold to the cheaper GP option.
As it currently stands, it looks like they are removing the 12 month option to make GPU look more appealing.
If people are willing to pay it and Xbox is making a good profit then I don't think its going away
If people are willing to pay it and Xbox is making a good profit then I don't think its going away
Are you serious right now? Questioning someone's understanding of english because they didn't interpret your tweet the way you wanted? It's not him taking the L that's for sure
The funny thing is, anyone with half a brain could see exactly what that tweet was implying...very little interpretation was needed.
An alternative I could see is MS moving towards making its internally produced MP games be F2P with no Gold required, but a gamepass membership offering extra DLC that you normally pay for in a GaaS game. Halo, Gears, and Forza are all games where the single player and DLC content is legitimately enticing but if you get to try the multiplayer for free, that could be all you need to know if you want the full game.
If that works for them, I could also see third parties following suit and designing a free tier of the multiplayer with seasonal content packs. Pretty much every MP game is doing seasonal content anyways. If that actually happens, I guess that would make Gold eventually worthless but it would be gradual rather than overnight.
If that works for them, I could also see third parties following suit and designing a free tier of the multiplayer with seasonal content packs. Pretty much every MP game is doing seasonal content anyways. If that actually happens, I guess that would make Gold eventually worthless but it would be gradual rather than overnight.
lol You insulted his understanding of English and then tried to play it off. Not a good look. Take the L man.
Yeah, no.
The real world doesn't work this way. The PS3 with its free online MP proved this. PSN had far less paid subs and digital platform revenue in general, despite free online.
Given how successful charging a fee for gamers to play online has been on consoles, to not do it would be commercially and fiscally irresponsible from a business perspective.
No matter how much of a good guy Phil is, he isn't putting his job on the line to take a $2Billion risk like that. Especially with all the money they're already sinking into GamePass to grow subs for that service.
Of course they'd say that. They want to milk as many people buying subs before it's officially merged into Game Pass.
I don't know why y'all listen to them dudes anyways. There won't be backlash on Xbox. There was probably talks about around MS and that got out n tweets were made.
These unofficial MS tweets from these dudes are doing more harm than good. I say if it doesn't come to play then ban them from this site
It's like you ignored how the industry has evolved this past decade. Just look at sony's latest financial report
Add on content is 41% of their revenue. Opening up more users to that add on content by removing gold can definitely be profitable
Wonder how we're supposed to interpret this one 🤔
LOL exactly....
Except people that currently have Gold 1YR plans are being renewed at 59.99 autocharges on their CCs. To this very day.
Nobody can say exactly what the F is going on, if anything, beyond a bit of a mess of rumors and conflicting logic and statements.
Everyone under that tweet is talking about XBL being free.
I wonder how they got that idea?
but the massive profit from add on content suggests that an online paywall isn't a barrier. The pay wall is guaranteed profit.
Wonder how we're supposed to interpret this one 🤔
If only I was a native english speaker, I could understand this...
My guess, which I've noted before is that they are drowning in too many services.
Right now afaik :
XBL (free, but useless)
XBLG (online paywall for all XB console MP)
GP (instant game library, rotating titles, MP not included on XB console)
GPU (GP + XBLG combo)
xCloud (not fully launched of course, cloud gaming access)
It's just too much IMHO
What I expect they'll do :
XBL (free, F2P MP no longer paywalled on XB console)
GP (same as before, but gives online MP for XB console, priced near the $59 XBLG annual price, maybe hiked to 69 or 79, but I doubt 99)
GPU (same as before, but includes xCloud full access and perhaps some other exclusive benefits game by game, like $10 credit in Infinite Shop cash or whatever)
Boom, from 5 paths to 3, from 4 paid paths to 2, and much more straightforward marketing of services, reasonable value for consumers based on what you get (I'm not a fan of paid online, but it's been a standard for ages now, and $60 in 2013 money is not $60 in 2020 money, let's be real), and crucially they no longer look like fools next to PS letting kids play Fortnite etc free instead of $60/year. As a 'Fortnite' box, XB was hilariously terrible value for parents of multiple kids. Buying an extra PS4 Slim or two vs buying extra Xboxes, the choice was too easy with actually free F2P. This fixes this issue.
This sounds like a grandfathering type of situation. Chances are that goes away at some point, too.
So the price of gamepass is going to go from 120 a year down to 69 or 79 while removing the pay playwall?
Possible but I think it's a stretch.
This is going to be on meme status by the end of the day. Every damn rumor from here to 2021 : DO yOU SpEAK ENgLiSH?? 😅
'Chances are' is speculation though. And because it's coming straight from the source, it's already inconsistent. Whenever you sign up for any of these services, you are EULA'd into something boiling down to 'You have no rights, we can remove/cancel/change at any time for any or no reason'.
They were never going to confirm this before whenever they actually planned to announce it. It's incredibly rare for any company to comment on stuff like this early when asked about leaks, even when those leaks are true.
I mean they literally just did it with Infinite's MP being F2P....
This entire thread is speculation.
And that's my point. The consumer has no rights and will likely pull that pricing deal at some point and force the consumer into GPU or into 3 months.
It's there for now.