You're caping for companies that shyt on consumers in every way possible...you're part of the problem, as far as these companies knowing they can get away with gouging for everything. I love when nikkas get to using smileys and shyt, not knowing how dumb they sound.Never understood the outrage behind having to pay for online considering our world wasn’t nearly as “connected” as it is now back when Xbox live first started. Y’all act like these servers just setup and maintain themselves for years on end
Pre-PS4 Sony & Nintendo are prime examples of what you get with free & cheap online. Microsoft is only able to pull this off because they already have crazy infrastructure in place and doesn’t need the Xbox brand to foot the bill for it
Rumor: Xbox getting rid of Xbox Gold, online will be free (Update: Live is randomly currently free )
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They must be really banking on game pass. Cause these consoles operate at a loss for years and they make up with these services. If this is true this will huge
And isnt microsoft the reason we all were paying for online play in the first place
nikkaz got amnesia breh....they started this bullshyt. DLC too.
CodeKansas
Superstar
They won't, and neither will Nintendo.
This move is pure optics. They's pushing the "pro-consumer" angle hard here, while also trying to make their "Not competition" look bad in the light.
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Jesus you’re a StanExactly. If Xbots think they’re throwing away the easy billions they make a year from Gold, then they’re even more stupid than I thought
they about to make that same billions with gamepass so it’s worth the move to them
I’m a “stan” because I don’t think Microsoft will give up easy revenue like that?Jesus you’re a Stan
they about to make that same billions with gamepass so it’s worth the move to them
They’ll move the chess pieces around and play with words so morons like you will think Uncle Phil loves you much and is giving you free shyt.
They started, Sony followed suit. Xbox live was worth paying for especially at the time.
The question is will Sony X-copy and do the same thing AGAIN?
The question is will Sony X-copy and do the same thing AGAIN?
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
You a Stan cause you looking for some of blowback or gotcha moment from MS when it’s clear as day gamepass is the center focus and makes sense why that’s the new cash cow going forward.I’m a “stan” because I don’t think Microsoft will give up easy revenue like that?
They’ll move the chess pieces around and play with words so morons like you will think Uncle Phil loves you much and is giving you free shyt.
All this concern for some something you not even interested in
Brief Keef
Superstar
Jeff seems to be pretty solid on twitter
old news this was known since major nelson hinted at it last week right after the xbox event he was on that dealer nikkas youtube channel
Anything to improve the value of the system.
Undercut PlayStation in price and market Gamepass as a yearly subscription to save money on games. I bought another year of Gamepass Ultimate so I want to see what they will do with that now that you don’t need gold to play online. Maybe lower the price from $150 to $100 a year, and keep Gamepass for Xbox at $60 for players who don’t use PC.
Undercut PlayStation in price and market Gamepass as a yearly subscription to save money on games. I bought another year of Gamepass Ultimate so I want to see what they will do with that now that you don’t need gold to play online. Maybe lower the price from $150 to $100 a year, and keep Gamepass for Xbox at $60 for players who don’t use PC.
so yall mad because I said you get what you pay for
. We just gonna totally ignore the 2011 PSN hack (one of the largest data breaches in history w/ 77million users info being stolen and the network being down for 23 days) or how shoddy $20/year Nintendo Online is?I work in tech so I have a pretty solid understanding of how these decisions are made at a corporate level and what it takes to keep such services running properly over an extended period of time. Of course as a consumer I'm down for paying as little as possible, but I'm not gonna expect any platform that has to host millions of users across the globe concurrently to not be monetized somehow. Customer experience is definitely important and there are right and wrong ways about doing it, but at the same time I think it's crazy to expect a Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc to just be willing to eat the costs of maintaining a fast, massive, and secure online platform because that shyt is not cheap.
So overall, I think it's great that Microsoft is willing to do this, but I'm not gonna necessarily hold the other companies to it because I truly don't think they can from a business perspective. Like, they could maybe do it but good luck telling that to shareholders next quarter without a Gamepass or Azure cloud in your back pocket
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
...til them units get sold 
But for PC gaming you don't have to pay to play online and there's literally a bunch of cross play games where I can play for free WITH people on Xbox or Playstation...so yall mad because I said you get what you pay for
I work in tech so I have a pretty solid understanding of how these decisions are made at a corporate level and what it takes to keep such services running properly over an extended period of time. Of course as a consumer I'm down for paying as little as possible, but I'm not gonna expect any platform that has to host millions of users across the globe concurrently to not be monetized somehow. Customer experience is definitely important and there are right and wrong ways about doing it, but at the same time I think it's crazy to expect a Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc to just be willing to eat the costs of maintaining a fast, massive, and secure online platform because that shyt is not cheap.
So overall, I think it's great that Microsoft is willing to do this, but I'm not gonna necessarily hold the other companies to it because I truly don't think they can from a business perspective. Like, they could maybe do it but good luck telling that to shareholders next quarter without a Gamepass or Azure cloud in your back pocket
Nintendo's online service being $20 and garbage has no correlation to it's price. The freaking Playstation Vita had better online service and it was FREE. I know the longer answer but I don't think it's just "cuz they got good service". I think it's due to Xbox monopolizing online play since they can control it on their platform.
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