Rumor: Xbox getting rid of Xbox Gold, online will be free (Update: Live is randomly currently free )

[Gizmo_Duck]

it’s great that a large number of consumers didn’t adopt that droll “this is business as usual” stanning attitude and roll over and just take it in the ass

Broke boy thread.

Smells like poverty in here

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

lmao

They say this as if this wasn’t approved by an entire committee of people over weeks if not months of planning.

But good on them for not doubling down like CDPR, this needs to be normalized

 

[The Mad Titan]

it’s great that a large number of consumers didn’t adopt that droll “this is business as usual” stanning attitude and roll over and just take it in the ass

Well some companies are willing to work with you, some aren't.

Otherwise we wouldn't have 70 dollar 1st party games.

 

[Fctftl]

They say this as if this wasn’t approved by an entire committee of people over weeks if not months of planning.

But good on them for not doubling down like CDPR, this needs to be normalized

Xbox after the fukk up of the One launch can’t afford bad pr. They had to reverse this before hemorrhaging anymore users. They in no position to get cocky yet.

 

[The Mad Titan]

They say this as if this wasn’t approved by an entire committee of people over weeks if not months of planning.

But good on them for not doubling down like CDPR, this needs to be normalized

I'm sure it was, I can imagine phil being like this aint gonna work, while sales and finance are like "why not?"

Phil This is going to kill a lot of good will and make headlines, if it does I'm pulling the plug.


Team Just start the run.


Phil

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Xbox after the fukk up of the One launch can’t afford bad pr. They had to reverse this before hemorrhaging anymore users. They in no position to get cocky yet.

yeah, i already see people trying to spin this as if, “see guys microsoft DO care about us”, when it’s more like they saw the shyt storm on the horizon and realized there was gonna be a wave of cancellations.

I commend them on the quick pivot because I’m sure a lot of queued up blog posts and videos were scheduled for tomorrow morning

 

[The Mad Titan]

 

[The Mad Titan]

yeah, i already see people trying to spin this as if, “see guys microsoft DO care about us”, when it’s more like they saw the shyt storm on the horizon and realized there was gonna be a wave of cancellations.

 

[Loose]

I'm sure it was, I can imagine phil being like this aint gonna work, while sales and finance are like "why not?"

Phil This is going to kill a lot of good will and make headlines, if it does I'm pulling the plug.


Team Just start the run.


Phil

Yeah things like this is finance driven , xbox cfo probably wanted higher numbers in forecasting.

 

[humminbird]

Lol Xbox always does this
This is more proof that it was a pump fake exec play to see if they could get away with it

 

[The Mad Titan]

Yeah things like this is finance driven , xbox cfo probably wanted higher numbers in forecasting.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

A decision like this is not made in a tunnel. Microsoft tried their hand and it didn’t work out for them. There are no nobleman in the front office of microsoft slapping this down in the name of the consumer.

It was a bad hand.

 

[The Mad Titan]

A decision like this is not made in a tunnel. Microsoft tried their hand and it didn’t work out for them. There are no nobleman in the front office of microsoft slapping this down in the name of the consumer.

It was a bad hand.

It was flipped into a great one so smoothly though

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Won't he do it.

Yes he would



Phil the GOAT

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

It was flipped into a great one so smoothly though

Yes, giving their user base something that was supposed to be free (as advertised) from the beginning is definitely a great move