Topic: Xbox 360 Gamertags/ PSN ID's

[whitedevilbrewing]

Ya, how they could have hoped to compete with Steam by charging is beyond me.

[Awesome220]

Fish Mongerz

[Parrish]

Ya, how they could have hoped to compete with Steam by charging is beyond me.

Steam is great, which is why MS isn't charging for PC Gold anymore. Consoles are a different business model, if you don't think it's worth it, fine, play steam.

[whitedevilbrewing]

Why exactly should it be a different business model, is the question.  It's essentially the same thing, and in fact it's not even  the standard in consoles, since MS's two competitors aren't charging.

[Parrish]

Why exactly should it be a different business model, is the question.  It's essentially the same thing, and in fact it's not even  the standard in consoles, since MS's two competitors aren't charging.

Do all PC's have TV inputs?? Do TV's have PC inputs??(many new one's do) Can I buy a game ready PC for $200??? And when I buy a PC can you garuntee me that any game I buy will work?? How about work with steam???  I used to be a PC gamer, and I simply do not have the time or patience to deal with all th varables that PC gaming gives you when you play a game. Also, when I buy a game I want to PLAY it, not install it, look for patches, then play it.  Now I know from being a PC gamer that you get used to it and it's not that big of a deal once you get used to it.  But having to converted to console gaming you can't beat the convince of it all, period. If you disagree that's OK, but console gaming is easier, cheaper, and more convenient.

Oh, and you ask how they get away with it?? It's really quite simple.

8,000,000 GOLD subscribers
$50.00 a year
$400,000,000 income for MS

If you were MS would you turn that money away???

[whitedevilbrewing]

I'm not advocating one over the other, I'm just bothered by the idea of charging people to play multiplayer, which nobody else does. 


*edit, I was confused, not you.

[Kurt]

I'm not advocating one over the other, I'm just bothered by the idea of charging people to play multiplayer, which nobody else does. 


*edit, I was confused, not you.

someone is always paying for you to play multiplayer. when i was in a DoD clan we all chipped in money to pay for the clan server.

[whitedevilbrewing]

Sure, it takes money to run a network, but what other matchmaking service requires a subscription?  None of em.

[Ekim]

I play xbox all the time.

Mostly Halo3

GT= fuzy bunny feet

[Ekim]

As a consumer I'm willing to pay $50 a year to get a premium online multiplayer experience.  When it's free that just provides a loophole for the provider to not have to care.

[Parrish]

So, where's all those Gamertags??

[Kurt]

Racer X BOfH

[EhJayArr]

Mostly halo3 - FeBoIas  (I forgot all the account info for my old FeBolas account...  :'( )

I do want to get the new Forza though... best driving game I've seen, IMO.

[AccuJimmy]

Mostly halo3 - FeBoIas  (I forgot all the account info for my old FeBolas account...  :'( )

I do want to get the new Forza though... best driving game I've seen, IMO.

Much like my frustration with FPS (I can't get headshots to save my life) Forza2 was frustrating to me because all to often people only wanted to race the Oval w/ stock Enzo's. There is no test of any skill to race the oval. I don't mind racing stock vehicles although I'd prefer to use my own setups, but only racing one or two tracks got old really fast. I've been think about breaking Forza2 out as I haven't finished all of the achievements yet.

[JamesTate]

Sony, is offering Home for free in order to make up for the horrid On-line support the PS2. Which wasn't Sony fault, they really over estimated the penetration of Broad Band internet.

The other reason, is that they are trying to undercut Xbox Live service in price. Although I am highly doubtful that Home will have the advantage that Xbox Live has, since MS has been do the whole Online thing for years.

I also think that Sony, is trying to offering to much at once, Home MMO feel will feel like its been duct taped.

But yea... Free Multiplayer that goes back a long time. Blizzard started it with Battle.net and at a similar time Bungie, though not to the extent of Blizzard, had a matching service as well.

Xbox charging is really a money thing. Which will probably works only here in the US. US likes to play together, but in their own homes.
In Japan, its not uncommon, hell its common as dirt for people to go to a home to play a multiplayer game.

And there Europe, but I don't know. It seems to be the empty lot of gaming markets. Everyone knows it there, but no one what to do with it. I have no idea what there multiplayer style is.