Comments on: Worse than February: Paying for Online Multiplayer

By: Ethos

Ethos — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:05:26 +0000

I’m with Glenn. I ultimately agree that, yeah, the model for Live Gold should be changed, but I really don’t care enough at under $5 a month. I might be part of the “problem” but there are other things more worth my attention in the gaming universe.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:50:49 +0000

What would make me LOL is if Nintendo started charging for their online service!

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:49:38 +0000

Why pay for something when you can get it for free?

By: Riddles

Riddles — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:18:33 +0000

Cheap as it may be, it still isn’t justified.

They can charge all they want for the frilly stuff, but if go out and pay $60 for Modern Warfare 2, I should be able to come home, boot it up, and play online. For free.

And that’s exactly what I did, seeing that I got it for the PS3. If I have to pay to do the same for Modern Warfare 3, I will not be happy.

By: 7thcircle

7thcircle — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:06:06 +0000

I’m with Darthy. I bought a $30 Gold card off Amazon when it was on sale a few weeks back, and I’ll wait until I need it to enter the code into my 360. In the grand scheme of things we spend money on, $2.50/month for a Gold membership is so trivial, it’s not worth the ire it draws. I do agree with Oliver, though, that Microsoft should provide some of the dopey stuff on XBL for free to Gold members, like some of the game wallpapers.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:08:18 +0000

I’m very glad at my complete indifference to online play … no nasty surprises.

By: DarthGibblet

DarthGibblet — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:40:28 +0000

Personally, I’ve never regretted having to pay $50 for XBL Gold. I use it sparingly, but it’s nice to be able to play online if my friends are around. I also never pay the full $50 for it, though. It seems like Amazon has sales on 1 year membership cards for $30 once ever few months, so I pick those up whenever I need to renew my account.

I do hope that PSN goes the pay-for-content model (if they change at all), though. I’d pay for it if I had to, but it’s never fun to have to pay for something that was previously free.