great rant article. / agreed.

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"If you didn't catch Microsoft's press conference at E3 today, here's a brief recap: game, game, XBOX LIVE CONTENT STREAMING SPORTS MUSIC APPS, South Park game, exeunt. The message was clear: streaming services aren't just the sideshow anymore; they've got a spot in the main tent right alongside Master Chief.

As of today, the Xbox 360 is officially one of the best set-top boxes in the world. So you know what? It's time to start acting like one..."

so this guy wants to charge for online gaming ONLY and take away the Gold membership.....or am i reading that wrong?

Xbox Live Gold should be free, no question about it.

all xbox's are free

Originally posted by: sidney

so this guy wants to charge for online gaming ONLY and take away the Gold membership.....or am i reading that wrong?

you're reading it correctly.

So I'm gonna be able to stream Netflix through my 360 for free now?
Tits

not yet, but that's what the article is pushing for.

it honestly makes sense. i mean, you can already go online to places like ESPN3, firstrowsports, southparkstudios, even youtube etc and stream live video without a monthly charge.

the only way charging for the xboxlive as a whole would make sense anymore would be if you could use the xbox as a pc and search google, post on twitter, etc.

Better, my buddies didn't die facedown in the muck for this. This is got damn 'merica !1

It has a fee for a reason, ps3 has been hacked countless times, down for weeks at a time, dropped game rates through the roof.

I enjoy my yearly gold and the money I pay supports it.

Commy

this isn't advocating against the charge for online gaming.
this is about the many other features being wrapped into XBL on top of the individual vendor charges.

i understand not wanting to pay the extra 60 bucks....but if that money is going towards things like Collin said then I'm still for it

60 bucks for a whole year of a stable working online experience is worth it to me

Yeah from what I always gathered, you pay for the extra net security.

i don't care I'm gary and i want it all and i want it now.