1UP: The current XBL Gold/Silver division needs to change. After five years of Microsoft's biggest competitor offering multiplayer for free, Microsoft maintains what amounts to a $60 annual surcharge to play online. Online gaming is not new or novel -- it gained popularity nearly 20 years ago. Even consoles began supporting the function in the Dreamcast era. Multiplayer gaming should come standard with any system in 2012.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
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Online multiplayer is back for 11 more games thanks to Insignia's XBL 1.0 replacement service running on Original Xbox consoles and the Xemu emulator on PC. Multiplayer, voice chat, leaderboards, etc. have been a monthly addition for many games from Xbox's past library thank to the team at Insignia.live! The 11 new games are now playable online once again after 13+ years.
Booo!! I was hoping that was Rainbow Six: Black Arrow...Boo!! again. I thought this coming to Xbox. I don't even read it I was so excited.
MS won't drop the fee since many people view xbl as being worth the 60 bucks a year
I agree. Charging for basic online multi-player is ridiculous.
What Microsoft should do is make Silver accounts be able to play online for free, Gold members can have premium features like access to Betas, cross game voice chat and a bigger friends list.
I would never pay another fee to use my own internet connection. Those of you paying for XBL are getting ripped off.
If Microsoft were to make online multiplayer free to play for all Xbox Live members.. There'd be a massive uproar from Xbox Live Gold members about why the decision was made straight out of the blue & they'd most likely demand something of value in return like some free Xbox 360 games.. not to mention a ton of lawsuits would be incoming for Microsoft to sort through.
Who knows what would happen, actually.. One can only imagine.
Put simply.. It's too late to change things now. Maybe MS will do the right thing with their next console & keep multiplayer free of charge. Sony has online multi-player nailed down on the PS3 though.. as well as their next console, I can just tell.
It'd be funny if they were to switch sides in the next generation of consoles.. so like, Microsoft's one would have free online MP & Sony would charge for it instead lol.. but nah, I think it's going to be like how it is now with X360 & PS3.
why would they change anything if people keep paying for it?
understand?
like...if people WERE to smarten up and stop paying for it...then they would probably do something about it...
change something...but nope..people still buy it..
sure you get a solid list of stuff but nothing worth the subscription fee IMO
btw..it's not just 60 bucks..you look around and you can get 12 months for 35 dollars..
They wouldn't charge for it if people stopped paying for it. They caved on GFWL's fee, they'd do the same on XBL if they were backed into a corner. Unfortunately, their fans tend to be more inclined to justify the completely unnecessary fee rather than fight against it.