Archer
rapes face
+161|6394|Canuckistan
Xbox LIVE Silver seems to allow [limited] free online play on cross-platform 360 to PC games, in light of the Games For Windows LIVE platform now going completely free... (http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/07/23 … goes-free/)

Kotaku wrote:

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OK, this is hard to run down exactly, because there's a Live Weekend going on right now, which means you can play online for free on Xbox Live. But reader Draco, a Silver level gamer, says that he's been playing cross-platform multiplayer games for free since Wednesday night, which precedes the Live Weekend (which started at midnight Friday.) I checked his Gamercard and, yeah, he played Shadowrun online on Thursday.

It seems that ending the gold/silver distinction in Games for Windows Live (effectively making it free) might have had the same effect for those who game on titles that are both PC and 360. A commenter on Xbox Live forums found that Shadowrun online play was free, for example. Reader Draco, who spotted this, says it works for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition and Universe at War: Earth Assault, too.

We'll have to check back after the weekend ends. But bigger picture, could this — don't get your hopes up, but it's gotta be on everyone's mind — mean that Xbox Live may eventually convert to a free model for all multiplayer gaming too?
Article link: http://kotaku.com/5029541/rumor-xbl-sil … nline-play

Original Xbox Live Forums Thread: http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=21691968

Very cool on Microsoft's part if this is indeed true.

Last edited by Archer (2008-07-27 17:39:49)

kptk92
u
+972|6379|tc_london
please let XBL be free
Archer
rapes face
+161|6394|Canuckistan
Yeah, one could argue that this might be a sign of things to come for XBL.

Sadly, I'm not one of those people... I honestly doubt it.
AussieReaper
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+5,761|6123|what

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
https://i.imgur.com/maVpUMN.png
HurricaИe
Banned
+877|5932|Washington DC

TheAussieReaper wrote:

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
If only Gears supported cross-platform.

It'd be nice if XBL Gold was free. It'd certainly make it more attractive to people who choose the PSN cause it's free.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6635|NT, like Mick Dundee

If XBL Gold was free I'd probs have less of a social life and be semi alco...
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6439

HurricaИe wrote:

TheAussieReaper wrote:

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
If only Gears supported cross-platform.

It'd be nice if XBL Gold was free. It'd certainly make it more attractive to people who choose the PSN cause it's free.
If Gears supported Cross-Platform I'd reinstall it.
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6417|Chicago, IL
I couldn't get games for windows to work...

so I played single player some more...
Spidery_Yoda
Member
+399|6240
I hope to god it does turn free. PSN seems to be almost equal to XBL now so MS charging for it is just retarded.
MECtallica
Member
+73|6475|jalalabad
I think M$ hit the point where they couldn't hold anymore money

just too rich, so they said lets just make some things free.
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6687|Riva, MD

TheAussieReaper wrote:

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
THAT WOULD BE SO FUCKING COOL

If they could make it so your MSN is linked to your XBL so the stats are all the same and you have the same equipment, that would be awesome.  Then I could play Vegas with XBoxers.
SamTheMan:D
Banned
+856|5945|England

lol

limited
CosmoKramer
CC you in October
+131|6589|Medford, WI

_j5689_ wrote:

TheAussieReaper wrote:

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
THAT WOULD BE SO FUCKING COOL

If they could make it so your MSN is linked to your XBL so the stats are all the same and you have the same equipment, that would be awesome.  Then I could play Vegas with XBoxers.
computers would have the advantage with the hackers hehe
3lmo
Don't Hassel the Hoff
+345|6273|The | Netherlands

SamTheMan:D wrote:

lol

limited
lol

ps3
Sgt. Sergio Bennet 3rd
Member
+169|6717|Mexico City

CosmoKramer wrote:

computers would have the advantage with the hackers hehe
agree
and also a more nasty community...
Miggle
FUCK UBISOFT
+1,411|6712|FUCK UBISOFT

CosmoKramer wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

TheAussieReaper wrote:

lol PC gamers get to play against the xboxers for free.
THAT WOULD BE SO FUCKING COOL

If they could make it so your MSN is linked to your XBL so the stats are all the same and you have the same equipment, that would be awesome.  Then I could play Vegas with XBoxers.
computers would have the advantage with the hackers hehe
computers would have the advantage without the hackers.
https://i.imgur.com/86fodNE.png

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