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I'm not suprised the controller users were owning the mouse users if they had "aim assistance" :)

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The "Live for Windows Vista" pricing structure has been announced at GDC:

Gold Package: $49.99 per year, $7.99 per month or $19.99 for 3 months.

If you have subscribed to Xbox Live Gold then you automatically get this subscription at no extra charge.

http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8018

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Good news for xbox360 owners : PC games are cheaper than console games generally. Not too sure that the vast majority of PC gamers will be enthralled with a subscription service though.

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well I have no intention of paying anything

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exactlyI think this is something to miss

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Not to unreasonable, but as I already xbox live, it won't cost me any extra.

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Hmm.


Not so sure how well this will take off, then.


Us Xbox Live users pay 'cos we have to...no other way of playing online with the Xbox.

But surely PC gamers are used to playing online for free (excluding MMORPGs etc)... why pay a subscription to be able to play certain Vista games online when you can load up COD2 or whatever & play online for free.

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I suppose it depends how developers embrace this system and how many make the decision to lock their content into this Xbox live style service. There's bound to be a backlash within the PC gaming community but if enough premium titles go down this path many gamers are bound to succumb even if they don't relish the idea of paying for something which was once available gratis. Publishers and developers potentially stand to benefit in the main as this provides an effective revenue generating platform in terms of offering premium downloadable content to a new audience where margins are shrinking as development of titles becomes more complex and costly.

In terms of the technology base: a very simplistic view of Xbox live is that it's a glorified lobby and matchmaking hub. Very few games are actually hosted on dedicated servers as P2P is the preferred method of player connectivity. I know this has bitten users in some countries where they have hard caps and over-use charges quite badly.

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They cant do that cuz PC gamers simply wont buy the games that only can be played online through xbox live. Why should Microsoft try and take that away from pc gamers anyway? dont you xbox guys have enough friends to play with rather than try to ruin things for pc gamers??

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Bill wants your money and developers/publishers are looking to find new ways of generating revenue. I suppose whether this system succeeds or fails depends largely on who Microsoft can get onside.

Personally I'm with you on this one m8 and would not like to have my PC games forcibly locked into this type of online infrastructure.

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Games for Windows Live launches May 8th

http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2...-on-Vista.aspx

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Press release here aswell :- http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archi...14/542900.aspx

(Cross platform play is for those gamers lucky enough to have a copy of Vista)

:angel:

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so how much is silver?

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silver is free

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That is the only price id be prepared to pay ;)

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I expect there will be an influx of people joining the party when Halo2 is released on PC. Seems that Microsoft are intent at this stage on using games and this cross platform framework to push Vista. Most enterprise clients will hold off until hardware refresh cycle and that's something that Bill can't force them to do.

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Xbox Lives Major Nelson has posted "Games for Windows Live (or how I got my first Halo 2 Achievement)" You can read all about it here:- http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2...dows-live.aspx

;)