Topic: Xbox Live Silver Membership Name Change (Read 158 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** October 20, 2010, 10:16:00 AM »

Xbox Live Silver Membership Name Change
Posted by XanTium | October 20 12:16 EST | News Category: Xbox360

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Microsoft has renamed its Xbox Live Silver Membership, which will now be called Xbox Live Free Membership, tweets Graeme Boyd, Xbox Community Manager of Europe. The changes come as part of the companys overhaul of the Xbox.com site.

The new Xbox website already features the updated lingo, but the actual Xbox 360 console dashboard will not reflect the new wording until it is updated sometime this fall, reports JPS.

Full Story: digitaltrends.com

itoktoeatfish · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:04:00 AM »

Beta dash board shows "Xbox Live Free Membership"

tomgreen99200 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:50:00 AM »

It free because you don't get anything. Please don't tell me that demos and marketplace movie downloads are worth anything. Seems like MS is really trying to distinguish between Gold and Silver.

This post has been edited by tomgreen99200: Oct 20 2010, 06:51 PM

T3chWarrior · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2010, 12:34:00 PM »

also there is no more free month with a new email address anymore.
looks like im gonna have to get a gold card for my new account, CrouchinLipton

itoktoeatfish · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2010, 02:20:00 PM »

QUOTE(T3chWarrior @ Oct 20 2010, 08:34 PM)

also there is no more free month with a new email address anymore.
looks like im gonna have to get a gold card for my new account, CrouchinLipton

WTF that sucks

eyric101 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2010, 02:32:00 PM »

Hopefully silver can be just onling gaming and cost next to nothing. Hard to justify paying for any MMOs while you are also forcing payment of gold fees..

This post has been edited by eyric101: Oct 20 2010, 09:33 PM

Twis7eD · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2010, 04:35:00 PM »

QUOTE(T3chWarrior @ Oct 20 2010, 01:34 PM)

also there is no more free month with a new email address anymore.
looks like im gonna have to get a gold card for my new account, CrouchinLipton

Wait, do you mean the 3 free one months that normally come on every Xbox that you can get when signing up in the dashboard? I really hope they didn't somehow get rid of those.

nevernow · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2010, 06:01:00 PM »

QUOTE(eyric101 @ Oct 20 2010, 08:32 PM)

Hopefully silver can be just onling gaming and cost next to nothing. Hard to justify paying for any MMOs while you are also forcing payment of gold fees..

Dream on, man. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Grumbledock · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2010, 06:51:00 PM »

I wonder what they are going to call Gold?
VIP? True gamer? Expensive as

?

Reaper527 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2010, 09:58:00 AM »

QUOTE(eyric101 @ Oct 20 2010, 04:32 PM)

Hopefully silver can be just onling gaming and cost next to nothing. Hard to justify paying for any MMOs while you are also forcing payment of gold fees..

aren't mmo's able to be played on silver (well, on "xbl free")? i seem to remember reading that about FF11 when it came out. i personally find ~$3 for just about any game much more acceptable than $10-$15 for one single game, so i don't do mmo's.

Aldanga · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2010, 09:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(tomgreen99200 @ Oct 20 2010, 12:50 PM)

It free because you don't get anything. Please don't tell me that demos and marketplace movie downloads are worth anything. Seems like MS is really trying to distinguish between Gold and Silver.

You don't get anything? You get friends lists, chatting, messaging, etc.. This all requires bandwidth and it costs one who has said membership nothing. I'd say that's a pretty good deal.

I really don't get all of the Microsoft bashing that goes on in these threads. I wholeheartedly believe that the service is worth far more than $50 or $60. The only reason I pay less is because I know I can if I catch a good sale on 12 month Gold cards every couple of months.

GomerPyle · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2010, 10:44:00 AM »

Your wrong it does cost the User something its the Users Pipe, Xbox Live is Peer to Peer!

lordvader129 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2010, 02:08:00 PM »

QUOTE(tomgreen99200 @ Oct 20 2010, 10:50 AM)

It free because you don't get anything. Please don't tell me that demos and marketplace movie downloads are worth anything. Seems like MS is really trying to distinguish between Gold and Silver.

i think they are trying to play up the fact that silver is free to encourage more people to sign up

QUOTE(Aldanga @ Oct 21 2010, 08:25 PM)

You don't get anything? You get friends lists, chatting, messaging, etc.. This all requires bandwidth and it costs one who has said membership nothing. I'd say that's a pretty good deal.

I really don't get all of the Microsoft bashing that goes on in these threads. I wholeheartedly believe that the service is worth far more than $50 or $60. The only reason I pay less is because I know I can if I catch a good sale on 12 month Gold cards every couple of months.

agree on all points

QUOTE(GomerPyle @ Oct 24 2010, 09:44 AM)

Your wrong it does cost the User something its the Users Pipe, Xbox Live is Peer to Peer!

XBL is not peer to peer

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