Comments on: How Microsoft Killed Cross-Platform Gaming

By: Daniel Oh

Daniel Oh — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:43:18 +0000

o yes. congrats on digg. remember?

By: gil

gil — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:18:28 +0000

hmm, you’ve got a lot of good points. I have one thing to say in response, and it’s a classic saying.

If microsoft makes it, there will be a pricetag

By: Jesusaur

Jesusaur — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:19:42 +0000

While I certainly agree that paying for a Gold-level membership is a huge con and not even in the least bit worth one’s money at this stage in LIVE Anywhere’s release, the Silver-level membership gives you a huge depth of content and other stuff for free, and at that level alone LIVE Anywhere is a huge success.

Why? It’s quite simple– it makes Microsoft the proud owner of the only truly unified cross-platform gaming service, with live functionality allowing you to centralize your Games for Windows and Xbox 360 gaming experiences under one gamertag and one major online service. This convenience alone would make Live Silver worth a ton of money, but the best part of the silver-level membership is that it’s completely free. Gamers then are getting a huge something for nothing in that even if they don’t get cross-platform multiplayer functionality at the silver level, they do get a cross-platform identity that allows for a more streamlined gaming experience.

Let’s just hope Microsoft doesn’t manage to botch their Live functionality as badly as they’ve botched it’s release. I mean seriously, just one game at release? Any game console worth its salt has had at least 5 titles come out with the system– why can’t PC gamers get the same courtesy extended to them with the release of a brand new online service?

By: Micahville

Micahville — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:14:16 +0000

Sorry, if you read the post before this, I had accidentally deleted the post the first time that I wrote it. I corrected the mistype.

By: Kau

Kau — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:08:04 +0000

50 a month?? who told you that.
From the link:

Cost = $49.95 U.S. /year unless you’re a current Xbox Live Gold member which gives you automatic access to Gold features on Games for Windows – LIVE titles