Microsoft considering making Xbox Live free?

[Sanctus]

So I was sitting in class the other day and my friend Laquan told me something possibly quite incredible. (To me at least).

The art teacher-who happens to be an avid gamer-subscribes to Game Informer Magazine. He told my friend (and I even asked the teacher directly) that Microsoft was considering making Xbox Live for free. Not free for a few days as a marketing stunt. Free as in Wii and Playstation Network free. Considering I don't even have a router yet, this makes me very excited. I hope it's true, though it probably isn't. Anyone else hear this?

[n00b1n8R]

Are we talking about the same Microsoft here?

[Atty]

Doubt it. Xbox Live costs becuase there is a lot happening behind the scenes that make it the best online network for console gaming.

Plus, think of the advertisement failure that would ensue if it became free, the horror.

[Disaster]

Are we talking about the same Microsoft here?

[Donut]

Doubt it. Xbox Live costs becuase there is a lot happening behind the scenes that make it the best online network for console gaming.

Plus, think of the advertisement failure that would ensue if it became free, the horror.

seriously this. ill be in the middle of a halo 3 game, about to make a headshot (lol as if i were actually that good....) and an add for dr pepper will pop up on the screen

[Phopojijo]

seriously this. ill be in the middle of a halo 3 game, about to make a headshot (lol as if i were actually that good....) and an add for dr pepper will pop up on the screen

God... it's Halo!

... It would be Mountain Dew o.o;

[p0lar_bear]

Xbox LIVE is free.

Access to premium features, including online multiplayer, costs.

hth~

[Donut]

every doctor pepper iv bought in a bottle up until last weekend had that halo 3 mlg guy who gets sponsored by dr. pepper. i cant remember his name at the moment...

[Terry]

I know Microsoft is a pretty wealthy company, but how would they manage that so that it makes a profit. I mean, they'd need to cut down on some of the features or something...

Unless I see a legitimate source, this is just another "so my friend said" rumour.

The only way I can see this happening, is if they really are making a good profit off of DLC. But even then, I don't see that filling the hole that the other costs would create.

[Atty]

So my friend's english teachers dad's cousin heard from his sister that her boyfriend, who works for microsoft, found over heard a conversation a few coworkers were having about when they overheard Bill Gates saying that he wants XBL to be free by the some arbitrary date he set in the middle of some time period they described as soon.

This is factual information, he told me himself. Primary source info gays.