Robot Monkey Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Gamespot reports here that a new web app will be available on 25 Aug, the same day as the new dashboard. It will let you see your friends list (and its status), stats, and "special events". The article also says that NFL Fever (and more games after that) will offer 2 months of free Live access. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 NFL Fever (and more games after that) will offer 2 months of free Live access This concerns me. Will they still require a credit card for sign ups? I'm afraid that even though expanding the user base for Live is a good thing, this will cause us to see a huge influx of immature pricks in the online community. If people buy an XBL game every two months they could conceivably play for free by activating a new account every two months. Two months seems a bit long. Is MS going to impose any kind of limits per household? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 And is the Live access just for the individual title purchased? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Just a guess, but I would assume that they would require a card to sign up -- and the user agrees to automatic billing after the two months. Then free time would be limited to two months per credit card billing address. And this would explain rumors (still rumors?) about a standalone live headset offering from MS. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 And this would explain rumors (still rumors?) about a standalone live headset offering from MS Such as this one. http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/237683.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 And this would explain rumors (still rumors?) about a standalone live headset offering from MS. Hardly a rumour, it was formally announced by Microsoft. Key games will have two months of free Xbox Live play bundled with them as a "teaser". Microphones will be available seperately, which suggest to me that they know people will "surf" XBL going from trial to trial without ever formally paying $50 for a full year's access. Of course they'll lose their gamertags between games etc, but the people that'll do this won't really care I suspect. Hell, how often do people buy XBL games, play the hell out of them for a month, then trade them in for the next big thing? PSO & RTCW spring to mind... Combine all that with hte ability to pay for XBL on a month-to-month basis, I think Microsoft know the XBL fanbase will subtley change over the coming months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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