Xbox Live's Twitter and Facebook free for Gold, for trial by Silver members

I don't really see anything wrong with MS adding additional value to the Gold membership without increasing the price.

WHAT THE FUCK!


They say it was free for everbody.


Now we have to get gold to use this? WTF

WHAT THE FUCK!


They say it was free for everybody.


Now we have to get gold to use this? WTF

I use Twitter all the time to talk to my friends. It's pretty useful for that.

theres a lot of ppl bitching about these new features and Gold membership but they are already paying 50 bucks and will most likely USE these new features anyways.

putting facebook on the dashboard is probably the only way im gonna check it on a regular basis. im not into social networking sites, i only keep a facebook account so other ppl can find me..

Why not put INTERNET EXPLORER? I know it sucks but at aleast you can surf, Instead of such limited bullcrap, *uck twitter

Next thing you know you're going to have to be a Gold subscriber to even turn on the damn thing.

not sure why im surprised... i stupidly pay monthly for the gold membership (what like 7 bucks a month rather than 50 bucks a year?) but cant really complain one way or another. Although i can agree with other people and say... if you already have internet access (which is how youre probably reading this... and playing XBL) than you probably have a gold account so it shouldnt matter anyways... and if you dont have a gold account... and youre reading this... you can still get facebook and twitter for free on a PC, or your PS3, or your iPhone, or your PSP... or any number of free methods (provided you have some sort of internet connection... even if youre stealing wifi from your 60 year old neighbor.)

who doesnt have a gold membership anyways? people who DONT use online functions... thats who... so they dont care about facebook and twitter anyways...

hell... does ANYONE here use facebook or twitter? i didnt think so.

I have no problem paying for Gold. I think it's good it separates serious gamers from the not so serious gamers. Also it limits gamers to one gamertag or how many tags they want to pay for. I have friends on PSN with 2,3, or more gamertags which is bothersome. I would ask "why they haven't been online". "Oh I changed my gamertag". (-_-) Playstation online is dull and boring as well.

Well xbox live gold 12 month here cost 84 US dollars and seriously even if its 50 dollars its not WORTH IT, i cant find a reason to pay for something that should be free in other platform

Does microsoft have no shame.

no response shadowbenderr?

I love it how everyone jumps on MS for charging money for "everything" like it is some new devious strategy that only they implement. Look, every company wants to make money and some go about it different ways that may or may not float your boat. MS charges a month fee. So what? The service is great. PSN users feel that they magically get this same service for free, right? Well you do know that third party developers have to cover the cost of server maintenance fees for there games that are on the PSN. SO, if said developer is not having such a great year money wise, that they honestly can pull those servers away and poof, that online game is no longer playable. Has this happened? No, but the point is, the fee is there, it is just not paid by the consumer.

Personally, I'm a fan of both systems because I love to game and find great games on both systems that I love.

A word of warning though, Sony is not as innocent as everyone thinks. Check this link out below and find out how Capcom, with the popularity of the RE5 demo, would now be charged close to $200,000 to release a demo. That's right, a fee to release a demo over PSN for bandwidth that no other company institutes.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/20/sony-now-charging-publishers-for-ps3-downloadable-content/

I don't know if it's going to happen or not but I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen as Microsoft will charge extra for things that are free to everyone else such as...

- Last FM
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Online Gaming

Now all of these things are available to the PC,PS3 & even to some extent on the Wii for free yet everyone that pay's for XBL is OK with this. Microsoft Charges for DLC that is free for the PC sometimes and yea people complain but they still pay. We as gamers are allowing this to happen by paying for these things. If we don't stop this now other companies may follow Microsoft's lead and it is a bad example if you ask me.

Also I know that XBL allows for Cross Game Chat & Cross Game Invites which will eventually come to the PS3 & will still be free unless Microsoft has somehow patented it and if that's the case that sucks. I am glad Microsoft isn't in charge of the Air we breath because if they did I am sure they would charge for that too.

i just wish that ONLINE GAMING would be available for silver memberships, but hey that's the reason why people buy gold memberships :P. ill bet that if online gaming was for silver members too, no one would buy gold.

@Shadowbender

Your're totally right, but I know Major Nelson HASN'T paid for GOLD access EVER in his life, he is such a douche