CramGaming - 48 Million Xbox Live subscribers are already connected to a potentially always online service. (
The increase will be $1, raising charges from $9.99 to $10.99/month for monthly subscribers while 3-month plans will go up by $5 to $29.99.
Soon, you'll be able to enjoy all the benefits of being an Xbox Live fan on not only your console, but your iOS, Android and Switch devices.
Microsoft is cracking down on what people say while using their services. The tech giant plans to ban accounts that use "offensive language" and will go through private data to "investigate" users.
"Microsoft is warning customers using Office, Xbox, Skype, and other products that the company is prohibiting offensive language and inappropriate content"
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That changes nothing. Microsoft should not go Always online with 720.
That's a lot of gamers, woah!
Yeah and what about the 30 million users not on Live? Given approx sales of 76 million total units with their estimate of 46 million on Live and taking into account 1 live user could have more than one xbox 360, and not counting replacement units, etc...30 million is a huge chunk of the audience they'd be alienating.
I don't see how this makes a good argument to go online only... Such a move would cap the potential user base at a MUCH lower number than could be attained without the requirement. I mean if the next Xbox were to tap that entire user base it would still only sell 46 million units overall, that would be an epic failure.
I am personally capable of supporting an always online system, but would never even consider buying one because I feel it should be MY choice to connect or not. Although I still doubt those rumors will prove true...
if you have a original ps3 and if its connected to the internet its always on, look at the green blinking light by the controller port, it blinks all the time, why?? cause its always on.