They will never do that as many have said xbl is better than psn but I never saw a difference. Most of my online console friends are on psn anyway and now that also is not free. They have to pay for the upkeep somehow. I don't see MS giving away anything for free.Given the direction that MS is moving, xbl should be free. Now is the time to change this. Xbox1 is essentially the PC for your living room. Its no longer a stand alone gaming console. Make xbl free and bring all major franchise games to PC. Halo, gears, forza....etc.
Given the direction that MS is moving, xbl should be free. Now is the time to change this. Xbox1 is essentially the PC for your living room. Its no longer a stand alone gaming console. Make xbl free and bring all major franchise games to PC. Halo, gears, forza....etc.
Given the direction that MS is moving, xbl should be free. Now is the time to change this. Xbox1 is essentially the PC for your living room. Its no longer a stand alone gaming console. Make xbl free and bring all major franchise games to PC. Halo, gears, forza....etc.
Keep dreaming. Those games will forever be Xbox exclusive titles. Not just exclusive on console but to the platform. Not like when they can claim "only on playstation" while meaning to say "not on Xbox" or vice versa.
Yea they didn't do great in sales until they stated reducing the price and which ultimately is why I ended up buying one too. Hell I still have not activated my xbl year card yet. Haven't played it in a while as I only got it for exclusives and the ability to stream games to my windows 10 PC is a plus.That sounds like a pretty good idea. Why not invest millions into console R&D, lose money on every console sale, then rip out the revenue stream making the division sustainable by making it free, thus making the networking side of Xbox ALSO a net loss, and then kill the console's market by taking its compelling software exclusives to another platform.
Why don't you just say, "Microsoft should get rid of the Xbox division."?
Well, they ARE bringing the Gears remaster (and its exorbitant price) to PC, along with Killer Instinct and Fable. Granted, one's a remaster of a PC title, one's something of a niche genre that doesn't really move consoles, and the third is a free-to-play title that'll be banking on microtransactions to survive, so expanding the player base makes more sense. I doubt this means we'd see Forza or Halo make the jump.
I'm just wondering why I pay for xbl if most xb1 games are going PC where online is free.
I'm just wondering why I pay for xbl if most xb1 games are going PC where online is free.
Yea they didn't do great in sales until they stated reducing the price and which ultimately is why I ended up buying one too. Hell I still have not activated my xbl year card yet. Haven't played it in a while as I only got it for exclusives and the ability to stream games to my windows 10 PC is a plus.
Come again? You can stream XB1 games to a Win10 PC?
I haven't done it yet because I'm still on windows 8.1 but I'll soon be upgraded to 10 sometime after its out if doesn't have too many incompatibility issues. It's an app within windows 10 that lets you stream your xb1 games to your PC monitor. Pretty useful if someone is using the TV where the xbox is hooked up. Works on laptops too all you have to do is hook up your controller to it. Hopefully as long as you have a stable connection it will be better than PS TV.Come again? You can stream XB1 games to a Win10 PC?
Assassin's Creed Black Flag is free from GWG in July.
So Many Me as well.
Looks good for July.
What do you mean by carryovers? Also, if I "buy" the free games from their website instead of installing them can they be installed anytime as long as I have xbox live active?
Great! Thank you!Yes you can install them any time. Once you complete checkout it is yours. A carryover means sometimes a game from last month doesn't get changed and you only get one new title for that month.
Yep. It's a feature of W10, and it's in the W10 preview right now.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2936412/xbox-onetopc-game-streaming-launched-monday.html
I haven't done it yet because I'm still on windows 8.1 but I'll soon be upgraded to 10 sometime after its out if doesn't have too many incompatibility issues. It's an app within windows 10 that lets you stream your xb1 games to your PC monitor. Pretty useful if someone is using the TV where the xbox is hooked up. Works on laptops too all you have to do is hook up your controller to it. Hopefully as long as you have a stable connection it will be better than PS TV.