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Originally Posted by Guru
Whats odd about it? Its the most effective way to get people to keep their membership active. Of course now membership is required to play online games that are not free to play but we all knew that was coming eventually.
Point is, they got a cheapskate like me to see value in a service I saw no value in on the xbox. But the real kicker is the fact you don't have to have every player in your household be a member just to play online.
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Maybe odd isn't the right word. From the sounds of it, the games are "free", but only if you maintain paying for a PS+ acct. Basically, the "free" games are behind a paywall. So, if you stop paying for a PS+ acct, they take the "free" games away. Basically, you are renting the games they give. Which is fine, I don't have any issue with it because like I've said a hundred times, stuff that requires an Gold level membership won't affect me in the slightest because I'll have it.
The only thing I've seen you complain about Live was that you saw no value in it because you had to pay for each individual acct. I'm not sure I've seen you complain about the actual content of Live other than saying Xbox is only giving old games nobody wants - which is simply an opinion on value. You say there is no value in the old games, I say that the old games that I've downloaded over the past 8-10 months have been a blast to play and have more than made up for the $3/month I spend on Live.