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Wario64 · Mar 5, 2007

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157724

LOL. I dont care if it's for cross platform only, the fact that they're gonna start a Live Gold service for PC gaming is hilarious. TIME TO PAY UP BOYS!

BlueTsunami · Mar 5, 2007

Uh oh :lol

Teknopathetic · Mar 5, 2007

Would be a good way to see how fast a horse could stumble out of the gate.

ElectricBlue187 · Mar 5, 2007

Shadowrun requiring a pay-to-play account to interact with 360 owners could make sens

wow this will be the biggest failure in the history of big name FPS titles
first of all, PC gamers don't want to play something that feels like a halo-ized FPS
then you're going to make them pay to play with xbox 360 people with autoaim oh em gee

Scotch · Mar 5, 2007

god I wish 1up would load right now

Anyway if they charge as much as a dime on the PC it's gonna fail. Hard.

OatmealMu · Mar 5, 2007

Oh yeah. This will go over well.

Mojovonio · Mar 5, 2007

for a company that has been in the computer business for so long, how could they not know what their customers want.

this is going to fail hard.

FrankT · Mar 5, 2007

Not gonna happen.

BlueTsunami · Mar 5, 2007

If its free PC > PC than it should be fine but what a way to start "PLAYING TOGETHER". Truely is time to pay up bitches.

Mii · Mar 5, 2007

RIP PC Gaming

Dante · Mar 5, 2007

Yeah....This won't fly.

Oldschoolgamer · Mar 5, 2007

:lol :lol

Edit: I guess this is their way of keeping console users from getting raped by keyboard and mouse skills.

Core407 · Mar 5, 2007

I thought the PC version was free?

Teknopathetic · Mar 5, 2007

"Death of PC Gaming, imminent."

Wow, that's quite a leap. I'd like to see the (lack of) thought process behind that statement.

Mrbob · Mar 5, 2007

Mii said:
RIP PC Gaming

Hah. More like the death of Shadowrun on the PC and the continued downfall of Xbox Live.

Kleevah · Mar 5, 2007

Man, I KNEW they were gonna try to pull some shit like this the instant they started with their games for windows crap.

JB1981 · Mar 5, 2007

Worst idea ever if MS goes through with it.

AdmiralViscen · Mar 5, 2007

I could play UT with PC guys on Dreamcast...

Core407 said:
I thought the PC version was free?

Is it?

Manp · Mar 5, 2007

:lol ...

... :lol

Woo-Fu · Mar 5, 2007

It is Live!, not Live$.

naranjito · Mar 5, 2007

good luck with this, MS.

WickedLaharl · Mar 5, 2007

They have a plan. A master plan and it will work!

tribal24 · Mar 5, 2007

bah not pc games! dont do it microsoft -_-

brain_stew · Mar 5, 2007

would be required to have an Xbox Live Gold account on 360 and a Games for Windows Live Gold account on the PC. Wait, what?

So even if I pay my Xbox 360 Live subscription, I've still got to pay AGAIN, to have Live on the PC? This is a disaster waiting to happen, no PC gamer is going to pay for this.

RumFore · Mar 5, 2007

I would like to see that man that told the man that PC gamers would pay to play against 360 owners. What kind of stupidity is that?

soul creator · Mar 5, 2007

maybe it's sort of like:

Xbox Live Silver on 360 = Xbox Live "Gold" for PC only (free)

Xbox Live Gold on 360 = Xbox Live "Gold" on PC also (pay for playing on 360, but still free on PC)

Otherwise...yeah, it'd be pretty dumb.

kenta · Mar 5, 2007

Mrbob said:
Hah. More like the death of Shadowrun on the PC and the continued downfall of Xbox Live.

Mighty bold statement coming from you of all people

Fragamemnon · Mar 5, 2007

Playing an FPS with console gamers on their clunky controllers is like putting on a botmatch and setting it to medium. No way I'm going to pay for that. Not to mention Halo 2 and Shadowrun doesn't look super appealing to begin with if you are on a platform with as many and as rich FPS experiences as the PC has.

I *hate* subscriptions. I've already got no less than five ways to use voice chat in games, and another five ways for IM'ing and finding games to play. If they are going to go for some kind of Gold BS, they better have the services behind it to boot. Like I said previously:

A) Discounted Microsoft Game Studio PC catalog.
B) Fast, no wait file server that hosts demos, mods, and other large files, akin to something like FileShack or FilePlanet.
C) Dedicated voice chat channel-NOT peer to peer, but a server side thing that is always up with a low (8-10) max people per room.

And more stuff I can't think off of the top of my head.

GhaleonEB · Mar 5, 2007

That would be a very, very bad idea. Very. :lol

BlueTsunami · Mar 5, 2007

Kleevah said:
Man, I KNEW they were gonna try to pull some shit like this the instant they started with their games for windows crap.

Yep. Microsoft is obviously trying to unify PC gaming, hopefully they don't close Online gaming up in some formso they can pull in capital. That would suck so much.

It will probably just stay with 1st party developed titles as a testing ground.

MirageDwarf · Mar 5, 2007

Did gamers ever care to specifically select Xbox 360 player to play against? I guess, NO.

I always thought that this will be kind of hidden to the gamers. All gamers care is playing in multi-player. Who gives shit if they are playing with computer player & not 360 players?

Will game not allow me to host it locally on LAN?

This is another "horse armor" like transaction....

AltogetherAndrews · Mar 5, 2007

*feigns surprise*

Mejilan · Mar 5, 2007

I'm not paying twice. Those of us stupid enough to pay for XBL Gold to begin with should get the PC version free. Nonsense.

kirs · Mar 6, 2007

I do not want.

Haunted · Mar 6, 2007

Mrbob said:
Hah. More like the death of Shadowrun on the PC.

You are correct.

Worst idea ever? If not, it's ****ing close. I ****ing hope this is going to fall flat on its face and end up a hilarious and complete failure, so no company ever dreams of trying to do it again.

Mrbob · Mar 6, 2007

kenta said:
Mighty bold statement coming from you of all people

Well I don't think my words mean much. But I'm sick of paying for Xbox Live without MS supporting the service with dedicated servers. I'm a subscriber through Feb 08, and have been since the service launched, and I'll be able to get Halo 3 out of my system by then and I'm probably done.

Gonna build a new PC this fall, and will get PC version of multiplatform PC/360 games since I can determine how fast I want the game to run, and won't have to pay extra to play online. Or maybe I will? Mwa hahahah thx MS.

pilonv1 · Mar 6, 2007

Paying twice? Nice work reading more into this than there is.

soul creator · Mar 6, 2007

why does the 1up article say you need a 360 account *and* a Games for Windows account, when the very picture they sourced for the article says 360 account *or* Games for Windows account?

Fragamemnon · Mar 6, 2007

Don't worry about PC gaming, we've dealt with this kind of crap before and, generally speaking, the community just reroutes around it. If Live Gold Sucker PC Edition is required to play against 360 players, then most publishers will just turn if off and go through some other mechanism.

White Man · Mar 6, 2007

This news is so stupid that it is retarding my enjoyment of this delightful Nip/Tuck episode. How could they do something so dumb? This is like making professional football players pay money to participate in the special olympics.

golem · Mar 6, 2007

Mejilan said:
I'm not paying twice. Those of us stupid enough to pay for XBL Gold to begin with should get the PC version free. Nonsense.

agreed

JB1981 · Mar 6, 2007

White Man said:
This news is so stupid that it is retarding my enjoyment of this delightful Nip/Tuck episode. How could they do something so dumb? This is like making professional football players pay money to participate in the special olympics.

:lol :lol

BlueTsunami · Mar 6, 2007

BOHICA

:lol :lol :lol

bishoptl · Mar 6, 2007

The phrase I believe you are all looking for is, "Eight shades of stupid". Best of luck tilting at that particular windmill, Live - I won't be joining you.

GhaleonEB · Mar 6, 2007

Mejilan said:
I'm not paying twice. Those of us stupid enough to pay for XBL Gold to begin with should get the PC version free. Nonsense.

You would not pay twice. Microsoft has said in the past that your Gold subscription applies to whatever device the service is running on - that was part of the Live Anywhere announcements. So you pay for Gold and then play on PC or 360 with the same GT, friends list, etc. The problem comes with trying to get PC gamers, who do not have a 360, to subscribe to Gold for a fee. They won't, period.

MirageDwarf · Mar 6, 2007

Evazan · Mar 6, 2007

Wow....just....wow...

iceddomain · Mar 6, 2007

Is it just me or is news seemingly reversing itself as of late, with regards to Sony and MS.

Monumental droptheball.gif, airball.gif, wtfisthisshit.jpg all about cover this.

Confidence Man · Mar 6, 2007

soul creator said:
why does the 1up article say you need a 360 account *and* a Games for Windows account, when the very picture they sourced for the article says 360 account *or* Games for Windows account?

Because like most people in this thread, 1up apparently lacks certain comprehension skills.

Bad_Boy · Mar 6, 2007

I don't get it. They are going to charge pc gamers for something they have been getting for free for years?

ehh... bohica indeed.

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