>From what I understand, MS is using the subscription fee to setup game servers.
Right now, the server is just some player's xBox. Because of this the games are relatively small, I have only been able to play with at most 8 people and not have lag problems. It would be nice if there were dedicated servers hosted with good bandwidth that can support the 20+ people with the voice part as well. EA is supposed to be setting up their own online service for their console games. There is talk of them allowing xBox, PS2, and PC players to all play each other. But that is just talk, don't know how true that is, but that would be nice. > -----Original Message----- > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:22 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube > > Microsoft charges a subscription fee for online gaming. Right now it runs > about the price of a game. > > There is no similar charge for using the PS2 console you paid for to go > online to enjoy the games you paid for. > > The word 'tax' is used here, mostly because it is a charge for a service > for > which you receive almost nothing. Microsoft could be charging $.25 a year > for a subscription and still make a profit, and in that way it is > difficult > to justify the charge. This just looks like greed to me, and I will not > pay > it. > > And I could care less what people pay to play Everquest over a year! Those > people are getting reamed as well. > > Blizzard does not charge you to play multiplayer Warcraft, which is better > than most of what they have on the XBOX. What makes M$ so great? > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:11 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Xbox or Gamecube > > > What do you mean they charge a tax for multiplayer games? The price of the > games is no different??? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
