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YouGamers Look at Games for Windows Live

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Jun 13, 2007.

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    YouGamers have cast their sight and launched their typing fingers at Games for Windows Live, Microsoft's new idea for the multiplayer gaming world. Here's an excerpt:

    There is a catch though - you need a Gold membership to play cross-platform, to earn multiplayer achievements for your gamerscore and to find games without browsing a list of dedicated servers. It appears that every effort has been made to make things difficult for Silver-level members to play online.

    The problem with the Gold subscription at the launch of the Games for Windows Live is that it currently offers horrendously poor value for money. There are only two PC titles that use it - Halo 2 for Vista and Shadowrun - and neither has exactly set the world on fire. It's just hard to fork over $4 a month to play these games, as there are numerous other similar PC titles to choose from that do not require you to subscribe to Live. After all, Live is a peer-to-peer matchmaking system - a glorified Battle.net with achievements tacked on. And that $4 assumes you are paying for the full year's membership - you'll end up paying even more if you choose the six or three month subscription.

    Read the rest at YouGamers.
     
    chevalier, Jun 13, 2007
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