Xbox Live Silver Accounts Now Wait a Week For Demos

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 6, 2007 @06:34AM from the yet-another-monthly-fee dept.

1up notes a change in the way that Xbox Live Silver-level (free) memberships work. Now folks that don't pay will have to wait an additional week to get game demos. Microsoft's Xbox representative Major Nelson assures us it's not meant to 'annoy' users of the service, but to provide additional value to Gold subscribers. "When people talk about features they'd like to see added to an Xbox Live Gold subscription, dedicated servers, expanded buddy lists or separate bandwidth pipes for popular downloads are first to mind. Instead of adding features to the Gold experience, however, they're "enhancing" Gold subscriptions by continuing a practice started last summer of stripping Silver members of features and making them Gold-only."

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FInally! by Farakin · 2007-12-06 06:37 · Score: 4, Funny

Now my perceived value of $4.99 a month is justified! Take that cheap asses!
JUST LIKE SLASHDOT!!!! by MBraynard · 2007-12-06 06:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Non-payers have to wait extra long to see news stories that were old when the subscribers got to see them.
You guys are right - M$ doesn't innovate, it steals ideas from others, now including Commodore Burito!
Re:Translation by RandoX · 2007-12-06 06:44 · Score: 5, Funny

This reminds me of something... Where was it that allowed paying members to see the content earlier? I can't remember.