Ads Coming to Xbox Live

[Lord Beautiful]

You want to put ads on Live? Awesome! Make it free.

My sentiments exactly.

 

[Baby Tea]

I said it before, it's more the principle of the matter rather than the matter of the principle. Microsoft gets money from advertisments and money from Gold membership. Gold Members (obsceure Austin Power's reference FTW!) pay for exclusive content, early access, and online. They should not have to pay for an ad to be shoved in their face, something that gets them money anyway, however big it may be. I'm sure many people would pay for LIVE if it meant no ads, more than you'd think, either way Microsoft gets money and it seems like a better way to move people to gold membership however silly it may seem.

But aren't you (And I, admittedly) jumping the gun (Lion?) here?
We know that ads are coming. Fine.
But we don't really know 100% in what capacity, or if it will directly, or indirectly, effect gold members.

Especially in the light of the guy's own words:

"I need to let you know that you don't need to worry about a huge influx of ads across the dashboard," he wrote. "One of our core principles is to enhance, not interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the Live community. Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the dashboard, like we've done with some of the NXE slots in the past."

"No one on the team wants to turn the dashboard into something that looks like like Shibuya Crossing," he added. "That's just not good for anyone."

Contrary to what Linux users, Mac sheep, and PS3 fanboys would have you believe: Microsoft isn't stupid. They aren't going to throw ads up in such a way that will hinder use, or interrupt or deter from gaming on their own gaming platform.
We're just getting word on that it will happen, let's reserve serious judgment until we find out how it will happen.

Fair enough?

 

[Jumplion]

Contrary to what Linux users, Mac sheep, and PS3 fanboys would have you believe: Microsoft isn't stupid.

Does not compute...

Partly because I'm required to think that, but mostly because I'm tired as shit. Don't you dare quote me before I get off! Let me sleep and then I'll tell you "fair enough"!

 

[Brotherofwill]

Besides, there are already ads on XLB, and they are extremely easy to ignore. So who cares? It's like an ad on the bus you're riding on, or on the billboard on the side of the road. Who cares? Just ignore it. It's not jumping in your face. It's just sitting there.

A 'laissez-faire' argument? Sorry, but that's really weak, no matter what conversation or topic you are refering to.

It's because of arguments and mindsets like this that modern consumers are just about the ***** of anyone that puts out a product. What happened to ideals and why is no-one getting upset anymore?

 

[sln333]

Why are they announcing something that's already basically happened? When you turn the 360 on the first thing you see is ads for games and sometimes products. Recently I've been seeing this one Doritos ad come up quite a bit.

 

[Lukeydoodly]

There is already movie ads on the Xbox.

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

We already put up with paying fifty dollars a month for online gaming, while the other console owners do it for free.

Well you're getting screwed then. I pay 50 bucks for 13 months.

Sorry, my bad.
I meant year.
But either way, we're paying while other people don't.

Compare XBL to a PSN.
I have both and I'll say that XBL is definitely superior.
People need to stop whining about the 50 a year thing. If you don't like it, don't pay for it. It's as simple as that.

 

[BoxCutter]

Ad's don't bother me at all, unless they're popping up mid gameplay I could not care less what microsoft does with the dashboard. As long as I can get to my friends and play without being reminded i'm low on doritos.

 

[MasterStratus]

We already put up with paying fifty dollars a month for online gaming, while the other console owners do it for free.

Well you're getting screwed then. I pay 50 bucks for 13 months.

Sorry, my bad.
I meant year.
But either way, we're paying while other people don't.

Compare XBL to a PSN.
I have both and I'll say that XBL is definitely superior.
People need to stop whining about the 50 a year thing. If you don't like it, don't pay for it. It's as simple as that.

GAH!
I'm not whining about paying, I'm fine with it.
I'm not fine with the idea of having ads all over something that we already pay them for.

 

[Low Key]

So does this mean Live will be free? It should be as the ad revenue should pay for the server bandwidth. I don't mind paying $50 a year as I can afford it, but I pay that so I don't have to deal with BS like ads.