[News] MS sued over idiots misusing their consoles

You need a Gold subscription to play games online on the 360, you can play them offline for free. (?) It's a bit of a ripoff (especially considering that online play is free on the PS3 and Wii), but it's not required. Though I'm not sure if that's what you were actually talking about, what with the DVD analogies.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Isn't the entire argument for console platforms over the PC about how simple and idiot-proof they are?

That's not the entire argument, though I'm pretty sure you're aware of that and are just saying it to be patronising. I have an IQ of over 350 (so I don't need things to be idiot-proof), I just prefer consoles because it's more comfortable to play on my couch, with a controller, on a big TV screen, without worrying about system requirements, and nowadays the game library is pretty much the same on PC and consoles (so the old argument that consoles are for babies and the PC offers more complex games is not really valid anymore). Though I still love playing old point-and-click adventures on the PC...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Colonel Spreadsheet

You'd think someone so fucking smart would be able to understand the DVD analogy they were using but hey.

Hey. What's up? I understood it fine, it just looks like there was a communications breakdown between Pang and Omagnus, since either Pang doesn't understand what functionality a Gold subscription actually provides, or Pang was talking solely about the online portion of games (and how all 360 games require a subscription for online multiplayer, unlike with PC) and Omagnus misunderstood that, and all in all I think some confusion could have been avoided by skipping analogies altogether.

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This is pretty much what you're paying for, yes.

Oh, okay. (?)

There's nowhere I can't reach.