Comments on: Vista gets Live-wired for PC games in May

Free Silver membership of Microsoft's Games for Windows Live includes some online play; Gold includes cross-platform play.

[Penguinisto]

*sigh* - I remember when online play was free...

...and in many arenas it still is. You bought the game, installed/tweaked it, got online, found a server, and went at it. Now even the connection is gonna cost you.

Sad that the corporations got hold of the thing and made pay-for-play. I understand some of the benefits of it (keeps the bots and cheaters to a minimum, loudmouths and disruptors can be tracked and kicked, etc), but damn - I miss the old days.

/P

[Gasaraki]

It is free...

The silver membership IS free. Since when did you get a free service that enables you to collect achievements and tally a "Gamerscore," list friends, and send text, voice messages and have cross platform play? Remember this is over multiple games not just one game.

You should read the article about EA shutting down their online servers for 05 games. How's that for free?

[Edward.Nardella]

Rise of PC games again?

Why do I get the feeling that when people on PCs start owning console players due to the superiority of the interface for FPSs they will start migrating to PCs instead of consoles? Or perhaps trackball game pads could finnally come out of indefinite developement.

[Lindy01]

The makers

of Shadowrun....the first cross platform game, listed in the article recently did a test. They invited a bunch of PC gamers and console gamers....good ones. They were afraid of what you stated...that the PC gamers would wipe the floor with the console gamers because of the Keyboard and Mice.

The PC players got their @$$ handed to them suprising everyone. I have played on both and to be honest its like learning to ride a bike. After a year almost of 360 i feel just as comfortable and I doing just as good as I was on the PC in the top 25% of any given game.