[moycon]

FYI for silver members wanting to snag Gold only demo's or to play online....

"November 20 at 12:00pm ET and running until 12:00pm ET November 23, Xbox Live Gold will be free for all Silver members except in Europe."

[Tr3vor]

does this apply with the old xbox?

[Hyper_Eye]

The old XBox doesn't have different levels of Live service. With the XBox you either have an active Live account or you don't. I would say it is very unlikely that the free gold Live applies to the XBox. It won't hurt to try it out though.

[JamesD]

Europe also gets a free gold trial. Theirs is different days.

[Gabriel]

welcome to a weekend of horrific lag.

[moycon]

Gabriel, on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:32 PM, said:

welcome to a weekend of horrific lag.

I hope not, but you might be right with all the people saturating the network.

[Lord Helmet]

I wonder if this is just so people can try out the new gold only features (facebook, twitter etc). I found the new stuff kinda meh.

[JamesD]

That's why Europe is different days. All at once would grind them to a hault

This post has been edited by JamesD: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:32 PM

[moycon]

JamesD, on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:31 AM, said:

All at once would grind them to a hault

Gabriel and I played Soul Caliber IV online (a real time fighting game) and the lag was negligible, truly a sign of a kick ass network.

This is coming from from someone who know....,and is surprised. I can't imagine the cost involved especially with C.O.D.:M.W2 just released to pull this off!!! Truely dedicated to the "hardcore" gamer. The < $3 I bucks I spend per month is worth it, if no lag is the result!!

[Gabriel]

moycon, on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:46 AM, said:

Gabriel and I played Soul Caliber IV online (a real time fighting game) and the lag was negligible, truly a sign of a kick ass network.

I was even able to get an impact guard off, which I normally find impossible to do online because even when the connection is good there's a bit of imperceptible lag which throws off the timing. So the connection was rockin' last night at the very least.

[JamesD]

moycon, on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:46 PM, said:

JamesD, on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:31 AM, said:

All at once would grind them to a hault

Gabriel and I played Soul Caliber IV online (a real time fighting game) and the lag was negligible, truly a sign of a kick ass network.

This is coming from from someone who know....,and is surprised. I can't imagine the cost involved especially with C.O.D.:M.W2 just released to pull this off!!! Truely dedicated to the "hardcore" gamer. The < $3 I bucks I spend per month is worth it, if no lag is the result!!

But is that all going through Microsoft's network / servers or the publisher's?

Things like 1 vs 100 will definitely be through XBOX Live.