X Box Live, an Idiots Guide.

Please can someone explain it to me.

Whats with all the gold, silver membership malarky, Also why when i google it do i get a video of Hitler.......

Strange......

Anyway dont understand how it works etc.

J

Silver Membership
Create your gamer profile
Create and maintain a friends list
Access Xbox Live Marketplace including Xbox Live Arcade, demos, and trailers
Send and receive text and voice messages
Join in special Xbox Live Gold trial opportunities
Access massively multiplayer games
Note: Silver level requires Xbox 360 storage device and broadband connection. Xbox Live Marketplace downloads and MMO games may require an additional fee.

Gold Membership
All the Silver level benefits PLUS:
Great online multiplayer gameplay
Xbox Live Marketplace: Get both exclusive and early access content
Revolutionary TrueSkill™ matchmaking
Enhanced gamer feedback
Enhanced friends list
management

you get a free month of gold membership when you buy a new console and then its around £35-£40 per year for the full gold membership

Right thats good, but i still dont understand the difference.

Can i play online games with silver, as well as talk to people and track my stats or is that just gold.?

bigjizzy wrote:Right thats good, but i still dont understand the difference.

Can i play online games with silver, as well as talk to people and track my stats or is that just gold.?

you need gold to download game content , play online etc

oh right...

So with silver you cant play against your mates??? that just gives you access to some shite....

you HAVE to have GOLD to play online.

oooo k reet thanks Manse.

Basicly if you want to play online with people on the 360 you will need a gold membership, the 360 has a dedicated server system and to use it for online play you need to "subscribe" to it, ie buy a gold membership. At this point I wont mention the PSfree.....nope, nada, not a word

If you search around you will find 12 months gold for around £25, with the PS3 online play is free but they are only just starting to catch up with the service offered by microsoft, they are getting there slowing and it has improved greatly but microsoft still has the better online service at the moment. The biggest problem the PS3 has is that it doesn't make the game developers make the games with online support as with the 360 all games have to be xbox live compatiable.

personally i think live is well worth the money for what you get , am sayin nothing about you hereward but am i right in saying you too shelled out ya hard earned for gold membership ??

If my mrs does stump up ill need to get a router, so i can use my broadband for the xbox and pc.!

And yes ill be getting gold if this happens

to be honest Gold is a must have , and you can always turn the xbox on and talk without even gaming so it saves on phone calls too

I remember in the murky past the coms were so good on the PS3 we used to use the 360 to chat whilst playing on the PS3 LOL
True fact is the 360 live system is better than the PS3 one.....but.......the PS3 system has been steadily catching the 360 system over the past 12 months to the point were it may well exceed it with the release of some unnamable software. You'll see about 1 big firmware update a month on the PS3 adding more and more features.......but it's all good, I can PM people in game now and give me the promised voice chat to friends in game I'll be happy.

Just a quick question,

My broadband goes into the bedroom for my pc, i use Virgin. So i obviously have a single router.

In order to have the xbox online downstairs ill need some sort of wireless router. but i was wondering if the 360 came with a wireless router built in?????

J

what a noob ok am not 100% on techno stuff so will try my best to explain , i think u have a modem not a router , thats the 1st part , now the best option for you is to have a router , call virgin and tell them what you want to do ( they sent me a free router ) then you will need a 360 wireless adaptor ( around £50 ) then just plug the wireless adaptor into the usb on the back of your 360 and it will search for your router and connect that way , hope that clears it up a bit for you matey

Aye it does,

Problem is;

1, Im not paying another £50.00 to Microsoft robbing bastards.
2, Our house it seems is made of lead therefore wireless = fail.

So

Ive just ordered a normal router and 20m of cat 5 cable.
I guess i know what ill be doing tomorrow night lol.

Anyone got any of them cable ties. LOL

bigjizzy wrote:Aye it does,

Problem is;

1, Im not paying another £50.00 to Microsoft robbing bastards.
2, Our house it seems is made of lead therefore wireless = fail.

So

Ive just ordered a normal router and 20m of cat 5 cable.
I guess i know what ill be doing tomorrow night lol.

Anyone got any of them cable ties. LOL

will work perfectly my friend , the wireless adaptor is a con to be honest for what it is and the PS3 has it built in , would still phone virgin and get a router for nothing though , mine came in about 5 days

Aye, Is a pain in the arse with all the wiring but, at least it wont keep dropping connection, which I KNOW it would wirelessly. Oh to have a HD tv in the bedroom. or at least a HD port on my monitor

Anyways will be all set for next week yay week of abusing my eyes......

As at happens i have a USB wireless Modem if anyone wants to buy one.. should there house be better equipped to work wirelessly

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If you check out xbox live (website) theres a huge amount of info regarding this subject Jizzy