Nobody at all should be shocked. MS has shown time and time again that the only things you can do with a Silver account is give them money. Any feature based around you not giving them money is locked for Gold members.
@Phatmac said:
Why would anyone WANT to use a web browser on a console, especially IE?
I use my PS3 browser to watch some video sites. It's less useful now that said video site (Crunchyroll) released an official PS3 app, but it was nice for a while.
Why would anyone WANT to use a web browser on a console, especially IE?
There are a few cases where the browser on the PS3 has come in handy. And rather then wait for apps to be made for the console, you might just be able to go right to the website. Console browsers are not very good, but they can fix some of the shortcomings and hassle of having to make apps directly for it.
Why would anyone WANT to use a web browser on a console, especially IE?
I use the PS3 browser every now and then since they added HTML-5 support. Watching giantbomb vids and livestreams work reasonably well for when I feel like watching the videos on my TV.
You're going to pay for LIVE, regardless of whether or not they provide a compelling service or not. Until online play has been liberated from behind the pay wall, then Microsoft has no reason to make the service compelling for you.
Not a big surprise that IE is behind a paywall. I think it'll be my last year of Gold membership - the Xbox dash experience these days is akin to wading through shit. The apps have been shoehorned in and everything now runs super-slow. The Metro interface is also detrimental to navigation - unless, of course - you have a Kinect. Case in point - the software keyboard for searches is now a single horizontal line of letters rather than the traditional layout. Pretty horrid.
PSN offers a lot more for your money at the moment - plus the adverts on the XMB don't appear to be nearly as offensive as the ones on the Xbox dash.
Not a big surprise that IE is behind a paywall. I think it'll be my last year of Gold membership - the Xbox dash experience these days is akin to wading through shit. The apps have been shoehorned in and everything now runs super-slow. The Metro interface is also detrimental to navigation - unless, of course - you have a Kinect. Case in point - the software keyboard for searches is now a single horizontal line of letters rather than the traditional layout. Pretty horrid.
PSN offers a lot more for your money at the moment - plus the adverts on the XMB don't appear to be nearly as offensive as the ones on the Xbox dash.
If you think about what the Xbox 360 stands for. It is a very confusing thing. The ideas are a mess.
With the topic of "streamlining" being ever more present in this modern world. It is funny to see the xbox lose sight of this. It's like they think more = better. There are so many games and services on the system which I would never use and they get in the way.
oh screw that then , i have my wii u preorder and i can browse the web on that same with you tube,
wait i can use youtube on my wii already ya microsoft just now catching up but the thing is nintendo didnt lock me out of my browser cause i wasnt paying for gold lol
I just tried iHeartRadio, which is a FREE service, but of course its locked behind XBLG. Microsoft should charge for everything, like using the internal WiFi interface, or count the number of button pushes on the controllers. No wait, integrate a mag-stripe reader in the controller for credit cards...There problem solved. Idiots!
It's kind of shocking to me how Microsoft managed to get away with putting nearly everything behind Gold this entire generation with little to no negative press and no serious consumer reaction. It's no wonder they assume they can get away with killing use games or always online or any of the other numerous things they're planning on; consumers have proven to them at every opportunity they'll happily get fucked for something they can get elsewhere easier.
As long as there are people stupid enough to put up with things like this and hand over their money willingly, why would they stop. Really interested to see if they change anything with the xbo.
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