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Re: Can I play apex without Xbox live gold?

@OldTreeCreeper I can totally grasp it tho. Look to the past for examples. Playstation was free to play online... their connection/servers sucked as I’ve heard. Microsoft always had paying for online. Consistently good servers since the inception of online play :D.

I like to believe that then and now you pay for upkeep of servers.

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OldTreeCreeper
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6 years ago
@Koochi-Q I see it more as a sales platform where they take a % of the sales as well.
Koochi-Q
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6 years ago
@OldTreeCreeper Definitely, but I like to think positive when technology is involved. And look at it this was...

MS has never been struggling with Xbox even tho they lost tons of money due to the platform. The paying for Xbox Live Gold helped with bouncing. On the other hand, Pre current gen Sony was hemorrhaging money and only relied on hardware/digital content sales, which still weren’t enough, despite playstation being the main reason sony is still making money as described by reports.