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Tezcatlipoca · 26-05-2013, 16:20

AFAIK, the only app that doesn't need XBL Gold is BBC iPlayer... and that's only because the BBC put its foot down and insisted it would only allow it if free accounts could use it (MS wanted it Gold only, like the rest). Netflix, Lovefilm, 4oD, Demand 5 and the rest all need Gold, as does IE.

Just because the XMB & PSN aren't that great now, and have had various things belatedly "bolted on" such as "in-game XMB" and Trophies etc., doesn't mean that it will be the same for the PS4... Sony will be starting fresh, and will be fully aware of how it lagged behind in the previous generation...

Hell, I'll be buying an Xbox One first, and I will continue to subscribe to XBL Gold... But XBL still needs a revamp to improve things for the Silver people, and we don't know that the PS4's PSN and interface will be crap just because of the PS3's...

Both companies have a lot more to explain at E3...

26-05-2013, 16:20	#133
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	re: The Xbox One Thread AFAIK, the only app that doesn't need XBL Gold is BBC iPlayer... and that's only because the BBC put its foot down and insisted it would only allow it if free accounts could use it (MS wanted it Gold only, like the rest). Netflix, Lovefilm, 4oD, Demand 5 and the rest all need Gold, as does IE. Just because the XMB & PSN aren't that great now, and have had various things belatedly "bolted on" such as "in-game XMB" and Trophies etc., doesn't mean that it will be the same for the PS4... Sony will be starting fresh, and will be fully aware of how it lagged behind in the previous generation... Hell, I'll be buying an Xbox One first, and I will continue to subscribe to XBL Gold... But XBL still needs a revamp to improve things for the Silver people, and we don't know that the PS4's PSN and interface will be crap just because of the PS3's... Both companies have a lot more to explain at E3...