Microsoft is renaming its (free) Xbox Live Silver service to “Xbox Live Free Membership,” according to a tweet from European community manager Graeme Boyd. This comes alongside the refreshed Xbox.com and, of course, the Xbox Live Gold price hike, as part of an apparent pre-Kinect relaunch of the Xbox’s online presence.
The new name no longer emphasizes Silver’s status as subordinate to Gold, but rather highlights the advantage of that level of membership — the fact that it’s free. In a followup tweet, Boyd clarified that the feature set for Silver won’t change and neither will the name for the paid membership. If you’re Gold now, you’ll stay gold.
Xbox Live Silver to be called ‘Xbox Live Free Membership’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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