Difference Between Xbox Live Silver and Gold
I’ve seen this question come up a few times, so I thought I’d address it here.
The xbox.com page on the subject makes the answer as clear as mud.
The main difference is you get online multiplayer with Gold. With silver, you can download content, demos, trailers, arcade games, etc. You also get achievements and all basic Live functionality.
Punch it up to the Gold level of service, and you get to game with others around the globe, online on Live. So, for example, without Gold, your Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter experience is going to be limited to single player. On Xbox Live Gold, you get to play with your buds in multiplayer games on Live.
35 Responses to “Difference Between Xbox Live Silver and Gold”
Jason said,
Comment • September 21, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
Wii is overrated… yet is now outselling xbox 360? OUCH!
And Nick said, said,
Comment • November 19, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
Wow. Thanks so much. I’m thinking of getting a 360 soon, and I don’t want to spend money like an @$$. The official explanation would need a formula to solve it.
Thanks,
Nick
cHOLO said,
Comment • December 19, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
XBOX…THE BEST NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT
ps3 pleeesa NO CONPETION AT ALL
SteveQ said,
Comment • December 27, 2007 @ 7:32 pm
The PS3 plays games? I thought it was a blueray player.
Smart1 said,
Comment • December 30, 2007 @ 10:32 am
“Wii is overrated… yet is now outselling xbox 360? OUCH!”
thats just because the xbox came out first
ollie said,
Comment • January 24, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
—–please read this—–
–it says that xbox sliver doesn’t let you play with peeps online but my m8 got live today and got sliver and we have been online all the time. please explain
Joe said,
Comment • January 25, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Ollie, when you first create a new Live account, your account is Gold (for free) for the first month. After that, it switches to Silver unless you pay to keep it Gold.
Curran said,
Comment • March 7, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Everyone knows the PS3 and Wii are overrated.