I'll still be trying to make my roommate get this game, need someone that I can force to shuttle stuff between my 2 characters & not have to worry about disconnects between logging.

Quote Originally Posted by Kyriea View Post
There was absolutely no other benefit of having Xbox Live other than playing online. No free games, no discounts at all, you had to pay full price for everything on top of the subscription.
Dunno if you're just stating as 'At Launch' or 'Ever', but XBox did start offering some games for Free for Gold. But, that's not what this thread's about...