Quote Originally Posted by Nestama View Post
Well, using FFXI as an example, that game did not require you to have a Gold subscription to play online (and I can confirm this myself, as I've played it on a Silver account). I think it's because FFXI used SE's servers and not Microsofts.
It's because Microsoft didn't have a problem with it when FFXI was released (for 360). Now they do and require games (on at least Xbox One) to have a gold subscription (probably because they want their slice of the money).