- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Nonetheless, you still need to make an account, Gold or Silver, if you want to play online. Many PC gamers aren't used to making a profile that's going to be their persistent online identity. Hell, I think Halo 2 and other future Games for Windows titles may force you to make a profile instead of allowing you to just jump in and play. Ironically, that would contradict one of the very core aspects of the GFW marketing campaign--making PC games more accessible and mainstream.
Good thing you only have to make the Live account once, and that will follow you across all online games so you don't have to keep on making profiles and such. I think I might have just contradicted myself.