Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-3076045-20130206213434/@comment-7153552-20130814220646

And if you don't have Live Gold you can't play online, I assume it's still that way anyway. I know it was when I used to play on my 360. I'm in the process of writing out the business models in a blog post and explaining the difference between them. I'll also be making my educated guess as to the business model and why at the end of it.