Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | 08:40 BST
Three Last.fm hours per month for Silver Live members (maybe)
Live GM Christina DeRosa has told Joystiq that the service’s Silver members may be granted limited access to Last.fm for free.
“Silver users will be able access what we’re considering a trial period of three hours a month, which comes with video advertising,” she said.
“Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access, so they can use it 24 hours a day. There will also be a premium offering on a subscription basis from Last.fm, that will be commercial free and will also have more sophisticated personalization features, like Loved Tracks.”
Last.fm launches on 360 this autumn. Thanks, Destructoid.
16 comments
#1
Suikoden Fan
01/07/09, 8:41 am
or get a ps3 and use vidzone, which is free and so is the online gaming
#2
Suikoden Fan
01/07/09, 8:45 am
wait what? gold paying people still have ads bombarded at them?
“Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access”
thats just how low ms are
#3
Blerk
01/07/09, 8:47 am
Er… that’s how low last.fm are, surely?
#4
Suikoden Fan
01/07/09, 8:47 am
being run a 360 though, so ms could do something about that
#5
Armitage
01/07/09, 8:51 am
You could until recently use last.fm on the PS3 browser, though it seems to not work now. Hopefully Sony will do another browser update sometime soon. And yep, VidZone is really good. It has a great selection, good variety of music, but they’re missing a lot of stuff as well. Still, that should continue to improve, they’re adding more each week.
#6
Blerk
01/07/09, 8:51 am
Microsoft give you something for free? Surely not?
Vidzone looks pretty good, actually. I’d not really paid it any attention at all before this week, but the last.fm thing sounds pretty rubbish in comparison.
#7
Mike
01/07/09, 8:53 am
Yeah, why wasn’t VidZone mentioned along with this article!
#8
Blerk
01/07/09, 8:57 am
Don’t! You’ll summon his ghost!
#9
Armitage
01/07/09, 8:57 am
That’s because of blatant bias, I believe. Corruption too, probably.
#10
Suikoden Fan
01/07/09, 8:57 am
@Blerk Microsoft give you something for free? Surely not?
you have a point there
#11
frostquake
01/07/09, 9:43 am
I have always been a gold member..but why are the Gold Memberships going down in price everywhere…is Microsoft going to be FREE but massive ads?? Oh wait I can’t stop laughing…but why all the Gold Memberships being sold from $27.00 to $49.00
#12
Blerk
01/07/09, 9:47 am
Well… Microsoft aren’t selling them any cheaper. If you buy them elsewhere you might get them for less.
#13
Hakkiz
01/07/09, 12:46 pm
Well, I’m not really complaining. Vidzone is not available here and even Last.fm costs 3 euros per month on PC. If a Gold membership buys me “unlimited ad-supported access” to Last.fm I feel like getting more bang for my buck. It’s better than nothing.
#14
Michael O'Connor
01/07/09, 3:45 pm
“or get a ps3 and use vidzone, which is free and so is the online gaming”
Vidzone is a mess to navigate though.
I know a better option. Just access LastFM on your PC for a 10th of the price!
#15
endgame
01/07/09, 5:41 pm
3dollars, or euros, or pounds. u get to choose the method u pay. still, even 3 dollars for an online radio station is too much. there r so many other radio stations out there that offer good content for free. u just have to find them, that’s all.
#16
Retroid
01/07/09, 5:56 pm
“even 3 dollars for an online radio station is too much”
Especially when you’re saving up for the rest of the keys on your keyboard.