Joining (silver membership) is 100% free. However, there is no multiplayer gaming support included with the silver membership, just access to to the XBL marketplace. You can buy a 12 month gold membership card for $60.00 USD. That gives you access to Last.fm, Netflix, Hulu, etc. and of course, multiplayer gaming support!
it is free
Yes, Xbox Live Silver is free.
It shouldn't do, as it's their free membership tier.
No, Xbox Live requires a sort of membership to be able to play multiplayer for games that have this feature. The ONLY free membership that is free is when a gold membership runs out of their time and it switches to a forever-free silver membership but with a lot of limitations.
No. Xbox live sliver membership is free. You will become a silver member after your gold membership has ended.
no the silver membership is free and you are already on it until you upgrade to gold but the silver membership is just like nothing you can't play anything on xbox live you can't download anything of the xbox live market place you can only talk to people
No. You must have a Xbox Live Gold Membership.
No, I'm sorry to tell you this. Actually, you can join it for free and use a Xbox Live trial membership, however, after that runs out, the account is made a silver membership until the person(s) can purchase gold membership again.
no the silver membership is free and you are already on it until you upgrade to gold but the silver membership is just like nothing you can't play anything on xbox live you can't download anything of the xbox live market place you can only talk to people
Yes, it takes at least a silver membership to use Xbox Live, however, not all the features that the gold membership offers can be used.
Yes There are 2 types of membership which you can use for xbox live - Silver Membership is free u can download etc. but not play games online. Gold Membership costs but u can do evrything. Hope this helps