Yeah, I know about that. But whose to say they are or are not lying about that to save face and then just reintroduce it down the line.
I could definitely see that happening. After all, games you had to buy (for example Team Fortress 2) did go F2P after a while had passed. Maybe they're trying to get an installbase for the system (because it hardly had one bar fanboys prior to the announcement), then they'll trap them? But I don't think M$ would do something THAT dirty...maybe they would. o.o