Xbox Live updated, 360 Netflix exclusivity touted

People complain that they pay $50 for Live, and then MS adds more features, most free, some costing us, and people just complain about that. Honestly you people needa stop crying.

i think the adidas clothes should be free.

I thought buying clothes you the Avatars was a waste of time up until I read the bit about game clothing. But I wouldn't be purchasing the sponsored Addidas stuff and the like, that's essentially an in-game advertisement. You could argue that buying a hat in the real world is the same, but the counter to that is that it would've been easy for MS to just put in plain old caps instead of sponsored ones. As for the overpricing NZ and Oz games, in the Kotaku article MS US said that the pricing is the responsibility of that particular branch (MS AU), however that's shifting the responsibility away because MS US has control over all the other branches and are liable for any positive or negative actions such as charging $120 for a game.

@ChrisGamer5757 I acctually think that is the number of years you have had gold membership and NOT the number of games with 100% gamescore.

I was interested in downloading Assasins Creed but than I saw the price! Im just gonna get it used, there are some avator stuff thats cool but I sure aighnt buying! i'd say twas an interesting update

MS gotta pay for the billions loss over the RROD fiasco somehow, though I wont be donating anytime soon!!

Buying clothing for your avatars? Sounds a lot like Home. I really don't see a difference in Netflix either, I've found all the movies I wanted on PSN. As far as the games on demand, I really hope that doesn't become a trend. I like buying a disc.

Your thoughts and opinions in no way reflect my own GotRice24, so stop acting like you're the voice of the gaming covenant.

@spletchie, your question Dunno if you'll see this but I just determined that it means how many games you've completed to 100% of gamerscore. Nice of them to now broadcast that out to everybody.

Don't want to pay for Avatar Clothing, and I won't, but if one person does then kudos to Microsoft. As for the digital download games, I will pass I can get most of those games in hardcopy for about the same or less then the cost listed.

christ Oblivion is $30 I could get that at game or argos for about £10-£20

....Guys really? come on M$ isn't holding a knife to your throat to buy it. besides for the people that say its a waste of harddrive space you can delete the stuff and redowload anytime. Sure the games are over price (30$ too much for CoD2's 8 dollar value) but atleast you don't have to worry about scratched CD's, oh and load times. I just hope the selection expands (COD WaW,and hopefully the new games that are released. and if they are 60 bucks when the first come out they better go down in price like the hardcopy) the only thing that I want thats avalible is Battle field BC and Mass effect. and those 2 prices are that badly priced.

the only thing im mad at is the prices of games on demand other than that this isnt that bad of an update id give it a rating of 7 out of 10 :D

Like I said, if they price the GoDs right, they will take a huge cut out of the used games racket. Here's to hoping they make new releases cheaper than retail. I guess the good thing is that there is no tax -- or is there?

I own a 360 but come on MS charging for avatar clothing that's just plain stupid.

For all of you who have been dogging on the avatar marketplace, you should stop now. I schooled some kids on another forum about it and i'll do it again. some of you think its ridiculous that MS has done this. Putting a price on avatar merch and stuff, but why did they do that? Most of you think its pointless and that it will fail..all of you are wrong. It will succeed because we as gamers like to express ourselves a in a unique way by showing off our fave games. Tell me..how many of you who thought it was a bad idea, but yet have dash board themes and gamer pictures? ask yourself, 'why did i just get these gamer pics or themes?' they dont give you a boost in performance or enhance your gameplay do they? although it really should for some of you :P the fact of the matter is, its going to succeed, and you WILL see more of it.

I agree. Some of these prices aren't bad at all like Mass Effect. But, some are ridiculous. I got PDZ at Gamestop for $8 and R6V is there for $15. The avatar marketplace is cool, I don't know if I will ever buy anything unless its real cool but you never know.

wow cant wait to download this tonite. now if netflix only would start renting games.

yeah a lot of the games on demand is overpriced. I'd rather have the hard copy. I don't like the idea of paying for avatar items.

all this stuff is really cool but its way overpriced i just bought bioshock at gamestop new for 17 bucks and they want 30. also the lightsaber and remote control car are cool but for 5 bucks no way. microsoft we are in a recession come down on your prices. But the netflix and new way to view achievements is sweet.

As a fan of the Gears of War games, i was kinda looking forward to buying a set of Cog armor as long as the price was reasonable. I checked the avatar marketplace and as far as im concerned, it is a little bit rediculous to charge that much for an avatar outfit when you can get game addons for cheaper prices. That said i was still thinking of buying the armor but the way MS has their microsoft point system set up, you have to buy more microsoft points than you really need and it really gets on my nerves.

I bought all the adidas avatar clothing so yes i'm a sucker. The games r a little overpriced but hey at least the option is there if u want to buy 360 games. I love the Netflix update that was cool.

A little overpriced, but still a nice idea.

Think I saw BioShock new for $20. And how is CoD2 still $30?

Some games are over priced, it won't affect me anyway since I own a PS3. I rather have hard copies anyway, although it be neat if you could get rarer games like Valkyria Chronicles for the PS3. I'm still looking for it in stores around me.

They actually expect people to pay for this stupid/pointless avatar clothing? I can see all the 12 year old Halo nuts to be buying all that stuff up but get real, most of the 20 million users are not that dumb. Not to mention how overpriced your games on demand are. Just give me Last Fm already, the only thing that really was a remotely good idea.

I'm not going to buy these games I'm just saying some of the games are a little over priced that's all.

the amount of sony fanboys here are so overwhelming. My god!

this years update is meh

Some of these prices aren't really that bad (Mass Effect is pretty good as is Burnout) but others are a bit overpriced especially considering the used game market. Even if you're not the sort to trade your games in buying some of these used can be a much better idea (I got Prey for $6 used, closer to its worth I'd say).

People need to stop *****ing. You dont have to buy any of this crap. How is Microsoft "bending you over" if you're actually smart enough not to be this crap?

Wow a lot of these game's are really over priced like perfect dark Zero, wasn't that game a launch title? it should be like $9.99 at the most.

All these old games and then the prices are the price of buying them new when i could march down to gamestop and get it used for a better price

@thisnameisdumb, I think you mean COD 2- $10 at Gamestop... not COD 4.

Why are people complaining about thing that they DO - NOT have to buy? Geez... if you think its a ripoff then don't friggin buy it and shut your mouth already.

Holy ripoff. Who would spend 10 bucks on a avatar outfit!? The games are a ripoff too. Way to bend us over more M$

@thisnameisdumb, i bought cod4 at gamestop for 45 bucks in June of this year, and prey is 12 bucks in gamestop, so is perfect dark.

those games cost WAAAAAY too dang much. TOO much. They will only PWN suckers at those prices. The Avatar marketplace? I'd never buy one single thing from it. They should reduce the prices on the games especially given the fact you can buy them cheaper with the disc at Gamestop. The only things I like are the speed of the dashboard now and also the new rating system

cod 4 - 10$ at gamestop prey - 3$ at gamestop perfectr dark - 10$ at gamestop.. this trend goes on.... and on...

Ressionista?! Capitalizing on the recession...that's low even for MS.

@alexkn64: You might be right about the Avatar Marketplace which is outrageous(did you see the price for the lightsaber?). But Xbox 360 owners have supported micro-transactions more so then PS3 owners. Microsoft makes tons of money off of Live purchases even if you exclude the yearly subscription for the service(which isn't the same for the free service, PSN). That's why I see the Avatar Marketplace being more successful then the shops available in Home on the Playstation 3.

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you'd most likely have to leave your house to make money to afford these games so you might as well hit up a game store and buy it cheaper and get the disk while you are out there.

They're SELLING swag for their Mii ripoffs? Honestly, who even buys this crap? If I had urges to accessorize barbie, I could do it cheaper at a toy store.

Why is Call of duty 2! I repeat 2, for 40$ in canada? That was launch title, should be 15$ the most.

Every single game listed costs a lot less on Amazon. Not only that but you don't have to pay taxes or shipping. Take Perfect Dark for example. 20$ on live and 14$ new on Amazon. That is a huge difference and you get the disc.

lol, why would i waste HD space AND spend more money on some of these titles than if i went to purchase them used. the funnier thing IMO is that some people will actually buy these out of laziness.

Narutofan30, you can also win the stuff in the games.... besides you have to buy stuff in HOME

@ spletchie the number at the top of your gamertag represents the number of years that account has had xbox live. So say you have live for 3 years, there will be a 3.