No.The money isn't all that,but neither is the service.It's good,but so is PSN or Steam.
shahilsyed
Is that Angelina Jolie in your sig? OT: The service XBL is very stable, polished, user-friendly and better IMO. Nah,that's isn't her. I agree with all your points,but I just find the experience on PSN or Steam the same as XBL.
Not worth the price bump, and not worth it before either. I've used XBL for quite some time since the Gears of War 1 days up until Gears of War 2, but on and off. It's overpriced and most of this service is filled with advertisements. I could see $25-30 a year being reasonable, but not $60.
In general I dont mind at all, the money is very little and I personally feel that small fee allows ms to make the service better. Also consider how much video content is made by microsoft for the service too, far more than anyone else, and its these little additions that make it worthwhile
[QUOTE="Miketheman83"]40$ a year is nothingElann2008
Except it's $60/year. you would really have to go out of your way to pay that much, theres so many promos for the service Im paying ~$40 a year plus they gave me a bunch of microsoft points for renewing.
Yes. Why wouldn't I want to play for mostly lag filled p2p mp, when its free and much superior on pc. But hey, atleast I can read worthless stories of random avatars, purchase extremely overpriced games on demand that come with no case and see all the cool stuff my retarded looking avatar can wear,
To be strictly honest with you personally imho? No XBL to me is not worth the money, only reason I even got a 360 is because my friend has one. Is it worth it to play with friend even at that? some will say yes some will say no.
I wish it wasn't that high but I do use last.fm, Netflix, Hulu and other services so I am okay with it. But if you just play single player all day and nothing else then no you will be better off without it. I know PSN has some of the same services but really the menus and whatnot stink. :P
Yes. Why wouldn't I want to play for mostly lag filled p2p mp, when its free and much superior on pc. But hey, atleast I can read worthless stories of random avatars, purchase extremely overpriced games on demand that come with no case and see all the cool stuff my retarded looking avatar can wear,
kobedaGOAT
Because im a college student, and dont have the money to upgrade my PC (even though all i need is a new processor and gfx card) and all my friends play on it, i love Halo and Gears 3 online (no lag by the way) And because I use party chat every time its on. Soooo.....why would I not?
Nope. All the things on Xbox Live could be found free on the internet or through other means. It's nice to have all those in one package but $60 bucks a year isn't worth it. I rather have it free and find it separately. PSN's menu's so on and so forth has no bearing on that its free, it's a design choice.
Paying for XBL is like paying to use your own internet, which you already pay for. If they provided dedicated servers to eliminate lag then we might have something. As it stands, it's a complete waste of money and possibly the biggest scam in gaming.
Paying for XBL is like paying to use your own internet, which you already pay for. If they provided dedicated servers to eliminate lag then we might have something. As it stands, it's a complete waste of money and possibly the biggest scam in gaming.
Sserv
Don't forget the exclusive feeling you get knowing ur a goldmember. That's wrth the $60 in itself rigt there.
No, but that's because when I play multiplayer games I almost always play them on PC. $60 a year is definitely not an issue, I already pay a crap ton of money for subscriptions an extra $5 a month would be almost nothing.
Sure, I guess. It's a good service. While it would be nice to not have to pay it'd be stupid of me to shell out hundreds of dollars to pick up a high end PC or a PS3 just for the sake of not having to pay the subscription. Ultimately I'd be paying enough money to purchase years of xbox live. I guess at this point if you're trying to make a decision on which console to purchase the live subscription would be a good enough excuse to go PC or PS3 over 360 though. But it's not that big a deal like people make it out to be. You regularly receive discounts if you have a live subscription and cross platform chat is awesome. Being a Halo fan, Halo Waypoint is another awesome perk. Over all, even considering the subscription I'm still glad I have a 360 over a PS3, although both systems are great and if it's affordable I thinking having both would be awesome.
Paying for XBL is like paying to use your own internet, which you already pay for. If they provided dedicated servers to eliminate lag then we might have something. As it stands, it's a complete waste of money and possibly the biggest scam in gaming.
Sserv
I think paying fifteen dollars a month for an MMO is a worse deal. You can make the excuse that it's paying for the servers all you like but no matter how you slice it you're still paying fifteen dollars a month to play a single game.
[QUOTE="tormentos"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]$3.91 a month is no big deal (that's how much a 12 month gold card costs plus shipping). ZombieKiller7
No monthly xbox live is $10 dollars not $3.91.
It's $60 MSRP which comes to $5/month
You can get cards cheaper on the internet, for around $45.
You can't pay MS in 5 dollars installments monthly,you pay $60 dollars once,if you want 1 month of XBL is $10 dollars,breaking the cost of XBL into 12 months is a joke MS doesn't allow you to pay that way,and if you really want 1 month is $10 dollars,if you want 3 is $25. And gamestop and pretty much any walk in retailers which is were most of the gaming goods are sold,XBL is $60.
[QUOTE="tormentos"] No monthly xbox live is $10 dollars not $3.91.tormentos
It's $60 MSRP which comes to $5/month
You can get cards cheaper on the internet, for around $45.
You can't pay MS in 5 dollars installments monthly,you pay $60 dollars once,if you want 1 month of XBL is $10 dollars,breaking the cost of XBL into 12 months is a joke MS doesn't allow you to pay that way,and if you really want 1 month is $100 dollars,if you want 3 is $25.or if you're smart and shop around its about $30-40 8)
[QUOTE="tormentos"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]$3.91 a month is no big deal (that's how much a 12 month gold card costs plus shipping). KC_Hokie
No monthly xbox live is $10 dollars not $3.91.Not sure where you shop. There are 12 month card for $47 plus shipping. That's $3.91 per month. No you don't understand me,MS doesn't allow you to pay monthly $3.91,the charge you $10 if you buy a single month,you are breaking the cost in months you can't do that,because BL is actually more expensive that way. And what you find is a deal,which not every one gets or close,pretty much all walk in stores had live for $60,gamestop,walmart,sear,kmart, and many others.
or if you're smart and shop around its about $30-40 8)mems_1224
That is a deal if you smart and shop around you can get a 360 and PS3 under the normal price tag,that doesn't mean the majority get it that way or close.
[QUOTE="tormentos"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="tormentos"] No monthly xbox live is $10 dollars not $3.91.Not sure where you shop. There are 12 month card for $47 plus shipping. That's $3.91 per month. No you don't understand me,MS doesn't allow you to pay monthly $3.91,the charge you $10 if you buy a single month,you are breaking the cost in months you can't do that,because BL is actually more expensive that way. And what you find is a deal,which not every one gets or close,pretty much all walk in stores had live for $60,gamestop,walmart,sear,kmart, and many others.Why would you walk into a store and pay full price for something you can get for $13 cheaper which includes shipping? And $3.91 is the cost to me per month when you break it down. I break down all yearly costs into 12 month segments to compare apples and apples.
Why would you walk into a store and pay full price for something you can get for $13 cheaper which includes shipping? And $3.91 is the cost to me per month when you break it down. I break down all yearly costs into 12 month segments to compare apples and apples. KC_Hokie
Because there are million of people on this world who don't have a credit or debit card,people who are new,people who don't own a PC,people who don't trust online shopping you name it,the fact is the biggest chain of stores gamestop sell it for $60 online or offline so i a sure the ones who bough XBL in a deal are a minority. You are breaking the cost on something which can't be break that way,in fact XBL sell you 1 month but it will not cost you $3.91 it will cost you $10,you just break it that way to help your argument i can do that. The PS3 wasn't expensive at launch it was $600 it was just $1 dollar a year to play,because i break the cost into 600 years cycles.
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