Is XBL STILL worth $50 a year???

[QUOTE="MadExponent"][QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]

lawlessx

without cross-invites? hmmmm

:P

I'm being honest, but Home to me seems like a way of deadening the fact that there are a lack of games for the PS3. I have no interest in Home, it looks like the Sims. I hate the Sims.

a distraction?

and the sims owns

.shudders.

I bought the Sims thinking it was gonna be awesome. Twenty minutes in, I was trying to find ways to kill my Sim.

Ok, lets think here a second. How much is $50 to people these days? It fills up my car with a tank of gas. Almost buys me a new game. Gives me access to my friends and online haven for gamers.

My point is, if you don't like the idea of paying for a service, then don't. If you are really that broke, then just....don't get it. Stick with the lackluster PSN. New in-game XMB and all, PSN still doesn't stack up well against XBL. Sitting on here complaining about XBL fees aren't going to stop MS. Personally, I don't run for shelter everytime I have to shell out a measly 50 bucks. I guess everyone that complains on here must be broke as hell.

MadExponent

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing. Why pay for something that's just as good everywhere else and the service is being paid for by advertisers just like it is on the PC and PS3. Even TV broadcast programs are paid for this way. When we pay for a TV service we're paying the provider for the service and not the networks.

I bought the Sims thinking it was gonna be awesome. Twenty minutes in, I was trying to find ways to kill my Sim.

MadExponent

That's the only fun thing to do with the Sims. Lock them in a room and set the house on fire, lol. Who would really want to have to monitor the life of virtual people in a normal world? I guess a lot of people, but it's pretty annoying to me.

[QUOTE="MadExponent"]

Ok, lets think here a second. How much is $50 to people these days? It fills up my car with a tank of gas. Almost buys me a new game. Gives me access to my friends and online haven for gamers.

My point is, if you don't like the idea of paying for a service, then don't. If you are really that broke, then just....don't get it. Stick with the lackluster PSN. New in-game XMB and all, PSN still doesn't stack up well against XBL. Sitting on here complaining about XBL fees aren't going to stop MS. Personally, I don't run for shelter everytime I have to shell out a measly 50 bucks. I guess everyone that complains on here must be broke as hell.

jimm895

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing. Why pay for something that's just as good everywhere else and the service is being paid for by advertisers just like it is on the PC and PS3. Even TV broadcast programs are paid for this way. When we pay for a TV service we're paying the provider for the service and not the networks.

You realize there are servers that are paid for with that $50 right? On PSN, it's left up to third party producers to hold up their end of multiplayer. Like COD4, do you think it's Sony supporting the games and connecting the P2P, or is it Activision? It's Activision. To make everything on XBL connected and intertwined, MS pays to connect Live members to other Live members. Sure, it's P2P, but broadband speeds are only getting faster. During a 2-3 hour gaming session I can count on one hand how many times I experience lag on XBL. I CANNOT say the same for PSN.

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing.

jimm895

Principal? Lol! WTF are you talking about? Your playing a game not going to church.

[QUOTE="jimm895"]

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing.

MuffinPunk

Principal? Lol! WTF are you talking about? Your playing a game not going to church.

It's a perfectly valid point. I could show up at your door once a year and demand 50 dollars. Just because you can afford it and it isn't that much money doesn't mean you should give it to me. And that's how i feel with xbox live. Sure i can afford it, no problem, but i hand over my money every year, completely oblivious as to what it is i'm even paying for.

[QUOTE="MuffinPunk"][QUOTE="jimm895"]

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing.

Ninja-Hippo

Principal? Lol! WTF are you talking about? Your playing a game not going to church.

It's a perfectly valid point. I could show up at your door once a year and demand 50 dollars. Just because you can afford it and it isn't that much money doesn't mean you should give it to me. And that's how i feel with xbox live. Sure i can afford it, no problem, but i hand over my money every year, completely oblivious as to what it is i'm even paying for.

But.. we know what we're paying for. We've already explained this. Look at MadExponents post above mine.

[QUOTE="MuffinPunk"][QUOTE="jimm895"]

It's not the amount of money it cost it is the principal of the whole thing.

Ninja-Hippo

Principal? Lol! WTF are you talking about? Your playing a game not going to church.

It's a perfectly valid point. I could show up at your door once a year and demand 50 dollars. Just because you can afford it and it isn't that much money doesn't mean you should give it to me. And that's how i feel with xbox live. Sure i can afford it, no problem, but i hand over my money every year, completely oblivious as to what it is i'm even paying for.

That's kinda what I am trying to say.

[QUOTE="GoonVSGoblin"]

[QUOTE="johnnyblazed88"]50$ a year is chump change :lol:johnnyblazed88

Try again.

people that don't own a PS3 and want to play 360 games online

seriously dude 4$ a month, how is that a big deal to anybody? i smoke that much a day

Until you can actually pay for one month that marketing stuff is bs. It's not 4$ a month because you can't buy a month.

when Gears of War 2 comes what are you gonna do??? can't play that on PSN same goes for the GOAT online game Halo 3johnnyblazed88

so your going to be playin halo 3 and gears of war 2 for the next 4 years?? what other games goin to come out? PS3 got loads of exclusive comin out this year and next ..

Ok, lets think here a second. How much is $50 to people these days? It fills up my car with a tank of gas. Almost buys me a new game. Gives me access to my friends and online haven for gamers.

My point is, if you don't like the idea of paying for a service, then don't. If you are really that broke, then just....don't get it. Stick with the lackluster PSN. New in-game XMB and all, PSN still doesn't stack up well against XBL. Sitting on here complaining about XBL fees aren't going to stop MS. Personally, I don't run for shelter everytime I have to shell out a measly 50 bucks. I guess everyone that complains on here must be broke as hell.

MadExponent

that sentence sums up this whole debate

I don't get it.

Ingame XMB is not a PSN feature. In game dashboard is not an xbox live feature.

Why does an update to the actual console software have to do with their online services

Maybe it's a ripoff but in the scheme of things it's a pretty small ripoff. When I look at the rest of the money I blow on everything from dogfood to the mortgage XBL is a drop in a very large bucket.

[QUOTE="johnnyblazed88"][QUOTE="GoonVSGoblin"]

[QUOTE="johnnyblazed88"]50$ a year is chump change :lol:leejohnson7

Try again.

people that don't own a PS3 and want to play 360 games online

seriously dude 4$ a month, how is that a big deal to anybody? i smoke that much a day

Until you can actually pay for one month that marketing stuff is bs. It's not 4$ a month because you can't buy a month.

At this point I am still happy to pay...

I was really really looking forward to private chat...I am not going to private text my friends in a COD game...

I can't see how that would work..telling my friend not to go around that corner..

"Don't -- --- --- --- -----"

Damn to late..

Ha everyone knows if PSN had a fee people would pay for it so cows need to stop this whole "well you guys pay $50" crap cause when sony starts to charge for PSN their gonna fell really stupid.

And as far as the new update they still dont even have cross game inv and chat so PSN isnt even equal to xbl yet.I mean PSN SOME of what xbl had 2 years ago and cows are running around talking about PSN is better lol.

Why would you continue to pay for XBL? Only viable reason I can think of is to game with already familiar friends.

It took Sony time, 2 years but then again Microsoft has been working on XBL since the first Xbox. What could you be possible paying for after July 2nd that is totally worth it?

GoonVSGoblin

it took them 1.5 years, but yeah its not worth paying for ever

[QUOTE="johnnyblazed88"]50$ a year is chump change :lol:GoonVSGoblin

Try again.

psn still doesnt hold a candle to live

live is such fleshed out integrated system

psn is just a mess it takes forever to get on a game

Honestly, both have their ups and downs.

The only positive thing for the PSN though is the fact thats its free.

There are more features for the XBL, but since most of my friends are too cheap to pay for the service, I don't have many people to talk to. =/ So, some of those features become useless to me.

Plus, the hugely negative thing about XBL is the fact that there are always idiots cussing people out. It degrades the value of XBL by a lot, in my opinion. If I'm going to pay for a service, I want to be treated with respect. If you go to a restaurant, and you paid for your food, would you like it to be thrown at you and it become not edible? It totally defeats the "coolness" of the Xbox360.

Not saying that the PSN is much better, but I know more people there and its easier to socialize and get an actual conversation going instead of just a bunch of people making strange noises and yelling strange things at me because they have the freedom of cussing at me.

But, thats just my opinion.

:lol: I still can't believe you guys still pay $50 for it. I get my subs for only about $20 or less usually. People just have to take the time and find a deal because its not that hard and it saves you a lot more money...

PS:

OP, Little Wayne sucks...