Top 5 reasons why XBL's $50 is worth paying for.

Those aren't very compelling reasons to make me the gamer want to pay for it. I don't pay money to support Microsoft, I pay money to buy games and support developers who make games I like.foxhound_fox

Just lighten up a little bit and you will know what I mean.

[QUOTE="credibilityzero"][QUOTE="Zhengi"]

That's 14 million gold and silver subscribers. They don't have 14 million people paying them $50 a year.

Nice try though.

Zhengi

Lets say there is 10M gold members, thats $500M a year.

Who's to say that that 10 million gold member figure is correct?  What if it was closer to 5 million gold members instead?  :)

MS should give us exact figures instead of combining the two.  If the install base is at 21 million, it could mean that those who don't pay for online gaming can range from 7 million to 16 million.

I think i read somewhere it is in the 8+ millions actually everyone who has a xbox 360 had to of at least bought a 1 month form there pocket.

Just lighten up a little bit and you will know what I mean.credibilityzero

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

 

 

credibilityzero

Please show me the proof that these areas are what MS uses their online fees for.  You have no proof that since MS charges for online they spend the money on these areas. 

You have about as much proof as me saying that MS charges $50 a year because it cost that much to run the servers and pay the XBL worker therefore none of it goes towards other things.

[QUOTE="birdman2111"]Its just money, spend $4 less a month on something else (fast food etc.) and you have your xbox live all paid for. if you give up fast food, xbox live is more effective than wii fit :Pcredibilityzero

That is a solid reason also :lol:

ha nice try psn-ftw

live not worth it and will never be. 

lol hold on you're trying to convince me that it's good we're giving microsoft more money? haha as if microsoft needs more money. no thanks, free psn all the wayFlugigo

hahah totally agree

[QUOTE="credibilityzero"]Just lighten up a little bit and you will know what I mean.foxhound_fox

Thats why I said lighten up a bit to see my real point, paying for live have no justification.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="credibilityzero"]Just lighten up a little bit and you will know what I mean.credibilityzero

Thats why I said lighten up a bit to see my real point, paying for live have no justification.

oh ok you really had me i was like WTF 

[QUOTE="credibilityzero"]

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

CajunShooter

Please show me the proof that these areas are what MS uses their online fees for. You have no proof that since MS charges for online they spend the money on these areas.

You have about as much proof as me saying that MS charges $50 a year because it cost that much to run the servers and pay the XBL worker therefore none of it goes towards other things.

At least it is better than saying XBL is better than PSN which is more ridiculous, we are making better excuses lol.

Do you really think to run XBL they need $500M yearly?

IMO the only reason why those 14M GOLD XBL users paid for XBL GOLD is because theres no other option but to pay.

heck we would all accept it if it was for free.

Lemmings are so used to paying so much that they rejoice that NXE is free :lol:EVOLV3

Wait , so why do I want pay for XBL ? So M$ can have more of money ? Or so I can listen to Soulja Boi blaring into my headset ?

 

ps3wizard45

All of those things benefits MS and not gamers. MS could still do all of that themselves without charging for XBL. I could understand if they were charging $50 annually for dedicated servers that they are running but that is not the case. You are basically paying them a fee so you can use your Internet connection. Don't get me wrong it is an amazing service but I am one of the people that do not care about the additional features. I just want to play games online.

$4.50 per month is barly anything

XBL is worth every penny

-Mad_Rhetoric-

Xbox Live is worth every penny.....

and if the NXE cost money there would be a outcry

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

 

 

credibilityzero

so you're donating em to M$?

yes, i agree with YOUR NAME.

Lemming like cows have awesome PC's that they use to play on-line for free so ya know:

PC on-line for free > PSN for free. :P

Wait , so why do I want pay for XBL ? So M$ can have more of money ? Or so I can listen to Soulja Boi blaring into my headset ?

 

ps3wizard45

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

 credibilityzero

I've avoided paying Xbox LIVE ever since I bought an original Xbox, I'm going to get a wireless adapter for Christmas (because M$ were too stingy to include wireless built in) and Xbox LIVE for 2 reasons only: Gears 2 online and Left 4 Dead. XBL is hardly better, it's just I think those two games are worth paying £100 to play online (which is how much it will cost, excluding the cost of the games themselves).

Also:

The TC stays true to his name.Aljosa23

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. :D

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

credibilityzero

Thats all good for Microsoft, but you forgot to tell me why its good for me to spend $50 on it.

Its just money, spend $4 less a month on something else (fast food etc.) and you have your xbox live all paid for. if you give up fast food, xbox live is more effective than wii fit :Pbirdman2111

You win. 

Honestly that argument beats all of the thread creator's ones. I don't own a 360 but you make more sense than him, although I'm not even close to getting an xbox, much less xbox live. 

I own both consoles and I gladly pay the $50/year for XBL. It's the superior service and I have a ton of friends on XBL.

PSN is getting better, but R2 is the only game I'm interested in playing on my PS3

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

5- makes the NXE free to download.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

 

 

credibilityzero

1 billion dollars too much for MS hah thats laugable, but smart in theory that they do recop that minor loss fast,

Everything else agree

and hwhat home isnt free?

While I don't really mind the $50 a year, its does seem to me a little bit of a rip off. I really think its time for MS to reduce the cost unless its going to do something revoutionary. I refuse to believe that it costs MS 10 mil a year to maintain XBL, and I'm sure they make a great deal more than that on it.blue_hazy_basic

$4 or $50, it still dont beat Free. It's the people who makes the 2 services what it is, it has nothing to do with the content on them, they both have games and movies.CubanBlunt

They do but 360 has a few more features, that are worth the money, I mean making a chat room, being able to just team up and go into any game a friend is in, those features are nice, not worth the 50 dollars but worth somethign

It's cute that you feel you have to search for reasons to justify your XBL membership. But I'm going to give you one reason why it isn't worth paying for:

Microsoft is capable of providing online for free.

It's cute that you feel you have to search for reasons to justify your XBL membership. But I'm going to give you one reason why it isn't worth paying for:

Microsoft is capable of providing online for free.

vdastampede

this is very true they have enough money to support it, their just being like any other company and thats greedy

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]While I don't really mind the $50 a year, its does seem to me a little bit of a rip off. I really think its time for MS to reduce the cost unless its going to do something revoutionary. I refuse to believe that it costs MS 10 mil a year to maintain XBL, and I'm sure they make a great deal more than that on it.SecretPolice

I agree with that.

I really hope MS reduces the cost by half. $25/year would put in right in line with PSN Qore

There are 14M users for XBL this year, lets do the math, 14M x $50 = $700M, this is a bit of exaggerating so lets say it is between $400M to $500M annually.

1- Paying for online play makes MS recoup their losses much faster and easier, I mean $1B for extended warranty was too much for MS to handle.

Why do I want that exactly?

2- Make better marketing, with $500M every year, throwing $10M for their games makes even average games sell which is better for developers we do care about.

So that terrible games get lots of publicity meaning loads of casuals buy it, rewarding the developers for a bad game? No thanks

3- Making it easy for MS to snatch exclusives from the competition.

It would be cheaper to buy the rival console and the game than to pay for xbox Live for 5 years

4- Again, it is easier for them to slash their console prices.

If im paying for xbox live, then I already have the console. Why would I buy another one just because its cheaper?

5- makes the NXE free to download.

NXE is part of Xbox Live. Xbox Live you pay for thus meaning you pay for NXE.

Sony should follow their footsteps with PSN.

No thankyou

credibilityzero