Why do people pay for Xbox Live?

 

Yeah until they do and then we'll see thread after thread about how Sony charging for online is in gamers best interest unlike the evil MS who use the money to kill puppies and hopes and dreams.

Snugenz

It hasn't happen right and sony hasn't confirm paying for online play right,and i have not defend it yet right.?

So yeah anything you claim using your cristal ball is BS.;)

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

But if they do then I expect cows to be standing in that deep hole they've been digging and start pulling piles of dirt in on themselves and take the dirt nap they have coming. :twisted

tormentos

Not me charging for online it as rip off no matter who does it,you can quote this for latter use if they confirm it.

The cost of XBL is annoying but it's bascially nothing over the course of 5 years. It's either pay or don't play online with my Xbox. I'll pay.

For a few bucks a month I find value in the service, most of my gaming buds are there, and the MS exclusive games like Halo and Gears, make the monthly fee worth it in my opinion.

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

[QUOTE="Snugenz"]

 

Yeah until they do and then we'll see thread after thread about how Sony charging for online is in gamers best interest unlike the evil MS who use the money to kill puppies and hopes and dreams.

tormentos

It hasn't happen right and sony hasn't confirm paying for online play right,and i have not defend it yet right.?

So yeah anything you claim using your cristal ball is BS.;)

It's not a crystal ball prediction its an informed assumption based on your behavior over these years on SW.

So have you had your kids indoctrinated in the way of Sonyworship?.

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

 

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

def_mode

It's free on PC because there are better services on the PC, and barely anyone uses GFWL on the PC. Xbox 360 users have no other options but to use XBL.

[QUOTE="def_mode"]

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

 

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

Snugenz

It's free on PC because there are better services on the PC, and barely anyone uses GFWL on the PC. Xbox 360 users have no other options but to use XBL.

yet xbots convince themselves it is a better service by repeating it over and over, yet when asked by REASONS WHY the only thing they can come up with is "it can send cell messages to consoles!!!!!!!!" SAD.

Because they enjoy playing Halo and gears online ( 2 of the best console multiplayer games) and they want the best console multiplayer experience on games like CoD and BF and because they clearly don't see 1 quid a week as breaking the bank. A better question would be 'why are cows so obsessed with what lems spend there money on'delta3074

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

[QUOTE="delta3074"]Because they enjoy playing Halo and gears online ( 2 of the best console multiplayer games) and they want the best console multiplayer experience on games like CoD and BF and because they clearly don't see 1 quid a week as breaking the bank. A better question would be 'why are cows so obsessed with what lems spend there money on'Krelian-co

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

Because they enjoy playing Halo and gears online ( 2 of the best console multiplayer games) and they want the best console multiplayer experience on games like CoD and BF and because they clearly don't see 1 quid a week as breaking the bank. A better question would be 'why are cows so obsessed with what lems spend there money on'delta3074

Nobody plays Halo and Gears anymore. 

http://halocharts.com/2012/chart/dailypeakpopulation/all

That small amount of nothing doesn't even begin to cover all the people paying for gold. Most of them only play multiplats like COD and Fifa.

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

[QUOTE="delta3074"]Because they enjoy playing Halo and gears online ( 2 of the best console multiplayer games) and they want the best console multiplayer experience on games like CoD and BF and because they clearly don't see 1 quid a week as breaking the bank. A better question would be 'why are cows so obsessed with what lems spend there money on'delta3074

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

when every xbot try to justify getting ripped off by M$ they try to act like pc didn't exist xD

maybe because it has a better free service that invalidates any justification they try to make for xbl.

[QUOTE="delta3074"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

Krelian-co

when every xbot try to justify getting ripped off by M$ they try to act like pc didn't exist xD

maybe because it has a better free service that invalidates any justification they try to make for xbl.

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

 

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

def_mode

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

[QUOTE="delta3074"]Because they enjoy playing Halo and gears online ( 2 of the best console multiplayer games) and they want the best console multiplayer experience on games like CoD and BF and because they clearly don't see 1 quid a week as breaking the bank. A better question would be 'why are cows so obsessed with what lems spend there money on'delta3074

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

[QUOTE="delta3074"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

better experience ? cod and bf are miles better on pc then why aren't they playing on it? bf console mp is heavily gimped and as far as i know it doesn't even support 64 ppl maps. and lol at halo and gears mp :lol:

oh and free superior version, only on PC, so if they want the best why aren't they getting the best i wonder?

mems_1224

[QUOTE="def_mode"]

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

 

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

jimmypsn

[QUOTE="jimmypsn"][QUOTE="def_mode"]

Games for Windows Live is the PC version of XBL Gold. Game for Windows Live has:

• Achievements earned during gameplay.
• Gamerscores amounting the total of a user's achievement points.
• Rep voted by other users preferring or avoiding the user. Rep defaults to five stars over time after the user has been preferred by at least one other user.
• Friends list displaying the user's chosen friends of up to 100.
• Recent players list displaying the last 50 players the user has met.
• Complaint system allowing users to file reports of other users that have broken Live Terms of Use.
• Games for Windows Marketplace offering Games on Demand, downloadable content, music and movies.
• Private chat via Voice and text.
• Multiplayer gameplay via Games for Windows Live.
• Matchmaking depending on the user's cumulative gamerscore, rep, location, language and gamer zone.
• Family settings controlling younger users' exposure to other users.
• Game Room virtual arcade space offering a library of classic retro games.
• Cross-platform gameplay with Xbox 360

As you can see, it has all (most, if not all) the features that XBL Gold has on XBOX360 but it is free. So this proves and shows that MS can offer the service for free but they wont because they know that people pays for gold subscription and that they are a business company and wants all the money they can get.

So please hardcore fanboys, dont give me that "oh XBL Gold has cross game chat, marketplace, server maintenance, netflix and facebook app" BS. MS offers the same exact service on PC for FREE!!!

 

Source: http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Live/PC

From their actual website.

Murderstyle75

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"] Its a bad thing when said brand used to be excellent. With all this nickel and dime crap, the games have suffered and the service has suffered.Murderstyle75

when have any of us ever cared about the fate of a seven and a half year old console?

you don't get to have some big emotional argument with some vague accusations then try to have us believe it is  some logical point by point reason.

consoles get launched  have a few years in the sun then get old and obsolete.

but this time it was supposed to be different because why?

ms has already  produced the longest lasting console that has held it's popularity without being repaced in the entire history of the console industry.

how is it some kind of shock that a console closing in on 8 years old may not produce at the level  it once did?

can you see how silly that sounds?

you are all "mer! you never even played a game before this gen!  take that!  mer!"

:lol:

is that  really all you got?

a desperate scramble to put  this on an emotional ground?

seriously man, if you are not going to put in  any effort why  bother at all?

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]and really what difference does it make?

when have any of us ever cared about the fate of a seven and a half year old console?

you don't get to have some big emotional argument with some vague accusations then try to have us believe it is  some logical point by point reason.

consoles get launched  have a few years in the sun then get old and obsolete.

but this time it was supposed to be different because why?

ms has already  produced the longest lasting console that has held it's popularity without being repaced in the entire history of the console industry.

how is it some kind of shock that a console closing in on 8 years old may not produce at the level  it once did?

can you see how silly that sounds?

 

 

Riverwolf007

you are all "mer! you never even played a game before this gen!  take that! mer!

is that is really all you got?

a desperate scramble to put  this on an emotional ground?

seriously man, if you are not going to put in  any effort why  bother at all?

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"] I'm not just talking about the end of the generation though. I'm talking about the quality of games and service of this gen vs last gen which chances are, you never even played to even know what I'm talking about.mems_1224

you are all "mer! you never even played a game before this gen!  take that! mer!

is that is really all you got?

a desperate scramble to put  this on an emotional ground?

seriously man, if you are not going to put in  any effort why  bother at all?

Is cross game chat and dashboard ads really worth over $400 in value for a gen to people?

There are no other exclusive features to the service. People pay to unlock multiplayer in games they already paid for and access a netflix app that they are already paying netflix for.

NathanDrakeSwag

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]lol, you don't have the ability to argue your way out of a wet paper bag do you?

you are all "mer! you never even played a game before this gen!  take that! mer!

is that is really all you got?

a desperate scramble to put  this on an emotional ground?

seriously man, if you are not going to put in  any effort why  bother at all?

Murderstyle75

[QUOTE="sts106mat"]also Natahandrakeswag, answer me these? 1. Does it allow you to set beacons for your friends to see what game you are looking to play with them? 2. can you see from your mobile phone what friends are online and send them messages to their console? 3. Do your trophies automatically unlock and register on your account? 4. Can you compare your friends achievements instantly? there are more questions when you've done with those. Krelian-co

1 and 2 don't know but 3 and 4 yes, also 1 and 2 aren't worthy of paying for and if they were why aren't they offered as optional instead of forcing you to pay for the multiplayer that is free every where else? and i do mean EVERYWHERE.

Also do 1 and 2 compare to the list of free games ps plus subscribers get? http://www.giantbomb.com/playstation-plus/3015-5817/games/ and that just a small part of them which are renewed every month including mass effect agmes and so on? Are you saying the ability to send messages from cellphones to consoles (because everyone doesn't have cellphones...right) is better than getting free games on a monthly basis? what does xbl give you? oh you can sen messages from your phone, good thing no one can do that right now!

full day and not a single decent counter argument from xbots, damn i expected at least for them to come with some lies against this.

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

[QUOTE="delta3074"]Did you miss the part in my post where i clearly stated CONSOLE multiplayer experience, reading comprehension FTW. You can LOL all you want at Halo and gears, both games have highly critically acclaimed multiplayer portions, juts because you don't like them doesn't mean they are not good, every reviewer on the planet seems to think they are Very good so who the hell are you? oh yeah, a nobody on an internet forum much like myself,loldelta3074

when every xbot try to justify getting ripped off by M$ they try to act like pc didn't exist xD

maybe because it has a better free service that invalidates any justification they try to make for xbl.

So the only good reason I've seen in this entire thread is:
My friends use it. (To play with them you have to pay too.)

That's all you can come up with.

So for next gen I suggest people get better friends and stop this nonsense.
And for the money you spend on Live you could have bought your friend a PS3 and made him happy in the process. So what are you doing?!

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

So the only good reason I've seen in this entire thread is:
My friends use it. (To play with them you have to pay too.)

That's all you can come up with.

So for next gen I suggest people get better friends and stop this nonsense.
And for the money you spend on Live you could have bought your friend a PS3 and made him happy in the process. So what are you doing?!

sts106mat

Because it has games that I enjoy playing, that i cannot play anywhere else. thats it...end of discussion.

'Cause they want to.

Did you know countries buy clean air from other countries ?
Now thats dumb.

They don't really have a choice if they want to play their games online.

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"][QUOTE="sts106mat"] The only reason you need is the reason i gave on the very first page.........

Because it has games that I enjoy playing, that i cannot play anywhere else. thats it...end of discussion.

sts106mat

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"][QUOTE="sts106mat"]i have a hard time understanding why non-xbox gamers care so much about what i spend my money on.sts106mat

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="KungfuKitten"] What were you doing mat? I tried to call you 3 times and you didn't pick up the phone. Where were you? Have you been spending money again? Was someone else there? Have you been talking to girls again mat? If you've been talking to girls you know we won't get angry. You can just tell us. It's fine. It doesn't change anything ok. But just tell.KungfuKitten

wow this thread is still going on??

So non Xbox owners are still concerned of how Lems spend money.. while Lems still wont admit they pay ONLY cause otherwise they couldnt enjoy online gaming.. 

One side bashes, while the other side tries to justify the extra cost :)  

Personally I got a 360 and while I'm not happy to pay extra for gaming online (cause its free on other systems) I have to.. I know there was this cost when i got the 360 console.. its not like MS tricked me, it was my decision to get a 360 knowing i had to pay for XBLG....