Why do you pay for Xbox Live?

its like paying for sex somewhere else when the wife is at home for free....it seems like a good idea at first, but if you get it free at home, then why pay for it.

incase you get smart, the wife at home is just as hot....

xbox live for the pc is free. ms tried to charge them but then realized that pc gamers aren't that stupid. can't say the same for lemmings....$3 a day is freaking my lunch at mcdonalds mayn....

Please tell me. Why pay for an online service when there are two others for free. Ps3's online might not be as good as XBL but you wont need to pay additional money and there is no browser. You also have to wait till a game comes out to play the demo. So tell me, what makes XBL so much better?

Hungry_Jello

they think if you pay for it its better

[QUOTE="brennan7777"]

Its because people are slaves to microsoft, they have been brainwashed. Bill Gates is sitting on his throne laughing at his loyal, oblivious followers... True story and anyone who disagrees with what i just said are only disagreeing because they are brain washed.

MortalDecay

lets say u pay $ 50 a year for Live for that money you cold buy the GTA4 DLC, Follout DLC or other arcde games or bunch of overpriced add ons dlc.

here is another example for $ 50 u could buy 7 psone games or flower, burnZombieBurn, wipout HD, pain or lots of LBP add ons or rent 12 movies

Please tell me. Why pay for an online service when there are two others for free. Ps3's online might not be as good as XBL but you wont need to pay additional money and there is no browser. You also have to wait till a game comes out to play the demo. So tell me, what makes XBL so much better?

Hungry_Jello

Isn't it obvious?

i used to pay for xbl to enjoy wat i think was the best multiplayer game out,in gears of war 2,and b able to cross chat with my friends in a party(which is really the ONLY reason you would pay for xbl since its the only feature psn doesnt have) but i grew tired of paying for a service just to be in a room with a person who would stand by to get host,and then wreck my whole team cuz he has a really big unfair advantage....it would b worse when they would just kill all of us without letting us move out the spawn...so i said damn why am i wasting my money on this just for headaches? so i cancelled it....and now am happilly playing killzone 2,LPB,and RE5...with not 1 single cheater.


Paying for "superior" online is BS...they both have their share of laggy moments,they are p2p after all...but wheh it happens n the ps3 i just remember hey its free.....

Please tell me. Why pay for an online service when there are two others for free. Ps3's online might not be as good as XBL but you wont need to pay additional money and there is no browser. You also have to wait till a game comes out to play the demo. So tell me, what makes XBL so much better?

Hungry_Jello

Because Xbox360, in my opinion, is a primarily online console and XBL is very good...

You guys in the USA and Japan are lucky, in the EU they're slowly slapping the 'Internet Tax' on countries, Germany and some the Dutch countries got it already they trying to slap it on France and the UK next. We gonna have to pay for a license to use the internet ontop of subscription fee's and then Xbox Live if this all goes ahead and the whole of the EU enforces the internet tax. The next gen of consoles that offered free internet if the tax happens is the oneI would buy firsteven thoughI love XBL.

I spend more on coffee every day. I'll admit for kids like you it might be a hardship on your allowance, but once you grow up you'll realize it's pretty much change found under the car seat.

gensigns

[QUOTE="NYrockinlegend My thoughts exactly. No need to pay for online when you can do it on other systems for FREE, and almost the same quality(just less features, which don't prove to be significant). I'm kind of price conscious. If I don't have to pay, I won't.

How it can be nearly the same quality, but with less features? The extra features may not be significant in your eyes, but I find the extra features significant

I use the Party chat feature nearly evertime I go online, as many of my College frineds have it......... PSN doesn't have it.....its an important feature to me.

I see Xbox live as service, I can pay the bill for that service and enjoy it, or I can refuse to pay the bill and go without, its good that Sony offer PSN for free....However Microsft are charging for a service that millions are willing to pay for......and I doubt its going to become free anytime soon

I wonder how many people on here would start paying for PSN orSteamif they announced a pay plan?

My live ran out a month ago, im not gonna buy it again. I will just be a silver xboxer, unless Halo:ODST comes out

[QUOTE="gensigns"]

I spend more on coffee every day. I'll admit for kids like you it might be a hardship on your allowance, but once you grow up you'll realize it's pretty much change found under the car seat.

WWIAB

[QUOTE="NYrockinlegend My thoughts exactly. No need to pay for online when you can do it on other systems for FREE, and almost the same quality(just less features, which don't prove to be significant). I'm kind of price conscious. If I don't have to pay, I won't.

How it can be nearly the same quality, but with less features? The extra features may not be significant in your eyes, but I find the extra features significant

I use the Party chat feature nearly evertime I go online, as many of my College frineds have it......... PSN doesn't have it.....its an important feature to me.

I see Xbox live as service, I can pay the bill for that service and enjoy it, or I can refuse to pay the bill and go without, its good that Sony offer PSN for free....However Microsft are charging for a service that millions are willing to pay for......and I doubt its going to become free anytime soon

I wonder how many people on here would start paying for PSN orSteamif they announced a pay plan?

[QUOTE="Tyrant156"][QUOTE="WWIAB"] Same here, My Xbox live costs under £3 a month, I spend about £2 a day on Coca Cola alone.....

[QUOTE="NYrockinlegend My thoughts exactly. No need to pay for online when you can do it on other systems for FREE, and almost the same quality(just less features, which don't prove to be significant). I'm kind of price conscious. If I don't have to pay, I won't.someguy

How it can be nearly the same quality, but with less features? The extra features may not be significant in your eyes, but I find the extra features significant

I use the Party chat feature nearly evertime I go online, as many of my College frineds have it......... PSN doesn't have it.....its an important feature to me.

I see Xbox live as service, I can pay the bill for that service and enjoy it, or I can refuse to pay the bill and go without, its good that Sony offer PSN for free....However Microsft are charging for a service that millions are willing to pay for......and I doubt its going to become free anytime soon

I wonder how many people on here would start paying for PSN orSteamif they announced a pay plan?

This is true. PSN is adding features all the time and will eventually have all that XBL has to offer.

Simple, if I want to play games online on my 360 I have too.

I pay for live because it has a whole slew of features that i use and they are always having community games where you can play everyday of the week. Also i like to play online on occassion so i dont necessarily pay the 50 dollars a month i just pay for 3 months or 1 months cause i work alot and i get them for very cheap so....

And for the person who said that psn is always adding stuff live that should tell you how behind sony is on implementing features on psn its and after thought to them and the only time they get off their butts and improve it is when ps3 fanboys complain about a feature that live has and the psn doesnt.

Simple, if I want to play games online on my 360 I have too.

Burnsmiesta

Why not just get a PS3 then? That way you can play games online for free.

[QUOTE="someguy"][QUOTE="Tyrant156"]

How it can be nearly the same quality, but with less features? The extra features may not be significant in your eyes, but I find the extra features significant

I use the Party chat feature nearly evertime I go online, as many of my College frineds have it......... PSN doesn't have it.....its an important feature to me.

I see Xbox live as service, I can pay the bill for that service and enjoy it, or I can refuse to pay the bill and go without, its good that Sony offer PSN for free....However Microsft are charging for a service that millions are willing to pay for......and I doubt its going to become free anytime soon

I wonder how many people on here would start paying for PSN orSteamif they announced a pay plan?

vitriolboy

This is true. PSN is adding features all the time and will eventually have all that XBL has to offer.

thats asuming microsoft will just stop adding more to the service.

beacuse if they want to play online they must. They can say ooooo live is so much better with its cross in game voice chat but It comes down to cause they have no choice if they want to be online.

Bcuz I believe that M$ online services cant possibly be available free elseware. Its just insane.

[QUOTE="Burnsmiesta"]

Simple, if I want to play games online on my 360 I have too.

Hungry_Jello

Why not just get a PS3 then? That way you can play games online for free.

I pay because I can.

Seriously if Xbox users want to pay get over it, it doesn't make PS3 better no matter how much you cling to your free online which I might mention gave me fits when I had it.

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

Ambli

Because $0 makes me doesn't hinder me at all.

$50 a year is a game, 5 movies, or gas money I don't need it to make it through in life but it's not worth playing online

I pay because I use the party system and cross game invites all the time.

[QUOTE="Ambli"]

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

treyskillz

Because $0 makes me doesn't hinder me at all.

$50 a year is a game, 5 movies, or gas money I don't need it to make it through in life but it's not worth playing online

[QUOTE="treyskillz"]

[QUOTE="Ambli"]

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

Verge_6

Because $0 makes me doesn't hinder me at all.

$50 a year is a game, 5 movies, or gas money I don't need it to make it through in life but it's not worth playing online

Seriously. If $50/year is going to make or break your budget, then maybe you should move gaming a little lower on your priority list.

i dont see the point since i get the same service for free on the ps3 but if you only have xbox to begin with and u wanna play online i guess i would pay it too.

Please think before writing. If you already owned a 360, would you consider it a good deal to buy a PS3 for 299$ (or more depending on where you live) just to be able to play online multiplayer without paying extra?

Didn't think so. Can we please put this argument to rest once and for all?

because XBL is by far the best online service. I don't mind the $2.40 or whatever it is a month. Thats a cup of coffee

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

Ambli

I can't seem to get Halo 3, L4D, or Gears 2 to work. Strange.........cainetao11

I'm really amazed people are saying well 50 $ a year isn't bad. It SHOULD BE FREE. I pay for it because I'm forced but, honestly it costs microsoft nothing to keep xbl servers up (probably less than a 10000 $s a year). It is like saying well I bought the ps3 for 2 and a half years and that is like paying 20$ a month for it. No if you bought a ps3 it still costs 600 $.

Because 4$ a month is sooooooooooooo expensive. :roll:

Most people who whine about the 50$ XBL cost are the one who can spend 60$ on a game. Go figure.

because XBL is by far the best online service. I don't mind the $2.40 or whatever it is a month. Thats a cup of coffee

SpideR_CentS

Had to edit because someone will call me a fanboy for saying month instead of year

Because 4$ a month is sooooooooooooo expensive. :roll:

Most people who whine about the 50$ XBL cost are the one who can spend 60$ on a game. Go figure.

archvile_78

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

Ambli

it's not about the money it's the moral they are charging you things that should be free for the purpose of linin their pocketsit's a matter of morality.

PC, PS3 and Wii have it FREE!!!

I pay for it because of all the conviniences it carries with it like cross game chat and netflix. I also like it because of the fact the community on most games are better, more people use mics and I get demos for games i want (although silver does that too). Oh also, because $4-5 a month isn't very much and in the long run costs as much as a new game. Plus, look at my sig.93soccer

[QUOTE="Ambli"]

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

simslifer

it's not about the money it's the moral they are charging you things that should be free for the purpose of linin their pocketsit's a matter of morality.

PC, PS3 and Wii have it FREE!!!

[QUOTE="cainetao11"]I can't seem to get Halo 3, L4D, or Gears 2 to work. Strange.........sexxxyboy

Some people don't have the option to play their games online for free. They're pretty much forced to pay to play with their buddies.

[QUOTE="Ambli"]

Because, $4 a month doesn't hinder me at all.

simslifer

it's not about the money it's the moral they are charging you things that should be free for the purpose of linin their pocketsit's a matter of morality.

PC, PS3 and Wii have it FREE!!!