Why I Gladly Pay 5 Bucks A Month For XBL

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over and picking up change throughout the month, it basically pays for itself! But not only that. The real benefit of my $5 a month is the fact that everyone else I play with is paying 5 bucks a month. I am one of 15-20 MILLION people paying that fee. That is over $1B a year in extra revenue for Microsoft and through the overall better service of XBL, I along with every other 360 online gamer, most definitely see my return.

I don't mind paying, but would obviously prefer if it we're free. But it definitley is a better service than PSN.

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over and picking up change throughout the month, it basically pays for itself! But not only that. The real benefit of my $5 a month is the fact that everyone else I play with is paying 5 bucks a month. I am one of 15-20 MILLION people paying that fee. That is over $1B a year in extra revenue for Microsoft and through the overall better service of XBL, I along with every other 360 online gamer, most definitely see my return.

shadow8585

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That's why I prefer PSN...Online is free.

So it's okay because everyone else is doing it?

1 billion dollars for P2P servers :lol:. PC gaming gets free dedicated servers, free mods, free themes, free downloadable content, even free games at times. We get loads of ways to communicate in game. All this for $0, and Its MUCH better than XBL. Seriously M$ justfound a way to make 100% profit right out of your pocket.

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over....

shadow8585

[QUOTE="shadow8585"]

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over....

Kan0nF0dder

:lol: Hilarious!

I don't mind paying, but would obviously prefer if it we're free. But it definitley is a better service than PSN.

RAGINGxPONY

As a matter of fact, by bending over and picking up change throughout the month, it basically pays for itself!shadow8585

i dont mind paying for online play, but ever since i got rid of my 360 im not gonna lie, its been a breath of fresh air to not worry about fees for online play, seeing as how im not that big on playing online to begin with

I'm waiting to see what the Premium PSN has to offer and see how it will make Xbox Live Gold look like.

Everyone breaks the fee down to smaller numbers to make it seem like it's no big deal. Why doesn't anyone show the big numbers? I'll do it.

If you bought a launch 360 and you've been paying that $5 a month till now, guess how much it's really cost you?

$240. Add that to your 360's cost and you've paied over $600 for your 360. Just as much as a launch PS3, where are you getting you return?

I play online with friends for free and it's always been that way for the last 3 years on PSN. And it cost me $100 less than you. And the more you keep paying "$5/ per month" the more I save.

[QUOTE="Kan0nF0dder"]

[QUOTE="shadow8585"]

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over....

BPoole96

:lol: Hilarious!

The term lemming applies more perfectly each day.

Courtesy of Teh BrainWash Masta!!

Until either PSN or whatever Wii has for online are better than Xbox Live I have no problem paying less than $5 a month.

Everyone breaks the fee down to smaller numbers to make it seem like it's no big deal. Why doesn't anyone show the big numbers? I'll do it.

If you bought a launch 360 and you've been paying that $5 a month till now, guess how much it's really cost you?

$240. Add that to your 360's cost and you've paied over $600 for your 360. Just as much as a launch PS3, where are you getting you return?

I play online with friends for free and it's always been that way for the last 3 years on PSN. And it cost me $100 less than you. And the more you keep paying "$5/ per month" the more I save.

Zero_epyon

Until either PSN or whatever Wii has for online are better than Xbox Live I have no problem paying less than $5 a month.

rp108

It sure is better, with all the P2P stuff and advertisements, oh and the Live community just shrank by a million courtesy of MS. Yep it sure is better.

You forgot to mention it's 0.6 cents an hour.

[QUOTE="Zero_epyon"]

Everyone breaks the fee down to smaller numbers to make it seem like it's no big deal. Why doesn't anyone show the big numbers? I'll do it.

If you bought a launch 360 and you've been paying that $5 a month till now, guess how much it's really cost you?

$240. Add that to your 360's cost and you've paied over $600 for your 360. Just as much as a launch PS3, where are you getting you return?

I play online with friends for free and it's always been that way for the last 3 years on PSN. And it cost me $100 less than you. And the more you keep paying "$5/ per month" the more I save.

yoyo462001

Because your dad pays it and not you....MasteRich

LOL! So true.

[QUOTE="rp108"]

Until either PSN or whatever Wii has for online are better than Xbox Live I have no problem paying less than $5 a month.

dream431ca

It sure is better, with all the P2P stuff and advertisements, oh and the Live community just shrank by a million courtesy of MS. Yep it sure is better.

Wow. Not only did you make it painfully obvious you do not know what you are talking about you are also making it out to be a bad thing that Microsoft banned people for playing illegal copies of games.Thank you for a good laugh.

You forgot to mention it's 0.6 cents an hour.

Gxgear

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

[QUOTE="rp108"]

Until either PSN or whatever Wii has for online are better than Xbox Live I have no problem paying less than $5 a month.

rp108

It sure is better, with all the P2P stuff and advertisements, oh and the Live community just shrank by a million courtesy of MS. Yep it sure is better.

Wow. Not only did you make it painfully obvious you do not know what you are talking about you are also making it out to be a bad thing that Microsoft banned people for playing illegal copies of games.Thank you for a good laugh.

The real laugh is people support MS to play online. It's a joke.

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

[QUOTE="rp108"]

Until either PSN or whatever Wii has for online are better than Xbox Live I have no problem paying less than $5 a month.

rp108

It sure is better, with all the P2P stuff and advertisements, oh and the Live community just shrank by a million courtesy of MS. Yep it sure is better.

Wow. Not only did you make it painfully obvious you do not know what you are talking about you are also making it out to be a bad thing that Microsoft banned people for playing illegal copies of games.Thank you for a good laugh.

[QUOTE="rp108"]

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

It sure is better, with all the P2P stuff and advertisements, oh and the Live community just shrank by a million courtesy of MS. Yep it sure is better.

Zero_epyon

Wow. Not only did you make it painfully obvious you do not know what you are talking about you are also making it out to be a bad thing that Microsoft banned people for playing illegal copies of games.Thank you for a good laugh.

rp108 probably doesn't know what P2P is.

5 bucks a month? did has a price hike already come? :lol: last i remembered it was 4.16

People need to get it right, Xbox live is either a one time price of 49.99 for a whole year OR you can pay 7.99 for a month which is 96 dollars a year. So NO it's not 5 bucks a month you can't pay the 49.99 dollars in installments, with that logic I can make anything sound cheap, "Hey why did everyone complain about the PS3 being expensive at $600 dollars, that's only 50 bucks a months or roughly 12 dollars a week, just skip that McDonald run once a week and bam, you have a 600 dollar PS3". Javy03

[QUOTE="Javy03"]People need to get it right, Xbox live is either a one time price of 49.99 for a whole year OR you can pay 7.99 for a month which is 96 dollars a year. So NO it's not 5 bucks a month you can't pay the 49.99 dollars in installments, with that logic I can make anything sound cheap, "Hey why did everyone complain about the PS3 being expensive at $600 dollars, that's only 50 bucks a months or roughly 12 dollars a week, just skip that McDonald run once a week and bam, you have a 600 dollar PS3". Jandurin

[QUOTE="yoyo462001"][QUOTE="Zero_epyon"]

Everyone breaks the fee down to smaller numbers to make it seem like it's no big deal. Why doesn't anyone show the big numbers? I'll do it.

If you bought a launch 360 and you've been paying that $5 a month till now, guess how much it's really cost you?

$240. Add that to your 360's cost and you've paied over $600 for your 360. Just as much as a launch PS3, where are you getting you return?

I play online with friends for free and it's always been that way for the last 3 years on PSN. And it cost me $100 less than you. And the more you keep paying "$5/ per month" the more I save.

Zero_epyon

I would love a system where you pay gold to dl demos and get that kind of content, yet could still play online with a silver account. I get that xbl has all these features, but in the end, I dont chat much while playing, I never cross chat, I maybe download 1 demo a year and about a double that number in arcade games.

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I am basically (for me) just paying to play online. Given that I already have to pay for my internet connection (among three people but still) this seems like a steal given the competitions offerings....

I gladly pay my 5 bucks a month, also known as 16 cents a day. As a matter of fact, by bending over and picking up change throughout the month, it basically pays for itself! But not only that. The real benefit of my $5 a month is the fact that everyone else I play with is paying 5 bucks a month. I am one of 15-20 MILLION people paying that fee. That is over $1B a year in extra revenue for Microsoft and through the overall better service of XBL, I along with every other 360 online gamer, most definitely see my return.

shadow8585

I couldn't bare to read the entire thread, you said something about enjoying to bend over for change or something like that.

I still don't understand why someone would "enjoy" paying for something that should be free. I already pay my isp, why should I have to pay for online gaming? I don't care whether its $5 or $50 a year, I don't "enjoy" giving away free money unless its to the needy and last I checked Micro$oft isn't needy they're greedy.

i dont mind paying for online play, but ever since i got rid of my 360 im not gonna lie, its been a breath of fresh air to not worry about fees for online play, seeing as how im not that big on playing online to begin with

BeanTownBrown86

Well you go ahead and pay more for XBL ove the console's lifetime ($300 for 6 years ) than you actually payed for the console. Go right ahead.

Oh, yeah it is completely awsome you and the 20 million other users are giving one of the planets richest corporations 1 billion dollars extra a year, that is great.

You forgot to mention it's 0.6 cents an hour.

Gxgear

I don't mind paying, but would obviously prefer if it we're free. But it definitley is a better service than PSN.

RAGINGxPONY

Another one of these. I get it there are those who like to pay for live fine,but do you have to make a thread about it everytime. Also you dont pay 5 bucks a month the offcial price is 50 bucks upfront. I agree live is better but only by a bit not leaps and bounds. Thats why I stoped paying for it.

i dont mind paying for online play, but ever since i got rid of my 360 im not gonna lie, its been a breath of fresh air to not worry about fees for online play, seeing as how im not that big on playing online to begin with

[QUOTE="Zero_epyon"]

Everyone breaks the fee down to smaller numbers to make it seem like it's no big deal. Why doesn't anyone show the big numbers? I'll do it.

If you bought a launch 360 and you've been paying that $5 a month till now, guess how much it's really cost you?

$240. Add that to your 360's cost and you've paied over $600 for your 360. Just as much as a launch PS3, where are you getting you return?

I play online with friends for free and it's always been that way for the last 3 years on PSN. And it cost me $100 less than you. And the more you keep paying "$5/ per month" the more I save.

yoyo462001

What if in reality the shirts were "pretty much the same"?

I'd think the guy who payed $150 would be feeling mighty stupid :P

Im burnt out playing online. Its pretty boring to me these days. PLUS I got tired of paying for something only to not be happy with the total experience. MS how about giving your customers something free for once? A movie, a theme, a gamer pic "that people actually want". Maybe a free game download or some map packs for older games to bring new life back into them...ANYTHING!

Being an original XBOX LIVE customer from 2002 I think I deserve something? PLUS having been through 5 360s since launch..Heaven forbid you GIVE US SOMETHING USEFULL!!..

ok, im done.

People need to get it right, Xbox live is either a one time price of 49.99 for a whole year OR you can pay 7.99 for a month which is 96 dollars a year. So NO it's not 5 bucks a month you can't pay the 49.99 dollars in installments, with that logic I can make anything sound cheap, "Hey why did everyone complain about the PS3 being expensive at $600 dollars, that's only 50 bucks a months or roughly 12 dollars a week, just skip that McDonald run once a week and bam, you have a 600 dollar PS3". Javy03

Wow... my ps3 was cheap!!! $12 a week. I pay more for coffee each week. Dang.. got to cut down on the coffee....:(

[QUOTE="Zero_epyon"][QUOTE="yoyo462001"]I have gained far more than 240 dollars of utitily from paying for XBL, i dont understand why people who dont pay care. Its like going to someone who buys a 150 dollar shirt and saying well i payed 5 dollars for mine and 'I' think there pretty much the same when in reality there probably not.yoyo462001