Xbox live is the most over rated gaming service!

really be honest its just not worth 50$.

if they made dedicaed servers for every game and gave a brilliant lag free service

it still wouldn't justify the price. 360 is an awesome console but xbox live is poor.

think about it why pay 50US$per year when there's little to no improvement over mutliplayer.

we still get users hosting the games most the time so why are we been asked to pay 50$ a year?

and no I'm no PS3,PC or Wii fanboy. you don't need a bias view to notice that xbox live isn't fair.

but thats me, what do you think?

check these links out.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/goldBenefits.htm

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Live/Pages/welcometolive.aspx

^Live is FREE for PC gamers!!

http://uk.playstation.com/psn/

*edits*

1)added links for comparison.

it really depends, for me, 50$ is nothing. right now, psn doesnt not have in game chat, which is a big turn off for me, i know its included in the update this year, i know. but right now it doesnt. xbl is superior, i get no lag on it, then again no lag on my ps3 either.

now my biggest gripe with 360 is the match making system, it drives me nuts, i like to be able to choose from a list, but thats just my opinion.

Sorry, I can't agree with you that it is poor. Although I wish it was free, I just haven't found a more unified online gaming community. T-Aldous

The $80 I pay for my yearly subscription is entirely worth it for the early demos and the guarantee of joining a low ping server.
For less than half the price of a game I get to add more than half onto nearly every game I buymlisen

seriously? 80$ and you think its a fair deal? also xbox live doesn't use dedicated servers for all games...

If XBL had dedicated servers... then hell yea! I mean take a look at PSN now ;)WhySoSerious300

[QUOTE="WhySoSerious300"]If XBL had dedicated servers... then hell yea! I mean take a look at PSN now ;)dotWithShoes

How am I supposed to know lol. But the games I have right now have dedicated servers. MGS4, Killzone 2, Resistance 1 and 2 and other games too

Meh, just change some settings to make it so you have a higher chance of being host. I experience 99% lag free halo every night I play it.

$50 is nothing though. That's literrally pennies a day for early demos, the dashboard feature, all the goodies of DLC, and a very large community. Worth it to me.

Meh, just change some settings to make it so you have a higher chance of being host. I experience 99% lag free halo every night I play it.

$50 is nothing though. That's literrally pennies a day for early demos, the dashboard feature, all the goodies of DLC, and a very large community. Worth it to me.

treedoor

[QUOTE="treedoor"]

Meh, just change some settings to make it so you have a higher chance of being host. I experience 99% lag free halo every night I play it.

$50 is nothing though. That's literrally pennies a day for early demos, the dashboard feature, all the goodies of DLC, and a very large community. Worth it to me.

Great_Ragnarok

So what? I've got a gaming PC that I'm on right now. Do PC's play Halo 3? Sadly no. There's enough 360 games that PC's don't have to warrant paying PENNIES a day for online.

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="treedoor"]

Meh, just change some settings to make it so you have a higher chance of being host. I experience 99% lag free halo every night I play it.

$50 is nothing though. That's literrally pennies a day for early demos, the dashboard feature, all the goodies of DLC, and a very large community. Worth it to me.

treedoor

So what? I've got a gaming PC that I'm on right now. Do PC's play Halo 3? Sadly no. There's enough 360 games that PC's don't have to warrant paying PENNIES a day for online.

and I agree with you skrat_01.

dedicated servers =/= no lag

That is all...

dedicated servers =/= no lag

That is all...

NEILMEHTA

Who the hell said it was worth $50.-Master_St3ve-

[QUOTE="NEILMEHTA"]

dedicated servers =/= no lag

That is all...

Great_Ragnarok

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="NEILMEHTA"]

dedicated servers =/= no lag

That is all...

dotWithShoes

but even then you wouldn't need 50$ per customer. recently they announced that half of live members are gold members!

8 million people who pay for xbox live! surely dedicated server should be standard for that kind of profit.

No such thing as a lag-free service. :|Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]No such thing as a lag-free service. :|Great_Ragnarok

The other choices were pretty bad. It was either "I don't mind paying $50 for service" or "It is a joke, and shouldn't cost money"

That was basically the options, so people chose the one closest to "I don't mind paying $50 for service"

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]No such thing as a lag-free service. :|treedoor

The other choices were pretty bad. It was either "I don't mind paying $50 for service" or "It is a joke, and shouldn't cost money"

That was basically the options, so people chose the one closest to "I don't mind paying $50 for service"

Unless Live has gone downhill in the four months of my absence (Xbox broke, I just sold it), I'd say the $50 a year was money well spent for online gaming. DethSkematik

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="treedoor"]

Meh, just change some settings to make it so you have a higher chance of being host. I experience 99% lag free halo every night I play it.

$50 is nothing though. That's literrally pennies a day for early demos, the dashboard feature, all the goodies of DLC, and a very large community. Worth it to me.

treedoor

So what? I've got a gaming PC that I'm on right now. Do PC's play Halo 3? Sadly no. There's enough 360 games that PC's don't have to warrant paying PENNIES a day for online.

Just check out this chart

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pc5oLqpenpT78W87pMfgvBA&gid=0

[QUOTE="DethSkematik"]Unless Live has gone downhill in the four months of my absence (Xbox broke, I just sold it), I'd say the $50 a year was money well spent for online gaming. imprezawrx500

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"]Who the hell said it was worth $50.Great_Ragnarok

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="NEILMEHTA"]

dedicated servers =/= no lag

That is all...

dotWithShoes

Interesting that dark messiah still has a number of servers dispite it's terriable reviews and it being an old game

@ bobbetybob

the topic isn't quite about affordability but more about fairness. online gaming is something many enjoy on PC,PS3 for free. so has live justified its cost for you? to me they haven't. and from the looks many seem to either want a price reduction or have it for free.

[QUOTE="Great_Ragnarok"][QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"]Who the hell said it was worth $50.imprezawrx500

It should be free or at least have dedicated servers in all games. But Microsoft seem to care more about giving us Avatars instead of dedicated servers so I'm not holding my breath.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]It should be free or at least have dedicated servers in all games. But Microsoft seem to care more about giving us Avatars instead of dedicated servers so I'm not holding my breath.killerfist

For me, Its worth it because im only playing with people from my country so yeah....im not experiencing any lag at all:) and with netflix,DLC's .... its totally worth it.XxSTILL_BORNxX

Something isn't right when a free service has more dedicated servers than a paid service. It doesn't make any sense to me at all. But you're right, as long as they're making money and millions of people still use Gold, why should MS care?Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="XxSTILL_BORNxX"]For me, Its worth it because im only playing with people from my country so yeah....im not experiencing any lag at all:) and with netflix,DLC's .... its totally worth it.def_mode