Xbox live price increase????

Did you guys hear about the new Xbox live price increase? 1 year went from $49 to $59.

Are you guys suprised by this news, I know I'm not its classic Microsoft to do this, purely classic.

man it sure is cOLD in here, you're 3 months late to the party kid.AiurProtoss

oh well I just got an email from microsoft like yesterday so i thought this was new

Considering it was announced months ago, no, it's not a surprise at all.

As for being classic MS. Considering they haven't touched the fee in 8 years while adding stuff throughout.... is an extra $10 per year unreasonable?

Did you guys hear about the new Xbox live price increase? 1 year went from $49 to $59.

Are you guys suprised by this news, I know I'm not its classic Microsoft to do this, purely classic.

GameGuy642003

You mean keeping something very cheap for longer then any other field of entertainment?

Yeah I guess so

Also this news is months old so yeah, we know

Thanks ESPN,thanks.

Thanks ESPN,thanks.

BloodJunkie213

This. I'm never going to use ESPN. YAAAY!

we knew this 3 months agoJ-WOW

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Thanks ESPN,thanks.

Flamecommando

This. I'm never going to use ESPN. YAAAY!

Wow... You're right. ESPN is part of the problem. I honestly hadn't thought of it that way. I now have another reason to dislike ESPN. Thanks.

if they increase the price they should make most of the features free instead of having to spend alot of MP on stuff

I could use LESS features, please, and reduce the cost of Live, or better, make Live free.

Mhm.

It sucks though, I'm wondering why they have to do that...

IMO it should be free , $60 is a joke .

Considering it was announced months ago, no, it's not a surprise at all.

As for being classic MS. Considering they haven't touched the fee in 8 years while adding stuff throughout.... is an extra $10 per year unreasonable?

VoodooHak

Just buy a load of them now then?

Add them all up onto your Account?

??????

Profit

If you want to save the money.

Did they also say why they increase the price?

Cause when i play street fighter 1 on 1 with a guy from the united states or australia i get major delay.
But well its probaly just a increase of price by knowing people will buy it anyway, nothing new for microsoft.
If only the PS3 had a xbox controller i would move on...

i've never bought $50 live anyway.

i buy em online for $30-$40

heck, mine doesn't expire till 2013 and i've only spent $80 for 3 year renewal.

I am actually shocked. They already have a lot of people moaning about the price already, why raise it?h3LL_ZinKy69

Those moaners are probably still paying so why should MS listen to them? If the complainers want to make an impact, they should cancel their accounts or let their subscriptions run out. That's the only way.

Considering it was announced months ago, no, it's not a surprise at all.

As for being classic MS. Considering they haven't touched the fee in 8 years while adding stuff throughout.... is an extra $10 per year unreasonable?

VoodooHak

i dont think so... its only $10 that aint much i hope they put that extra $10 to use though

It is almost Black Friday so I'm not worried. I will just get a few of them so the price increase qwont affect me.craigalan23

what are the prices usually during black friday and after? I used to find deals online for $30 and now they seem to be around $40

My guess is a good deal will now be $45 to $50. I have had it since it's inception, so now I have paid M$ about $400 for the ability to play online. It does add up.

I'm ditching my 360, when my live membership runs out in 2 months. I'm going to look around for a good black friday deal on a PS3. I've just grown tired of hearing that we are getting all of this great content for our money. I checked out the PS3 last week, and I thought PSN was great. I liked the store, and the new netflix app looks as good, if not better than the 360's, and you don't need the disc anymore. I also thought that the user interface was better on the PS3 than on 360. No adds all over.

I will miss my 360, but between the live increase, (I can afford the $10 more, but after checking out PSN, I can't see paying $20 per year for live) and lack of good exclusives coming out, it is time to say goodbye M$.

[QUOTE="craigalan23"]It is almost Black Friday so I'm not worried. I will just get a few of them so the price increase qwont affect me.BLAS1AN

what are the prices usually during black friday and after? I used to find deals online for $30 and now they seem to be around $40

[QUOTE="AiurProtoss"]man it sure is cOLD in here, you're 3 months late to the party kid.GameGuy642003

oh well I just got an email from microsoft like yesterday so i thought this was new

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[QUOTE="AiurProtoss"]man it sure is cOLD in here, you're 3 months late to the party kid.Elann2008

oh well I just got an email from microsoft like yesterday so i thought this was new

constantly check between buy.com and amazon.com too. there always below $50

My xbox live expires on Jan. 10 so I renewed mine till 2012 at the low price of $39, I think from the dashboard there is an offer to renew now and save, thats how I did mine :) BTW even $60 isn't that bad for a years worth of entertainment, and believe me I use it :P

This is old news. No I'm not suprised. M$ loves milking people.coolkid93

You're kidding right?

They haven't raised the price of Live in almost a decade, they're the ONLY (as in by themselves) form of entertainment that has not

[QUOTE="coolkid93"]This is old news. No I'm not suprised. M$ loves milking people.Jaysonguy

You're kidding right?

They haven't raised the price of Live in almost a decade, they're the ONLY (as in by themselves) form of entertainment that has not

They are the only ones that charge to play online, so your theory is flawed. :o

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[QUOTE="coolkid93"]This is old news. No I'm not suprised. M$ loves milking people.RapidTurtle

You're kidding right?

They haven't raised the price of Live in almost a decade, they're the ONLY (as in by themselves) form of entertainment that has not

They are the only ones that charge to play online, so your theory is flawed. :o

No it's not but nice try to switch off topic

They're the only business in entertainment to not have an increase in the last decade

yeah that guy has a great idea just buy a couple cards now

I don't understand what features are worth the $60 annual fee. Honestly, I think it's rubbish that they charge so much just for online gaming.

Did they also say why they increase the price?

Cause when i play street fighter 1 on 1 with a guy from the united states or australia i get major delay.
But well its probaly just a increase of price by knowing people will buy it anyway, nothing new for microsoft.
If only the PS3 had a xbox controller i would move on...

Maxmus050

haha me too, i hate the ps3 controller.

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[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

You're kidding right?

They haven't raised the price of Live in almost a decade, they're the ONLY (as in by themselves) form of entertainment that has not

Jaysonguy

They are the only ones that charge to play online, so your theory is flawed. :o

No it's not but nice try to switch off topic

They're the only business in entertainment to not have an increase in the last decade

Can you explain what entertainment they are providing?

I already pay a monthly fee for netlix.

As far as I know, nobody pays for Facebook, Twitter, Last F.M., etc...

I guess if you consider looking at advertising entertainment, then you might have a valid point, because there is plenty of that on the xbox live dashboard.

[QUOTE="coolkid93"]This is old news. No I'm not suprised. M$ loves milking people.Jaysonguy

You're kidding right?

They haven't raised the price of Live in almost a decade, they're the ONLY (as in by themselves) form of entertainment that has not

Considering it was announced months ago, no, it's not a surprise at all.

As for being classic MS. Considering they haven't touched the fee in 8 years while adding stuff throughout.... is an extra $10 per year unreasonable?

VoodooHak

Wow I was unaware of this ... and what exactly is this "stuff that they added throughout"? Yes that is a sincere question.

So far the only thing I would've liked to see out of XBL, dedicated servers for all major exclusive online titles, still hasn't happened. Not even for Reach. Hell, Resistance has offered lag-free online gaming with 40-60 players since the PS3's launch for free with PSN (not trying to start a system-wars debate, I'm just making a point for comparison). I still don't know what the hell I will be paying for exactly when I do get a Live account. All I know is that I wanna play Reach online with my friends and MS wants me to fork over som arbitrary annual fee for a service they don't even technically provide.

Again, I'm not trolling here - I'm just stating my displeasure with MS's greedy business practices.

MS ARE MAKING THEIR POSITIVSE -NEGATIVES.......NOW PEOPLE WILL THINK OF BUYING TWICE ITS RELEASED

Xbox Live is pretty affordable and I think they could actually charge much more and people would pay for it.

DeViLzzz

Just because it's relatively affordable does NOT meant they should charge for it all. Sony and Nintendo still offer online gaming for free, and in some cases (MAG, Resistance series), Sony offers a higher quality online gaming service for free.

MS still use peer-to-peer gaming for all of their online games, and we're all already paying for that by having a high-speed internet service. MS doesn't provide any service to us at all with a Gold account, they simply block you from playing online unless you fork over whatever they request. They essentially force you to give up 1-3 games a year (which is what many of us would likely spend that $60 on if it wasn't for Live) in order to play online, and they don't even actually provide a service for that money either!

Come on, $10 isn't that much of an increase. It's only 20 cents a week extra...

Come on, $10 isn't that much of an increase. It's only 20 cents a week extra...

Doctor_Chris

I don't even care. It's an extra $10 bucks that I would gladly pay $100 a year for. It's consumer surplus with me. Ghost_702

Come on, $10 isn't that much of an increase. It's only 20 cents a week extra...

Doctor_Chris

I agree that it is affordable, but why are we paying for it at all. They aren't really giving you anything that you can't get for free elsewhere. I have had live since it started on the original Xbox, and that means that I have paid M$ about $400 for it. It adds up. Sony just updated their netflix app for free. You can do twitter, youtube, and such also on Sony's machine for free. At least with their PSN+, you are getting content for your money. It really amazes me that people actually defend M$ on the subject. I for one am looking to get a PS3 for the holidays, and am going to do away with my Xbox all together. Again, I can afford live, but I have decided not to support a company that is just taking my money, and giving me nothing in return.

The price increase has got to be for ESPN3. I have ESPN 3 on cable, so I really don't need it on my xbox. I really don't want to watch any of the content that they have.They should at least give you the option wether or not you want the content.

Here is a pretty good article on how ESPN works, and how they are the most expensive channel on cable. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ESPN-Charges-Broadband-Firms-ibd-345214765.html?x=0&.v=1

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Come on, $10 isn't that much of an increase. It's only 20 cents a week extra...

RapidTurtle

I agree that it is affordable, but why are we paying for it at all. They aren't really giving you anything that you can't get for free elsewhere. I have had live since it started on the original Xbox, and that means that I have paid M$ about $400 for it. It adds up. Sony just updated their netflix app for free. You can do twitter, youtube, and such also on Sony's machine for free. At least with their PSN+, you are getting content for your money. It really amazes me that people actually defend M$ on the subject. I for one am looking to get a PS3 for the holidays, and am going to do away with my Xbox all together. Again, I can afford live, but I have decided not to support a company that is just taking my money, and giving me nothing in return.

The price increase has got to be for ESPN3. I have ESPN 3 on cable, so I really don't need it on my xbox. I really don't want to watch any of the content that they have.They should at least give you the option wether or not you want the content.

Here is a pretty good article on how ESPN works, and how they are the most expensive channel on cable. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ESPN-Charges-Broadband-Firms-ibd-345214765.html?x=0&.v=1

Im not trying to turn this into a systems war type thing, im just growing a bit dissatisfied with MS after all these years. I had a lot of fun with Live, but latley its just all come to a head and i realise that maybe Live is not actually worth what i have been paying....