@jpeezy77 @Hvac0120 Keep an eye out on NewEgg and Tiger Direct. Best Buy and Target often offer discounts on Live around Christmas. Each has offered at $40 over the last 3-4 years at least once.
@XspidervenomX Just as you rent Plus. Difference is the games I download for free while Gold are mine to keep if I cease renting Gold Service. If I were to cease renting PlayStation Plus service, I would lose access to all the "free" games that were offered.
@johnman05 Those are indeed the games I'm referring to as rentals. As to the other titles you mention, Microsoft offers deals and discounts on new titles/content just as Sony does.
@XspidervenomX How much do you have to pay to get access to all those rental games you crow about? As I stated earlier, I bought Defense Grid when it was first released at full price, 800 MSP. I had not played Fable III, but as soon as I saw it was available, I downloaded it. If I were to end my Xbox Live membership at some point (something I don't expect to do), I would still have access to Fable III with no limitations.
@Celsius765 But you're judging a game based on its classification, not its own merits. Again, that's fine. If after I played Doom and decided I didn't like FPS games, I'd have never found Halo or Call of Duty. If you don't like tower defense games, then I would agree you probably wouldn't like Defense Grid, but if you had access to it for free with no obligation, I would also say you'd be remiss in not at least trying it.
@XspidervenomX Just as you rent usage of your PlayStation Plus library. The difference is I can keep playing my copies of Fable III and Defense Grid. Frustrated? Hardly ...
@XspidervenomX Armor plating in the form of the following ...
Pick any YouTube video showing the full Microsoft E3 presser. Go to about 9:20 into the presentation, right after the Xbox 360 E is unveiled. When they mention the Games for Gold program, they say, and I quote "And to kick off that program, I'd like to share just two of the titles that we're going to offer over the next few months: Assassin's Creed 2 and Halo 3". Show me where in that statement Microsoft stated that either title would be offered in July 2013.
@Hvac0120 You're right, I won't argue on the Manufacturer's SUGGESTED Retail Price. Nor will I argue that Microsoft believes the service is worth $60, as that is where they have set the MSRP.
I will, however, argue that the market price, that is the price one can find it by shopping around, is around $40. The market has decided what the service is worth and has priced it accordingly.
@outlawoftorn Microsoft never promised that AC2 and Halo 3 would be the first titles to launch. And people apparently keep forgetting that Fable III was actually the first release in the program.
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