@scouttrooperbob @SaltyMeatballs Honestly, he has a point. I'm still going to buy gold as I'm not changing consoles over it, but he makes a point.

@jayd02 And one other benefit which I know people will say is not very good is the one month exclusivity on DLC, which is pretty nice.

@jayd02 No, I know I only named one positive, and those who accuse the service of not being worth the money may be right, but to me it's worth the money, that's all. To each his own.

The other way they could do this is get big hard drives for their new consoles and go all digital.

Oh dear, some of my favorite games are used. I bought Oblivion used, and it was great. Used games are a great and cheap alternative to buying a new version of an old game, but it kinda does rip off the makers of the game...

The thing is, Microsoft provides good online service and a very nice service that the others don't have, party chat. Worth 60 bucks a year, I don't know, but I would gladly pay.

Next thing they're gonna ban Forza, Need for Speed, and Burnout because they say it causes reckless driving.

Video games can also relieve stress and anger, I know people that when they come home from a stressful day at work play video games to relieve stress/anger.

@Toshi_TNE @TJSpyke What you just said is so far out of the context we were using, a .50 cal?

@naurglin @TJSpyke Honestly, if we banned guns, we'd have to ban baseball bats, cars, knives, toasters, and chairs because they can all be used as weapons if they are desired to do so.