Whos incredible idea was this? I dont see how they can possibly justify this. Unfortunately, people are stupid and will gladly pay it....
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08-30-2010, 02:37 PM #1Genesis STILL does! Outrunner
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M$ raising the price of Xbox Live....
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08-30-2010, 02:41 PM #2Raging in the Streets
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08-30-2010, 02:45 PM #3ToeJam is a wiener Hero of Algol
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08-30-2010, 02:47 PM #4Genesis STILL does! Outrunner
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08-30-2010, 02:50 PM #5Master of Shinobi
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Mofo's!!!!!..I guess after banning so many people they need to recup some $$$...If you ask me, this service should be completely free to begin with
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08-30-2010, 02:51 PM #6Master of Shinobi
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I wish.
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Mofo's!!!!!..I guess after banning so many people they need to recup some $$$...If you ask me, this service should be completely free
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08-30-2010, 02:51 PM #7Grandmaster's Reckoning ESWAT Veteran
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The new price is not a deal breaker. Modern XBL hosts full games to download, and streaming movies and videos. It's easily justifiable, they need to maintain the infrastructure & want to make money doing it. Originally Posted by runback22
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08-30-2010, 02:55 PM #8Master of Shinobi
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Yeap, specially after pulling that stunt with the so many defective units (RRofD)..That's the least they could do Originally Posted by cheaterdragon1
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08-30-2010, 02:57 PM #9Genesis STILL does! Outrunner
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Full games to download at ridiculous pricing. Streaming movies and videos that can be done on PSN or a PC without a subscription fee too. Its not justifiable. $10 isnt going to break me at all. I just refuse to pay it. All I want is to play online. I dont care, or use, anything else on Live. I just dont understand what they are thinking. Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster
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08-30-2010, 03:00 PM #10Grandmaster's Reckoning ESWAT Veteran
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Pricing which gets sliced up and goes to developers. Streaming videos costs 'someone' money. Just because Sony is trying to compete by eating the loss doesn't mean the loss isn't real. Originally Posted by runback22
Hosting massive amounts of data, feeding it to every xbox 360 in the country, you sound like you have no concept of how broad the network needs to be, nor a concept of licensing fees for content partnerships.
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08-30-2010, 03:07 PM #11Let's Go Away Master of Shinobi
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I don't see why we have to pay for online, when PCs do it for free.I have netflix, and I can stream to my PC/Wii for free, but for my 360 it requires a gold account.I think MS has tricked people into thinking Xbox Live is worth more than it really is.
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08-30-2010, 03:16 PM #12Grandmaster's Reckoning ESWAT Veteran
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PC's do not do online for free. Bandwidth costs money. Originally Posted by kokujin
Netflix floods the XBL network with traffic, Microsoft will take any $ it can to justify it to share holders. It adds more value to the service, after all.
I don't even use Xbox Live Gold, I think it sucks; but I don't see why it should be 'Free' when it's essentially their future platform.
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08-30-2010, 03:21 PM #13Let's Go Away Master of Shinobi
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I pay for internet , why do I have to pay to access multiplayer if I already have an internet connection.I used play Unreal Tournament on 56K modem, and it didn't cost me a dime, and for the most part most games are still like that.
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08-30-2010, 03:34 PM #14Grandmaster's Reckoning ESWAT Veteran
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You're missing the point. Every game is hosted on a centralized network. It's not the old days, it's not the old 'server list' & 'master server' bullshit. Originally Posted by kokujin
Your money isn't keeping 'Multiplayer' turned on from their end, it's being used to keep the multiple server farm's that run everything turned on & maintained with redundancies.
It probably costs them tens of thousands of dollars a day to have the servers turned on, along with the air coolant needs, the sys admins on standby, the bandwidth running between locations, the rights to host shit nobody plays.
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08-30-2010, 03:50 PM #15Let's Go Away Master of Shinobi
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Most PC games still do the old method with great results.Why doesn't MS just do it the other way. Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster
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