Xbox 360: The Live service exposed

[Lintyfresh85]

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really we only had to pay 50 for a full year...

[dbeth]

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I'm with deejay on this one. I play my sports games as well as SOCOM and Battlefront online and it does what I want....for free.

Yes, with XBL you have one username overall instead of one for each game (like Sony Online), but I'm happy...and it's not confusing.

The ps3 can have the EXACT SAME online plan as the ps2, and I'll buy it. The big selling point for me for the ps3 is the HD.

Yes, you get what you pay for, but for some, that's a LOT more than they need. They're already paying $300 for the system. Do you need more $$$ Microsoft??

[Nivek]

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Just for the record, my dad's paying 79.99 + taxes(I believe) for XBL. Hopefully the price is uniform for everyone when the 360 comes out and they don't make Canadians have to pay $30 more.

Yep, plus tax I get a credit card statement of about $90 a year/cnd. It's still worth every penny.

[Vince]

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It's still worth every penny.

Agreed

[Erv]

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I'm with deejay on this one. I play my sports games as well as SOCOM and Battlefront online and it does what I want....for free.

Yes, with XBL you have one username overall instead of one for each game (like Sony Online), but I'm happy...and it's not confusing.

The ps3 can have the EXACT SAME online plan as the ps2, and I'll buy it. The big selling point for me for the ps3 is the HD.

Yes, you get what you pay for, but for some, that's a LOT more than they need. They're already paying $300 for the system. Do you need more $$$ Microsoft??

They lost money on XBL. The only reason Sony's was free is because they didn't host. I guarantee developers aren't going to want that cost on top of everything else next-gen, so that'll be different.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

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It will be intersting to see how many people pay for Live Gold. Online gaming is still a niche market.

[Lintyfresh85]

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uh oh asian watch out what you say about live...

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I think the niche market will expand dramatically during the next gen.

[Nivek]

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It will be intersting to see how many people pay for Live Gold. Online gaming is still a niche market.

I agree with this, Online gaming is very, very, very young. I think only 10% of Xbox owners have LIVE. LIVE is primarily for FPS and Sports games.