QuoteMicrosoft has explained the recent hike in Xbox Live subscription costs and pointed towards Xbox 360 exclusives as justification that gamers are getting their money's worth."Now what we've always been very passionate about is that quality needs to be there, but more importantly, the consistency. So if I'm playing Halo: Reach, Gears of War, Call of Duty, the consistency of the service and the experience needs to be there regardless of what that entertainment application is."In 2002 it was strictly multiplayer gaming," he said. "Now we get those Call of Duty map packs before anybody else does. We've got Gears and Halo, of course, as exclusives. We continue to get exclusives on the service as well. And we've gone from 400,000 members in our first year to 25 million.http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-02-ms-exclusives-justify-xbl-price-hikeI didn't even buy the damn map packs for MW2 yet apparently I'm being charged for it.
Mrr.. I think I rather invest my money towards a gaming PC than continue to pay for Microsoft's services. (I only use it for party chat, but now I got skype.)
DMK said, November 02, 2010, 10:14:26 pmThe party chat is literally the ONLY thing Mircosoft has over PS3.More like 1 plus in a sea of minuses.
Live is a much better network too, imo. I played SSF4 on an Xbox for like 2 hours last weekend.. and honestly I regret buying a PS3 after that. 10 bux isn't that much anyways, it's like an hour's worth of work, probably less for some people too.
TempesT said, November 02, 2010, 11:14:07 pmLive is a much better network too, imo. I played SSF4 on an Xbox for like 2 hours last weekend.. and honestly I regret buying a PS3 after that. 10 bux isn't that much anyways, it's like an hour's worth of work, probably less for some people too.Agreed, I've had a better multiplayer experience compared to Sony's free service. (Though nowadays I don't bother too much with multiplayer anymore).
I was hoping they would admit that the real reason was because they kept adding unnecessary features nobody really wants(Zune, ESPN, Facebok, etc).Because everyone knows that's the real reason.
Darkflare said, November 03, 2010, 03:56:47 amI was hoping they would admit that the real reason was because they kept adding unnecessary features nobody really wants(Zune, ESPN, Facebok, etc).Because everyone knows that's the real reason.I'm still pissed that you have to download Zune to view videos on your HD.
They should make different payment plans for those that only want the gaming side of things. Maybe a Platinum membership for those that want ESPN, Zune, Facebook, and Twitter. Then those with Gold memberships can still download demos, use XBL chat, and obviously play multiplayer games.
I believe I have a 48 hour card that came with Reach. Not much, but if you don't have the money to get it currently you can have it.
