xbox live - do i really have to pay to play!?

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[QUOTE="sourcerah"] if you work, no, $50 may not be that much. But when the competitors gives theirs away for free, not to mention that they have wifi built in, it seems a bit ridiculous. But seriously, how are you defending paying $50?I really can't understand how you people defend paying a fee. A fee that the competition doesn't have to pay. Everybody always talks about all the extras that comes with xbox live, but what if you don't want all that b.s... A lot of people just want to have the ability to play against/with other people online. THAT"S IT! No netflix or corny segments with Major Nelson. I'll admit I do like the demo's, but silver members only have to wait a week more to play. Is that supposed to be an incentive for gold members? It's sooo obvious some of you people have money to spend and throw away since your defending paying a fee that enables access to to play game that you already paid for on a system that you already paid for using internet access you already are paying for. I bet most of you never struggled a day in your life. Then what about the lag? Also, can someone explain exactly what they do with the $50 since it's obvious it's not used to fix the servers.savagetwinkie

Look it's really very simple - you don't want to pay the fee then don't play online. If you do want to play online, pay the fee and quit moaning about it.

Xbox Live offers abetter service than either PSN or Wii online, and MS decided to charge for it. No amount of moaning or putting "Make Xbox Live free" in your motto will make any difference. Anyway if you live in the US be grateful that you already pay less for Live than any other country.

For the original poster - you don't have to buy a full year of Live. If you only want to play online occasionally you can buy it 1 month at a time, or 3 month cards from stores. They cost a bit more per month than buying a 12 month card, but if you aren't going to use it much, it could work out better for you. If you look on ebay you can find people that email the codes and you can get your year for under 30 quid.

What's funny is, exact opposite for me. With a PS3 sitting next to my 360 I really do see a need to pay for Xbox Live.

Yes, you need to pay. That's one of the reasons I've been waiting to get a 360 :/blankhorizons

It's not that expensive and it sure beats playing by yourself.

GiveMeIce

[QUOTE="blankhorizons"]Yes, you need to pay. That's one of the reasons I've been waiting to get a 360 :/chaoscougar1

No pay, no play. nothin is for free!

Yes because the live is where you start being cheap, just pay for 12 months + 1 free month, then pay again

13 months is a very long time, so just get it...dont be cheap

RimeSoldier

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"]

[QUOTE="blankhorizons"]Yes, you need to pay. That's one of the reasons I've been waiting to get a 360 :/SF_KiLLaMaN

just keep creating new windows live id's. you get a free month when you play on a new one.

It seems that every time my gold membership is about to expire, a cool new game comes out...

So then I have to decide to buy another year of XBL or get the cool game but not be able to play with people.

It gets annoying sometimes, especially when I only have enough money to get one thing.

It is pretty gay that you have to pay to play but its not really that expensive and it goes twards making xbox better! so overall i dont mind. jus drop a 50 and dont worry about sh*t for a whole year.

I don't mind paying, I love Xbox Live and all the games.

You can find subscription cards for cheaper prices on ebay. Anyway, it's worth it.