[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="kuraimen"] Apparently most people who have used that service think those other services are not worth it according to the poll and many of the responses in this thread. And we were now talking about choosing and you cannot choose not to pay for the online service which you already paid for to your ISP.HuusAsking
But you can choose not to pay for XBL....nobody is really being forced (I was a bit harsh yesterday).But I can't choose to pay only for the single-player offline portion of a game which is all I really want out of a 360 game. Sure, I don't want Live Gold; the price is not worth it for me since I can buy more than one game instead of buying even a discounted 12-month card (opportunity costs here). But we're paying for games that have locked components in them. In most circles, that would be considered unscrupulous (and in some countries, illegal--I think European law deals with some of those cases). Imagine buying a car and not being given the key to the trunk. Or buying a house only to learn they took out the windows. Or a television where instead of the remote control you find an order form where you send in $19.99 (plus S&H) for something every other manufacturer (for sensible reasons) includes standard (as in sales aren't really going to fly once word gets out about your stinginess--and I wouldn't call a 25% participation rate anything to really trumpet about).Here's a poll question one can pose: "Do you pay for Xbox Live Gold because you WANT to or because you HAVE to?" That might paint a better picture on the Live Gold participation (and yes, I said "have" to--imagine if your buddies all have 360s, are all too far away to travel on a regular basis, and all play online; not paying for Live at this point becomes a potential social disconnect).
I pay because I WANT to. I have a ton of friends who play online and I personally enjoy the connectivity with friends more than playing games by myself. I like to know what games my friends are playing, when they are online and how far they are in a game. Single player based games are fun, but to me feel lonely. In a world where social connectivity is the most important thing it's nice to have that in my favorite past time acitivity. I pay for LIVE because I WANT to. I have three times the amount of active friends on LIVE then I do on PSN. Not all, but MOST PS3 players I run into tend to be more of the single player type. They don't particualrly care about online multiplayer and only use the PSN service to glance at DLC or media options. they dabble with online, but prefer to play theirsingle player game and be left alone. They don't make much of an effort to communicate with the community. Again this is MY experience I'm not saying all PS3 owners are that way. I also dislike turning my PS3 on only to have to update it every other week, and preinstall the game before i play. That's a big reason why I stay away from it for the most part. I also prefer Xbox's visual approach to it's hub as opposed to the drab XMB style. It's really all a matter of choice. But again I pay for LIVE because I WANT to, if it was offered for free and remianed EXACTLY the same of course i wouldn't pay for it. no one would that's a stupid question to ask.
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