MS to offer XBL for $1 a month.

For existing silver members. Way worth it IMO for the best online on a console. I'd post a link but can't.

I'd post a link but can't.

fourseamer4

yeah, and after a month they will automatically charge you regular price. You have to call xbox support for them to turn the automatic charge out. That's annoying.

That is just for the first month, after that it is the normal price

DIdn't you used to get one month free before :|

[QUOTE="fourseamer4"]I'd post a link but can't.

Stevo_the_gamer

It should always be free.

That is just for the first month, after that it is the normal price

DIdn't you used to get one month free before :|

thelastguy

It should always be free.

BioShockOwnz

Well damn.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It should always be free.

fourseamer4

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

It should always be free.

BioShockOwnz

[QUOTE="fourseamer4"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It should always be free.

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

that's actually a rip-off. the first month is $1, then you automatically enrolled into a gold account paying a monthly fee of $7.99 per month. that's $88.89 a year. for that, you could just buy the 12 month package for $40.

quote from link:

The promotional upgrade automatically enrolls participating members into a one-month renewal system. Once the promotional month expires, members will be charged the standard $7.99 fee each month unless they opt out. Currently, Microsoft has not announced an end date for the promotion.

That is just for the first month, after that it is the normal price

DIdn't you used to get one month free before :|

thelastguy

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="fourseamer4"] Could be worst... by worst I mean PSN.-Snooze-

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

It should always be free.

BioShockOwnz

that's actually a rip-off. the first month is $1, then you automatically enrolled into a gold account paying a monthly fee of $7.99 per month. that's $88.89 a year. for that, you could just buy the 12 month package for $40.

quote from link:

The promotional upgrade automatically enrolls participating members into a one-month renewal system. Once the promotional month expires, members will be charged the standard $7.99 fee each month unless they opt out. Currently, Microsoft has not announced an end date for the promotion.

cowgriller

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

Xbox Live, without discomfort, smashes PSN in connection with quality...SODRChief

"I'd buy that for a dollar" is one of the many quotable lines in the classic sci-fi film Robocop. Now, though, $1 will buy gamers one whole month on Microsoft's Xbox Live service. Microsoft has confirmed to GameSpot today that it is offering a one-month upgrade to the Xbox Live Gold subscription plan for current Silver plan members for just 100 pennies. The promotional upgrade automatically enrolls participating members into a one-month renewal system. Once the promotional month expires, members will be charged the standard $7.99 fee each month unless they opt out. Currently, Microsoft has not announced an end date for the promotion.article

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"] Yeah. Well i don't :) Not one Ad. Xbox Live > PSN. May not be worth the price, but it's better no matter how you slice it.-Snooze-

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

I am not American, I am Canadian

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

thelastguy

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

Why not free? I'm a Silver member because it isn't free to begin with. $12/year is the same as $60/year to me. Its the principal. I don't want to pay for something that should be free.

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"] Yeah. Well i don't :) Not one Ad. Xbox Live > PSN. May not be worth the price, but it's better no matter how you slice it.cowgriller

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

The PSN has everything XBL has (minus cross game parties) and I get to play online for free with no ads on the menu

That is just for the first month, after that it is the normal price

DIdn't you used to get one month free before :|

thelastguy

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

that's actually a rip-off. the first month is $1, then you automatically enrolled into a gold account paying a monthly fee of $7.99 per month. that's $88.89 a year. for that, you could just buy the 12 month package for $40.

quote from link:

The promotional upgrade automatically enrolls participating members into a one-month renewal system. Once the promotional month expires, members will be charged the standard $7.99 fee each month unless they opt out. Currently, Microsoft has not announced an end date for the promotion.

Odrec

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

[QUOTE="Odrec"][QUOTE="cowgriller"]

that's actually a rip-off. the first month is $1, then you automatically enrolled into a gold account paying a monthly fee of $7.99 per month. that's $88.89 a year. for that, you could just buy the 12 month package for $40.

quote from link:

The promotional upgrade automatically enrolls participating members into a one-month renewal system. Once the promotional month expires, members will be charged the standard $7.99 fee each month unless they opt out. Currently, Microsoft has not announced an end date for the promotion.

cowgriller

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Yeah, that's why I see adds on the dashboard :roll:

thelastguy

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Yeah. Well i don't :) Not one Ad. Xbox Live > PSN. May not be worth the price, but it's better no matter how you slice it.-Snooze-

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

Why not free? I'm a Silver member because it isn't free to begin with. $12/year is the same as $60/year to me. Its the principal. I don't want to pay for something that should be free.

foxhound_fox

Well then, don't pay for it. While I don't enjoy paying for my XBL Gold, I still do enjoy gaming online, and while I have a PS3 and PSN isn't too bad, all of my friends have XBL. I also love that there is ONE microphone for everyone. On PSN and especially PC online, you get some of the **** audio from peoples **** microphones.

It should always be free.

BioShockOwnz

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

thelastguy

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

The PSN has everything XBL has (minus cross game parties) and I get to play online for free with no ads on the menu

xbox live still has more features than psn. not to mention that xbox live had features that took sony 2 years to implement. it sucks that ms charges the user to play online, but that money goes to a very good cause - to pay for more features and content before the competition can even think about it.

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"] Yeah. Well i don't :) Not one Ad. Xbox Live > PSN. May not be worth the price, but it's better no matter how you slice it.Tjeremiah1988

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

Yeah, not a good idea :P

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"] Yeah. Well i don't :) Not one Ad. Xbox Live > PSN. May not be worth the price, but it's better no matter how you slice it.cowgriller

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It should always be free.

Trmpt

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="Odrec"] Yea well, M$ customers are so used to being ripped that they don't even notice anymore, so keep quite.... shhhthelastguy

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

cowgriller

The PSN has everything XBL has (minus cross game parties) and I get to play online for free with no ads on the menu

xbox live still has more features than psn. not to mention that xbox live had features that took sony 2 years to implement. it sucks that ms charges the user to play online, but that money goes to a very good cause - to pay for more features and content before the competition can even think about it.

More features and content? Enough to justify paying for something the competition gives you for free? Of course it took Sony forever to implement the features, there was no unified online structure on the PS2

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

It should always be free.

Trmpt

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

cowgriller

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

They are the same prices where I live, the DS3 has bluetooth and lithium ion batteries

It should always be free.

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

cowgriller

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

not really. ms offers very good customer support (except for long wait times for a csr. still better than the cable company). yes ms may nickel and dime you, but they don't insult the consumer and then charge an insane price for their products (sony).

cowgriller

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

I mean way to dish out ownage. On a controller.

MS hard drive 120 gig http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=65035

a 150 dollars thats INSANCE

A wireless adapter. PS3 comes with one.

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

I know XBL is better, but paying for a service and then seeing ads on top of that is infuriating

Stoner-Pimp

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

actually i'm a silver member. i don't like online multiplayer games. damned 12 year olds ruined it for me. actually, sony takes the "customer to the cleaners" more than ms. charging $600 for a console because they wanted to trojan horse blu-ray. gloating about having blu-ray and being the only company to provide a true hd gaming/movie experience but making the customer buy an hdmi cable because they were too cheap to give them one. charging the coster to fix a fault with the console when the fault shouldn't have been there in the first place (DRE). insulting the customer by calling them cheap and telling them to get a second job to pay for a ps3. yea but only MS takes the customer to he cleaners :roll:

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Are you kidding me? MS has the most overpriced peripherals and accessories

thelastguy

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

They are the same prices where I live, the DS3 has bluetooth and lithium ion batteries

a 360 control is $50 and a ps3 control is $55. not much of a difference but the ds3 does cost more.

Well then, don't pay for it. While I don't enjoy paying for my XBL Gold, I still do enjoy gaming online, and while I have a PS3 and PSN isn't too bad, all of my friends have XBL. I also love that there is ONE microphone for everyone. On PSN and especially PC online, you get some of the **** audio from peoples **** microphones.

Cicatraz_ESP

yeah, and after a month they will automatically charge you regular price. You have to call xbox support for them to turn the automatic charge out. That's annoying.

mD-

Yep that's exactly why I stayed away.

[QUOTE="Stoner-Pimp"][QUOTE="cowgriller"]

so i'm guessing you don't have cable tv? the xbl fee is to maintain the central servers and provide the gamer with more features and content. how do you think MS is able to buy exclusive DLC and have an entire video rental service (and can purchase tv shows)? how do you think MS can continue to innovate the online console experience with more/better features than the competitors? these things costs money. so to pay for these things, MS charges the user a fee, which btw, is optional. you don't need to pay for silver but still have access to all of xbox live except for online gameplay.

actually i'm a silver member. i don't like online multiplayer games. damned 12 year olds ruined it for me. actually, sony takes the "customer to the cleaners" more than ms. charging $600 for a console because they wanted to trojan horse blu-ray. gloating about having blu-ray and being the only company to provide a true hd gaming/movie experience but making the customer buy an hdmi cable because they were too cheap to give them one. charging the coster to fix a fault with the console when the fault shouldn't have been there in the first place (DRE). insulting the customer by calling them cheap and telling them to get a second job to pay for a ps3. yea but only MS takes the customer to he cleaners :roll:

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

but they are not required to enjoy a game. you don't need to buy an hdd to play a game. btw, sony's controllers costs more than ms's controllers.

cowgriller

They are the same prices where I live, the DS3 has bluetooth and lithium ion batteries

a 360 control is $50 and a ps3 control is $55. not much of a difference but the ds3 does cost more.