I probably wouldn't play games with out x-box live. All the games I have and enjoy I would still like with out live, but would have been finished with them all in a month or less. I don't really like the Wii and the PS3 only has a hand full of games I want. So I probably wouldn't play much games in general with out Live.
I dont think I would I probably would buy like a PS3 or a Wii instead, Online for me is a huge thing and if I cant play Halo 3 online or other great games then there is no reason to buy it.
At bare minimum I'd set silver up for DLC etc. To be honest the times when I most enjoy online play is when I'm playing in games with friends I have out of games too. So I could probably do without it, considering the game is always better offline split screen with a few brewskies.
Um... Yes, yes I would. Although it really wouldn't be anywhere near the same without the online play, I've played plenty of games that have great offline play; The Orange Box, Halo 3, Burnout Paradise, Mass Effect...
At bare minimum I'd set silver up for DLC etc. To be honest the times when I most enjoy online play is when I'm playing in games with friends I have out of games too. So I could probably do without it, considering the game is always better offline split screen with a few brewskies.
Stashbash
^^This, plus the only games to really play online seem to be shooters and I suck at them
I prefer live - it's easier to get together with friends especially those at different universities. I go to college in Georgia and it's hard for me to invite my friend who schools in North Carolina to come over and play Halo, lol.
Yup. 3 months without Gold and counting, but I might be getting it soon, providing I can get the unapathy to box my Wii up and bring it down to EB Games to trade it in...XD
Yes I would. I bought my 360 without live on release, I didn't get live until about a year after I bought my 360. I didn't have live on my original xbox either. Having read the replies above, while I agree live does add a new greatelement to gaming it's kind of sad that great sp games are getting put towards the back. Developers are pushing now towards multiplayer and forgetting the sp element and the story. Having played sp games most of my gaming life I still think the story element of a game is where it's heart is and this is being slowly lost.
Probably. There's still plenty of good offline games. But I probably would have already bought a PS3 or Wii by now if the 360 didn't have offline games.
It would definitely be a major downside without live, but even without having live i still think it has a larger game libray so it would be my choice with or without online.
No. What would be the point? You'll be missing out on 95% of the game for 5 dollars less a month.
Th3-UnS33n
Are you serious about that 95%??? On average i'd have to say that games are 40% multiplayer, exempting games such as cod where multiplayer was equal to the sp. Most games focus on singleplayer and put multiplayer in because of demand for it or as a side project with extra time.
What do you mean? Buy it but unable to use XBL? Hmmm.... Feels so hard to imagine bring without it. I guess I still would get a 360 if the other option was nothing at all.
yeah I would, I bought my 360last may and didnt get live until this january. (I had a wired connection for a little bit but it was too slow to be worth it.)
yes, i wouldn't sell my xbox if XBL suddenly didnt work..... But im a '1-player-game' kinda guy. I dont play many online games.
I do like downloading game demos and video clips (free stuff), so XBL is like a bonus for me. but w/o XBL, the 360 would not be nearly as popular. Online mode for games like COD4, Halo3, Burnout Paradise, etc give the games a ton of replay value for most people.
I have a Live Silver membership and I'm content with it, and I think that at a minimum you must have access to Live so you can get all the cool downloads, even if you don't play online. I'm gonna go Gold for FFXI soon but I still don't like the fact that 360 gamers must pay for Gold and online gameplay, whereas PS3 gamers don't.
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