Why Xbox Live Costs $50
- June 26th, 2007
- 3 Comments
I, and many others like me, pay $50 per year for the privilege of hearing 12-year-olds curse and wish bad things upon my family while playing on Xbox Live. But why am I paying $50 for this when I can do the same on a PC for free? Says a member of the Xbox Community Team:
… it goes back to this unified system. We have to have voice communication, text communication, now we’re doing cross-platform. There’s Marketplace, there are demos, and all these things don’t just mystically hover around that you can pull them out of the ether
Though a PR rep later added that people seeing nothing odd about paying $100 per month for cable, so what’s the big fuss about paying $50 per year? He does have a point: $50 per year pretty much rounds down to $0 for me, but it really is just the idea of paying that upsets me. Call me a grumpy old, I don’t care.
Microsoft justifies Xbox Live costs [GamePro.com]
Mike (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Grumpy? Nah. You’re just part of this new society of folks who want things but wish not to pay a cent for them.
I am not sure how you pay your bills but last I checked, my creditors and services only took monetary payments drawn from a financial institution.
I wonder if all of these folks who dont want to pay for anything would also work for zero as well?
SmilingAssassin (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Been a part of LIVE since the Beta days. It is absolutely worth the $50 dollars. As long as I know someone is out there constantly dropping banhammers on jackasses who try and cheat the system I will gladly give them my $4.20 a month.
Koi (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I have never heard 12 year olds curse using Live, but then I don’t use the headpiece!
$50 per year is nothing plus you get a free month when you buy the yearly pass.