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XBOX Live Price Increase (not so bad)

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spruitm
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Just got an email.  Yes, they are making it MORE expensive, BUT it looks like there going to be some pretty sweet new stuff, like live and on demand games from ESPN, Hulu, and the Kinect video chat.

Its going from $49 a year to $59, so really not so bad.  Thats less than an extra dollar a month.  For everything they give you I think its still worth it.

Im probably just going to buy some of those year long subscription cards off ebay for like $30 so it wont matter anyways.

And since this is xbox live talk, my gamertags spruit42 if you want to add me
Aug 30 2010 5:59PM
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BIG-DUMPS
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PS3 online is free. End of discussion.
Aug 30 2010 6:02PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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fuck thats expensive. when are they doing that? i need to get a card before they do.
Aug 30 2010 6:02PM
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spruitm
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November 1, probably right before kinect comes out
Aug 30 2010 6:04PM
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BIG-DUMPS
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PS3 is way better than xbox
Aug 30 2010 6:15PM
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spruitm
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silly kids
Aug 30 2010 6:17PM
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The_Cube
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really?!?!?!?!?! guess what, who cares.  have fun with your shitty online experience
Aug 30 2010 6:17PM
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Thrash
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fuck xbox live. i have been suspended from it so many times for nothing, im suspended right now in fact. its bullshit.
Aug 30 2010 6:18PM
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geteducated
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online experience!

LMAO

Aug 30 2010 6:19PM
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Uncle.Badness
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We all are entitled to our own opinions, in my case all the games I love at the moment are xbox exclusives and there are also some great games that are multi-platform on the 360, for me 10 bucks a month is not that bad considering it mostly comes out of my money for non essential food. I get the best of both worlds.
Aug 30 2010 6:20PM
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Oh_So_Hyphy
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So Number 1- PS3 Sucks very large amounts of cock.
Number 2- Its Sucks very large amounts of cock.\
Number 3-You have 50 posts you dont get to say end of discussion.

xbox is better end of story

/thread

Aug 30 2010 6:25PM
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spruitm
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Its only 5 a month, even after the increase.

I was just looking at the site though, and if you already have live, you can get another year for $39 before the price goes up
Aug 30 2010 6:25PM
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soulskier
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do they expire? could i stock up now and save in the long run?
Aug 30 2010 6:32PM
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Oh_So_Hyphy
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im pretty sure they not expire because they are basically "GiftCards" and its now against the law for giftcards to expire
Aug 30 2010 6:34PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Chill, I'll have to jump on that today because I'll get charged tomorrow for a new month haha.
Aug 31 2010 10:04AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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This pleases me



Though my subscription doesn't run out til May 11th.
Aug 31 2010 10:18AM
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no_steeze
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gayyyyyyy
Aug 31 2010 10:19AM
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Tasche
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I am afraid they are going the Blockbuster way and will raise prices till everyone leaves.
Aug 31 2010 10:25AM
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Nurgle
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Xbox sucks, PS3 is a lil bit better

PC SHALL ALWAYS BE KING...
Dont even try to argue that graphics are better than your shitty ps3, or xbox... all your fucking games were designed on a computer dipshits. All a ps3 and xbox is are a barebones computer system to run games.

You will never beat PC
Aug 31 2010 10:53AM
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Heart
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i was just about to say that. i do have an xbox also, but i never use it, im always pc gaming.
Aug 31 2010 11:11AM
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wesley.
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not anymore. you can pay extra now for more stuff
Aug 31 2010 11:11AM
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eheath
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PS3 online sucks, end of discussion.
Aug 31 2010 11:16AM
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PhaedeD
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ps3 also sucks dick. end of discussion.
Aug 31 2010 11:20AM
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leahey
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What the fuck, there is no competition here, this thread started out just saying that Xbox Live was more expensive, and now there is an argument on the best system. Who gives a fuck, buy and Xbox, or a PS3, or a computer who the fuck cares, it is all the same when you are playing.
Aug 31 2010 11:22AM
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spruitm
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As long as they keep a balance between fair price and good content I wont have a problem.

Like I said, just $5 a month to play with everyone else in the world, able to watch netflix, and hulu and espn coming, not a bad deal.

If they start adding a bunch of useless stuff and keep raising the price then people will leave.
Aug 31 2010 11:23AM
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PhaedeD
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see on my xbox i can watch jersey shore through Zune, you cant watch no jersey shore on ps3... end of discussion.
Aug 31 2010 11:26AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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so much nerd in this thread
Aug 31 2010 11:38AM
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A.Eberhard
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This is going to become a PS3/Xbox debate.
Aug 31 2010 11:45AM
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pomme-de-terre
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im a pretty diehard PS3 guy and there is no way i can argue with this logic.

Aug 31 2010 11:51AM
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Uncle.Badness
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Yeah, but not everyone can afford to build their own god machine or buy an Alienware M11x...
Aug 31 2010 1:40PM
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SteezyasPie
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The only benefit I see here is that there will be less young kids on Live as the price gets higher, unless their parents pay for the subscription.
Aug 31 2010 1:44PM
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BEARS.
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great argument.
Aug 31 2010 1:47PM
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hue.
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wow its always been 60$ in canada, and i doubt we will get all the sick features
Aug 31 2010 1:47PM
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Kangbang
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yes!
Aug 31 2010 1:56PM
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SassySloth
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Another reason why im trading in my xbox and all the stuff for it for a PS3.

xbox is good for like Halo and gears but i hate paying so much.


Aug 31 2010 2:08PM
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Sammich
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i had an xbox. guess what? it broke! big surprise. they are shit quality.
i now have a ps3 and i like it a lot better. the only xbox exclusive i played was halo and i hardly played it at all anyways. the only thing i dont like about my ps3 is the controller but its not really a big deal
Aug 31 2010 3:00PM
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LMPJibbin
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no one plays ps3
Aug 31 2010 3:03PM
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Emma_Watson
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PS3 sucks though.
Aug 31 2010 4:03PM
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Sammich
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false.
Aug 31 2010 4:07PM
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dex.
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virgins in this thread-
Aug 31 2010 4:10PM
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cbeebzthasteeze
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You guys don't understand why they are raising the prices. The 20% increase is ridiculous. Remember a while ago when Microsoft said that ESPN was going to be free on the Xbox? That's what the raise is for. Mircosoft was loosing a little money to ESPN for their "free" money, and since they are all greedy bastards, and nothing besides controllers made by MadCatz work with the Xbox, they are making you, one of the other 1M people who pay for XBL. Microsoft is being greedy by increasing the price to $10 so they make an extra 2-4 million per year so they can use that money to pay ESPN for their originally "free" service. Watch this video, it will explain.

Aug 31 2010 4:19PM
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alpacarider
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dick move playing the post count card i agree that xbox is better but dont judge him on his posts
Aug 31 2010 4:24PM
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elemeno89
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Aug 31 2010 4:45PM
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Coalescent
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GOSH, you guys are all noobs when it comes to gaming.  AHHHviously you all know that super nintendo and sega dreamcast and the end all be all gaming systems.  You know what, add sega saturn in that mix.  I'll mess you all up in Virtua Fighter 2. 

So before you all go getting your panties in a bunch about xbox and ps3.  Think a minute.

Aug 31 2010 6:21PM
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Big_Spence
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add me:

KSI kr33m3r

and alex, you'll be happy; i have a mic now.
but don't bother adding me if you don't play COD, skate 3 or halo.
Aug 31 2010 6:27PM
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scratchproteen
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console for console.....the xbox and ps3 are pretty much the same (especially now with the new xbox released)


xbox live vs. playstation network

xbl pisses all over psn....my roomate has a ps3 and i'll take live any day over psn.

60 bucks for a year is a deal...the only other thing that 60 bucks would go for is a tank and a half of gas. orr....thats about it.
Aug 31 2010 6:28PM
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geteducated
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i'd put that 60 bucks to a gym membership. what do i know. im not a nerd.
Aug 31 2010 9:37PM
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50in07
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Yep.
Aug 31 2010 9:58PM
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TOAST.
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I actually agree with this.
Over the summer all my 360 games got really boring so I started playing some Super Mario AllStars and it was so much more fun than most FPSs. And Super Mario Bros 1 takes a shit ton of skill.
Aug 31 2010 10:02PM
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apcaipse
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The m11x is a piece of shit. You can build a computer just as good as that without the ugly ass case for 600 dollars less and it won't be made by alienware so you won't be a ricer douchebag.


Aug 31 2010 10:04PM
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geteducated
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the majority of computers like that aren't as good as the ones you build your own. something from the factory, i don't know, they fuck wits it.
Sep 1 2010 12:47AM
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