While its true that this is just an inflation adjustment.  I think people do have a point that they are increasing the price of something that is free on other platforms, and that won't change.

Consoles are closed box monopolies. If people truely hated what monopolies do then then why didn't a boycott start at step 1: Whether or not to actually buy a console? People pay at least an extra $10-15 average for the right to play any third party game on a console and the 1st party games are padded to match as well. This whole thread is about being screwed in the butt by an 8 inch penis vs a 10 inch penis. People are complaining about the extra two inches and ignoring the fact that they've already got all 8 inches up their butt anyway.

But you are still dodging my orinal question.  I said find one service that integrates all those services.  Sure you have to pay extra for Netflix, but the part that is accessible via Xbox Live is not extra on top of a normal DVD rental subscription.  Xbox Live integrates all those features and services into one place to access them all.  That's what I stated originally and asked for you to name a free service that does all that.  You haven't.

There is no free service that brings all those things into such a convenient, all-in-one package.  Just admit that.

AMEN!

The thought of anyone thinking this is a good thing boggles my mind, because this route that people are accepting is a bad thing for gaming. A bad thing for fans of all consoles.

Things like this are the reason why Activision is thinking about Pay to Play for titles such as Call of Duty.

Things like this are why Miyamoto mentioned that Nintendo may charge for online play in the future.

Things like this are why SONY will follow next gen, especially if Nintendo does.

The right route would have been to cheer on SONY with their quest to equal LIVE, then keep PSN free and then hope that eventually MS followed suit and gave them LIVE online gaming at zero charge. That is win/win for the consumer. This is lose/lose since they were already making 700M in profit, now raise rates and you still see no new exclusives because of your investment.

But that would have made sense. The reactions I am seeing here unfortunately do not.

I'll just say "I'm surprised it took this long!" or "I think it's worth it so i'll pay it!" once Cablevision raises my rates again.

That'll teach em... -__-

That's weird.  I've been to many forums like ArsTechnica, Neogaf, etc. and there seem to be many more people switching to Xbox 360 or PS3 instead of playing on PC these days.  Seems the hassle with hardware, driver issues, operating system issues, the added costs involved for keeping up to date hardware wise, etc. has finally pushed them to switch.

If MS's next report on their live profits are quite a bit higher i hope people realize it was completely unwarrented. Live is already very profitable and didnt need a rate hike to cover inflation they could have delt with slightly less profits. But this is how i feel, i dont own a 360 nor will i, but it does affect everyone sooner or later. PSN more than satisfies my needs.

60$ xbox live >>> 50$xbox live any day

It has to stop somewhere right?

If things work out as expected (Seeing as how many of you expect it to happen) I hope you are all happy paying $150 or more a year to game online if you plan to own all consoles again.

*NEWS FLASH*
The sky is blue, Breathing is good for your health, .... and......The price of everything is going up!  Milk, Automobile Fuel, Oil, Canday bars, Food, almost anything worth a damn &  even that which isn't!  In fact it may seem shocking that most material things purchased have  increased in price many times over the last decade!!   In fact one of the only things not going up is the price of your console ( and you even get a choice here folks.. wii, PS3, 360) , because they all sell for less as they get more outdated !! Hooray !!

You know what ??

I'll pay the extra without blinking , I spend more on Mountain Dew in a week..