JaggedSac on 02 August 2008
| Retrasado said: I guess the reason I hate M$ for charging for Live is the fact that all the stuff the should charge for, like voip and the like, is free and simple online gaming is not. It also galls me that they have no problem providing hundreds (thousands?) of servers with XBLA games and movies for free, but they won't let you use a practically identical server (as far as maintenance costs go) to play online without shafting you for $50. It's just ridiculous. |
You just explained the reasoning behind their charging for online play and not the other things they offer. The servers that provide XBLA and movies are free because they provide their own monetary streams. Online play does not directly contribute anything monetary towards the service.
