The reason why you pay for Xbox Live - An attempted Explanation

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KylieDog said:

twesterm said:

KylieDog said:

CaptDS9E said:
PS3 fanboys always bring up the price of live, and then pay $25 a year for Qore to get into betas

 

Qore doesn't even exist in most of the world.   What a garbage statement.

 

 

Different between Live and PSN?   For PSN, the developer/Sony foot the bill, for Live you foot the.  It is that simple. 

 

 

You know, for someone that wants devs to lower the price of their games you sure love supporting something that can make them more expensive.  :-p

 

Free online?  It doesn't.

 

The new CoD as an example costs the same for 360 as it does for PS3.

 

PS3 online is completely free, 360 isn't.

 

If free online made games cost more, and pay-online like live make them cheaper, then why isn't the 360 version costing less money?

 

Its because Live is a money sponge for MS.

 

So then you're implying that hosting and maintaining servers for PS3 games doesn't cost money?

Interesting...