nightsurge on 24 November 2008
Well, Squilliam, if you use Newegg.com or Amazon.com, you can get a 12+1 Month Xbox Live gold card for $40 or less. It has many benefits. You can obviously use Netflix.
Also, Xbox Live games all use a matchmaking service called "True Skill" which matches people very well with others of similar rankings. It has a system wide party setup, system wide chat, the ability to mute anyone annoying in any game, most games have casual/unranked playlists. I do have quite a few people near me with gold accounts, but I still find myself playing mostly with people I met over Live. It's pretty easy to find a group of cool people to game with. A few of my friends I met way back in 2003 and are still my gaming buddies today.
What games would you play?
