Who here with Xbox Live Gold would pay $65 U.S for it and why?

[Infamous]

TRios_Zen said:
I pay $50 a year, and honestly, I don't think about it, I just click the re-new option when it comes around (February-ish). I think you can get it cheaper here if you search ($40), but that obviously might not apply outside the US (sorry).

If you don't play on-line that often, I'd recommend against it, unless you have a burning desire to spend that extra money.

As to your two points about not playing on-line:

- Find a good group of people you enjoy playing with and play with them...only one of my friends on my XBL friends list is an "in the flesh" friend. All others are on-line only friends.
- Typing?? Headsets, baby. The chat pad works for quick messages, but nothing beats a good headset (Turtle beach).

For what I do, Gears, Gears 2, Left 4 Dead, *occasionally* Halo 3, I don't mind the cost at all.

 

True, but sometimes I dislike voice messages because I can't hear them when I'm on my computer at work/school, you need to be on your console to hear voice messages. I don't know about you guys, but I type VERY fast, so I prefer to write out really long messages in a few seconds on Xbox.com. All you have to do is sign in and you can do everything you can normally do on your 360, except leave/listen voice messages. You can even check your recent player lists and see the last 50-100(?) people or so you played with online, incase they're not on your friends list.