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twesterm on 26 November 2008
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Jordahn said:
twesterm said:
ChronotriggerJM said:
Oh and just to double check what I thought I read, do you really have to be a gold subscriber to access Netflix? If that's true... man... what a hack -_-;;;

 

Why would you say that? It's not like you're paying for Live or Netflix twice, you're paying for two completely different services. You get all the benefits of Live and all the benefits of Netflixs and they just happen to work together as an added bonus.

Thinking paying for both is a ripoff is like saying it sucks you have to pay for your WoW subscription and your internet.

 

Well, yes and no because the situation doesn't apply the same with everyone.  If you already have a Gold account, great because it makes it that much easier to try out Netxflix via XBL.  But what if you only have a Silver account?  So for some of those with the Silver account will feel put off to pay for a Gold subscription AND THEN subscribe to Netflix.  Just like how some who do not care for MMORPG's because of the monthly fees such as I, having other preferable options for gaming.

Netflix has a free trial and there are about a bajillion way to get a free 2 weeks XBL gold.

And, really, it sounds like you're just complaining for complaining sakes.

Well what if I don't want to worry about cancelling my Netflix subscription after two weeks and I'm forced to pay?  What if I don't want to buy one of the games that gives me a free XBL trial?  What if my connection isn't fast enough?

Try hard enough and you (the general you, not you in particular) can nitpick and complain about anything.  At some point you just have to accept that you're going to have to take some sort of risk and deal with it.

That's life.

No matter how you try to spin it and no matter if you're a fanboy or just a normal user, you cannot deny that the Netflix + Live combo is an amazing thing and great for anyone that wants to take the plunge.  Don't want to try Live?  That's your own problem.