Loud_Hot_White_Box on 01 March 2009
| DirtyP2002 said: And right now with 17million users and 60% of them paying to play, MS generates more than 500 million USD every year just with the fees.
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Yes, MS has a smart strategy of having a cheaper console initially, though one of its extra costs being a $40-$50/year charge to play games online.
That's a game per year! (buy used occasionally)
As fans, it would be perverse for us to like the company that takes more money from us relative to what we receive from them. I realize it's debatable which company that is. As fans and consumers, loss leaders are our friends. Free online certainly is.
