Maybe 50$/yr isn't overpriced, although 0$/yr is a lot better, but anyway it's fair to take it into account to calculate consoles' TCO.
I'd have one question too: not having an XBox360, I'm curious, is it possible to play online with it without paying Live fees, for example using games producers services not involving MS and offered for free to games buyers, free third party hosting services financed in a different way than fees, or hosting games on one of the players' PC, like it happens for PC games?







