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JaggedSac on 20 October 2009
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loves2splooge said:
joeorc said:
loves2splooge said:
My guess is this David Dennis guy is just a horrible PR person. "Next few months". ROFL. There's no way it's hitting $100/year. Microsoft would be fools if they tried to pull that kind of stunt. I can understand why they made xbox live gold into a paid system but if they double the fee, that's just ridiculous.

And I agree about the overpriced accessories. Those hard drives and wi-fi adapters are ridiculously priced. And they should also reduce the charger kit price.

well there is some worry with gamer's because of some of the recent choices that Microsoft has taken:

one of which:

example:

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/16/unauthorized-xbox-360-storage-devices.aspx#comments

Don’t use unauthorized Xbox 360 Storage Devices

When Preview Program members start receiving the Xbox 360 system update next week, one of the changes is that unauthorized Memory Units will no longer work with the Xbox 360. If you’ve moved your profile or saved games onto one to “back it up,” you’d better move it back onto an authorized Xbox 360 storage device prior to taking the update. If you continue to use an unauthorized Memory Unit after the update, you will not be able to access your stored profile or saved games. 

If you need help identifying officially licensed Xbox 360 storage devices or accessories you can read more about the licensed accessories program on Xbox.com

Yeah Microsoft are third-party accessory nazis like that. No third-party accessories for you. Can you imagine if they tried to do this with Madcatz memory cards last generation? I'm surprised that this kind of thing (forcing the consumer to buy only first-party accessories) isn't illegal. This is why I have been saying that no one should ever bring up the Arcade when you want to talk about price advantages in the console war. The Arcade can't do diddly squat besides really barebones offline gaming without the expensive as hell accessories. If there are any Arcade-only (no hard drive add-on users or people who bought a second memory unit) users here who still get on by with just their original memory unit (the recent Jasper ones have the memory inside the console itself I think), let me know so I can correct myself. But seeing how space game saves take up for certain games, it seems inevitable that you'd run out eventually. Especially the Core users.

They are not banning all third party accessories, just ones that are not licensed.