Microsoft to increase price of Xbox Live Gold

[Shadowfest3]

Seece said:

Shadowfest3 said:

Goes to show that the rich get richer and the poor (that's me lol) get poorer.  I won't take inflation as a reasonable excuse for the price hike.  I don't get a pay increase cause I'm maxed out where I work so XBL is out of my price range now.  However, I still have PSN for my COD multiplayer fix.

Inflation is more than a reasonable excuse, what you expected it to stay the same price for another 10 years? how about 15? at which point it woul dbe like them charging $10 a year when they first launched.

I understand why they would use inflation as a reason for the price hike.  However, I don't use the extra services that XBL provide.  I play games such as Call of Duty and etc for multiplayer.  Why do I need to pay $60 a year for this when the PS3 and Wii offer this feature for free, for now?  Don't get me wrong I like XBL but raising the price doesn't make me happy, especially when I'm trying to lower my expenses.