Microsoft to increase price of Xbox Live Gold

[Mr Puggsly]

chocoloco said:

I agree strongly with the idea that the HD consoles should be making profit. Still I think Microsoft should focus on doing it in ways that benifit the consumer. You know man, like make new IPs like Halo, Gears, or Fable so that the consumer gains something and not to continue trends of increasing services that are already profitable.

Its cool you paid to play what you like, but the practice of getting a consumer hooked on something and then going on to increase its value with the full intention of knowing your consumer is hooked and will continue to pay is not a practice that benifits anyone but the already rich. Its minipulation and a method of control that only those with tons of money can do. It may be the principle of capitalism to always be looking for greater profit, but at some point you must demand mutual benits from a company and not just have them demand more of you.     BTW I would criticize MS less if they did what I said earlier and made more true exclusives.

I see... so big bad Micrsoft is forcing Live on the brainless consumers. The consumers can't choose the competition and the evil MS is forcing them to buy 360s in droves (except Japan, they are too smart)!

Instead of spewing bullshit about how MS is hurting consumers... why don't we just let consumers choose what they want? If consumers are really opposed to paying for onine services, they can go elsewhere. MS doesn't make it a secret that online services come with a fee and that's just part of the way they make money.

People pay $15 to play WoW and nobody gives a shit. That fee only covers the cost of that single crappy game. Yet Activision/Blizzard are often praised for having such an incredibly successful game.

MS charges much less for online play and throw in a bunch of features on top of it. Yet somehow they are greedy and earning money the wrong way? Your arguement is crap.