Question for the general populace: Does have dedicated servers effect the sales of games?
I personally don't think it does. So why do you ask corporations to invest their money into something that won't make them any money?
I understand it would be nice as a customer to be given servers, but I really feel like it's something that companies that need to make money (or have had it as a standard) use to entice consumers. I don't feel like the do it "out of the goodness of their heart" I think they do it so that you argue here and now about them having it. So that you buy it, cause that's the way they know they can get your money. Just like the PS3. They don't charge for online gameplay, but I bet you every year they look at PROFIT (not revenue) for Microsoft and go "if we hadn't charged $599.99 for the original PS3... we would have totally done that!"
the question of the OP is Xbox Live worth it. I would say the discounts we get alone make it worth it, but then again, I play online a lot, and I as showed earlier, online gaming isn't as important to the PS3 consumer. Plus x-gaming chat, party chat, Netflix search options (thank god for that), ESPN, Games on Demand (I haven't bought a game from Gamestop that wasn't less than a year old, cause now I can actually pay the creator directly for cheap, and not have disc), almost all games have trial or demo to them, Indie games are soooooooooo cheap, and we get amazing discounts like buy $30 of MS points get $10 free(it might be different, but anyone that knows what I'm talking about understands)?
I just made that list and easily think that $60 a year is fine, though I won't be paying that ever cause of the new family pack for $25 a person!!
seriously guys, put that all together, and your mind will explode.
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