dahuman said:
yo_john117 said:
dahuman said:
yo_john117 said:
dahuman said:
yo_john117 said:
dahuman said:
Seece said:
Not like you have a choice if you have a 360 is it ... (in what OS you use I mean)
I think people here like to exaggerate, $60/£30 a year is nothing, especially when you can get it cheaper than that. |
Money is still money man, it's always better to save if you have other cheaper alternative options unless you are a sports star or something.
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Or unless you don't really care that your spending $5 a month (or in my case $2 and 8 cents a month) on a service that you use many hours a week.
Unless you don't have any sort of income coming in or you don't have any excess money whatsoever than paying for XBL is a non-issue.
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I'm an individual driven by principles, and having money is exactly the reason why I'm driven by principles, because I have the power to make the choice on where my money should goto, look at the amount of money I tossed into my PC in my sig, and this was awhile ago too, money is not an issue, it's paying for anything I find lackluster or not worthwhile being the problem, XBL being one of those lackluster service I'd have to pay for, IMO of course.
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Exactly. It's just fine that you don't want to pay for XBL and think it's not worth it but don't go telling other people they are wrong because they think it's worth it and pay for it because doing that just makes you come off as a bigot.
Just to let you know, this wasn't totally directed just at you it's for everyone in this thread that laughs or says people are getting ripped off by paying for XBL.
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That's why in every post when I do mention XBL being a lackluster service I'd have to pay for, I say IMO lol. What it also is though, is a good way for parents to have easier lives once the kids get hooked, I know people that just buy 1 year for their kid as a christmas gift and be done with it, easy and brainless.
Then again, I don't ever understand why somebody would start a thread with shit like "What makes it special? What makes Xbox Live worth it?" when they already have it, there is no reason to try to justify or wonder about it, if you need a reason to back it up or feel good about it, chances are that you don't think it's worth it to start with. That's the type of question I'd ask if I didn't have XBL, the thread itself is trollish as hell.
Saving money is always good btw, there is no IMO about that part at all, if people are paying for shit they don't need, they are either too rich or too retarded. People who are the defenders and followers of XBL obviously need it, and they sure as hell don't need to justify it right?
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I agree saving money is always a good thing but if you say paying for stuff you don't need = they are either too rich or retarded means everyone here bar none are "too rich" or "retarded" because we don't need to play videogames or watch TV or have overly powerful computers and the list goes on and on.
Also this thread is no different than any other thread like it on here. What's your favorite console, is PSN + worth it, the plentiful "look at my exclusives" thread.
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You are completely missing the point, if I have a gaming PC(which I also use for work, I'm an IT person who can work many fields,) a PS3, and a Wii, then XBL doesn't justify as something I need to be able to play online with(which is why I sold it back in 08' btw,) use netflix, and have crossgame chat etcetc. For the people who are unfortunate to only have a 360 or only have friends that 100% play on the 360, or stand 100% behind it because it's the console of their choice and they must be the defense force behind it, the need for using XBL is obviously there. With so many multiplatform games on both the 360, PS3, and even the PC, it came down to only a few game series for me in the end on the 360, Alan Wake(now coming to Steam, so I don't feel so bad anymore) and Gears2 MP(Which fucked me over because it was broken as shit on release, I enjoyed 3 at friends' though,) like hell if I'm going to buy a 360 again and pay Gold just to play Gears 3 MP. The really sad shit is I haven't touched my consoles much since BF3, Skyrim, and Batman: AC came out on PC, last time I booted my PS3 up was Uncharted 3 and I haven't even touched Skyward Sword(I know, blasphemy) lol.
BTW, I don't have a favorite console(bar the SNES maybe, MAYBE,) but I have voiced many times before that I don't like the XBL business model. PSN+ is totally not worth it in my book, most DD games can be found cheaper on Steam or through Steam sale vs their monthly fee, and once you opt out, a lot of them stop working, cloud storage doesn't mean shit since you get so little of it, and background update is not something I'd pay for either, but at least I don't have to pay to play online with it, and it comes with Netflix and Hulu Plus by default, not to mention it's a 3D video and 3D bluray player(yar, I have a 3DTV) and works better with the media server running off my server vs the 360, not that it matter to people who are not into it though...... anyways, off topic, let me rephrase, for people with options, XBL is most likely not worth it, IMO lol.
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