What makes it special? What makes Xbox Live worth it?

[o_O.Q]

d21lewis said:

o_O.Q said:

 

some broadcasting stations are supported almost completely by advertising alone... you really think xbl takes more to run than them?

Perhaps not.  However, last time I looked at my 360 Dashboard, the only ad that I saw was for World of Warcraft.  It was repeated probably 4 times on 4 different pages.  I'm no science-matician but I don't think that one single ad (every other "ad" is just showing content available on XBL) from one single company is going to pay for the entire service.

so the ads don't change, they don't come up randomly? its just the same ad every time you turn on your 360?