Mass Effect 3 Demo Shows the Absurdity of Xbox Live Gold - 1UP

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TheKoreanGuy said:

bonkers555 said:

I agree with Sevengen. I wish VGchartz have a ignore fucntion so I can stop reading dumb post like TheKoreanGuy.

"Confirmation bias - a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses." This is a very real thing with news, TV and the like.

I think Microsoft provides a great service through Gold. But it's not right that they have included basic online with the package.

I didn't make you read any of it. So stop bending over and taking it from Microsoft. Let them know as their customers that you want what should be free to remain as free and what shouldn't be free should in fact require your money.

When the 360 first launched analysts estimated that the cost to manufacture was $525. 

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20051123214405.html

They sold it at $399.

So the problem is no one else has come up with a viable business model, apart from Live subscriptions, as a means to recoup costs and get in the 'black'.  Offering basic online for free will not allow them to do this.