| selnor said: Hmm seems some people dont know how long term payment plans work for any business. But more to te point, is it would seem VGC and some havent posted the whole news.
The rumour is that the final price of $460 paid over the 2 years is not just Live Gold. It possibly includes the 2 years of Zune Music which is around $200 for 2 years. Other rumours suggest its not Zune but it includes 2 years Netflix. Its not certain what is invloved in the 15/month payment from Live. Even if its just Live Gold, only costing an extra $40 over the course of 2 years for being able to get all that for alot less on initial cost is a great offer and much better than any plan available in UK for example where APR would be added at a rediculous amount. Pretty much any company would have me paying like $600 by the 2 year end. Microsft are being very reasonable to the consumer in todays climate. Fantastic deal. |
Granted, the value may increase with addons like Netflix where you'd pay 1/2 that monthly as it is, then if you were planning on buying that service anyways, you may get a good value out of this bundle.
However, the actual difference as it stands now is not $40 but $100 and frankly that is not a good deal... even if was is only $40.
