The REAL Problem With Xbox Live (OPINION)

[KeptoKnight]

cusman said:

XBL Gold as a paid service is no longer sustainable

Charging for something that is offered for no additional charge on the following equivalent online gaming network services

 

• Steam - Supports everything XBL does and more
• PSN - Supports everything XBL does; PS3 does not support cross-game party chat, but PS-Vita does (as in PSN does)
• Nintendo Network - Supports everything PSN does minus any party chat for now. Additionally has MiiVerse.

Sony also has a paid subscription service, but that gives people an instant game library. Easily the best value in gaming.

So this all puts pressure on XBL which to this day just has Halo and handful of others as exclusive software and likes to charge for XBL. Especially with goal of having full family use their Xbox systems and have their own accounts/profiles... thats just that much more a bad value if you don't actually play a ton of games online.

I caught on after paying 2 years of subscription to Xbox Live Gold Family ($100 per year) and others will as well... they will stop choosing the X360 as their online console of choice with PSN and Nintendo Network and Steam all being free and equivalent.

 

Very good post. Bolded is all we need. ^.^

 

....Shit just got real.