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MS will be perfectly happy if you do that. It is there primary goal with the XBox brand anyway, to push high-end gaming PC's and bridge the office and living room. They will make more money if you buy the PC. Also, the price isn't much different if you subsribe to Live. A person who bought a 360 at launch and had gold for 8 years at this point would have paid around $400 + $50*8 = $800.