@OP Yes I was noticing this yesterday as well. som people was coming in just to say they wasnt interested or how they dont see why people are celebrating. XBL is a beast regardless if "some" people disageree with subscription models.
Personally I love XBL and I dont think there is a better service out there. Not just because party chat because steam can do that too, but because XBLA, the OS, Party chat, kinect use, video chat, etc and the exculisive multiplayer games like Halo, gears, minecraft and all the timed exclusives as well like Call of Duty DLC, GTA DLC, etc I mean how many timed exclusives has XBL gotten this generation? I know it is a lot and people buy this stuff on XBL as well. I mean look at games like minecraft that has sold 5m, or Castle crashers with 3m. Trials Evolution has sold over 1m this year as well.
