Xbox Live adds 6 Million members in a single Year, is the hate unjustified?

[JoeTheBro]

Carl2291 said:

nnodley said:

I just have one thing to say and that is that if PSN is just as good as Xbox live next gen and has all the features it has(or most) for free plus on top of that ps+ is a great deal then MS will need to come up with something more to justify the cost.  People can pay for whatever they want and I'm fine with that plus most users won't even care if Sony has free online that is just as good.  Doesn't make much of a difference now, but it could potentially hurt MS(maybe).

People pay to play online with friends. Thats it.

If my friends get Xbox because they prefer Xbox, then Ill get Xbox to play with them. To play against them on FIFA, Halo, CoD. GTA, whatever.

The Xbox brand is growing. The consoles popularity with people is growing and consumers have invested a whole lot into Xbox Live. From Gamerscore to XBLA Library. Its a loyal fanbase and a whole bunch of them will remain loyal into the next gen. Microsoft have been adding more to the service to justify it all generation. Its worked.

You can't have both of that though. Either you are loyal to friends or loyal to your XBOX Live investment. Plus next gen if all your friends switched to the other system you wouldn't be like "sorry guys my gamerscore is too important."