| Goatseye said: I don't have cable tv. Even if I had I wouldn't pay $39.95 monthly to unlock ESPN 3, BeINSports, Fox Soccer, etc... I watch my games every week end live, and on week days because I don't have time I can watch the replays of Champions League and Liga Europa. |
Wait...do you have an ESPN3 ISP affiliate for your internet, then? I just saw on the ESPN App's page on Xbox.com that for live and On-Demand games, you log in with an ESPN3.com-affiliated internet service provider.
That just means, though, that you pay for your internet and your ISP provides you with the perk of all those games by being partnered with ESPN. That has nothing to do with Microsoft "give you anything in return". Long story short, you have to log in in some manner to the ESPN App via a service you already pay for to get the sports (whether it be your television provider or apparently, select ISPs). What, do you think if you just get XBL, you get a bunch of free basketball, baseball, football, etc? No, you have to already pay for that in some way, then pay for XBL again to access the ESPN App to watch what you have already paid for......before the policy reversal
