| Norris2k said: I would perhaps have been fine a few years ago... nowadays, I can spend weeks not playing, and play only a few hours a month online. I mean if my game of the month is UC4, I will only play a few hours online. Spending for that is really annoying. |
You don't have to subscribe for a whole year, if you only play occasionally multiplayer games/modi. You can get a monthly subscription once or twice a year to play online these months and play offline the rest of the year. Make it your own 30-days-multiplayer event. ;)
On XBL it is even more convenient, since many retail games include Gold-codes for 24 hours - 3 days, some older 360 games even a full month. I had the Xbox360 since launch in November 2005 and I have an Xbox One since last summer... I paid next to nothing for XBL Gold all these years. If I wanted to try out the multiplayer modus of a game, I just used one of these codes. "Free Online"-weekends and €1-promotions were also welcome.
Out of curiosity I just checked my XBL-account (the 1 - 3 days codes aren't listed):
- €0 for 1 trial month XBL Gold in June - July 2006
- $0 for 1 trial month XBL Gold in August - September 2006 (US-account)
- €0 for 1 month XBL Gold in May - June 2008 (game code)
- ? for 3 months XBL Gold in March - June 2009 (could have been a gift)
- €0 for 1 month XBL Gold in August - September 2009 (game code)
- €1 for 1 month XBL Gold in June - July 2010 (€1-promotion)
- €0 for 1 month XBL Gold in June - July 2015 (free month for XBO activation); incl. Massive Chalice, CastleStorm Def. Ed., Pool Nation FX
- €1 for 1 month XBL Gold in November - December 2015 (€1-promotion); incl. Killer Instinct, Van Helsing, Thief, Pneuma, KnightSquad, Dungeon Siege 3, Sacred 3, Operation Flashpoint
- €1 for 1 month XBL Gold in March - April 2016 (€1-promotion); incl. Sunset Overdrive, The Wolf Among Us, Lords of the Fallen, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, Borderlands, Dead Space, Saints Row 4
My actual "online month" is ending soon; I used it to play Halo 5, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Gears of War 4 Beta online.
