^^Agree to disagree. I find the Live service incredibly beneficial. Valve is just now implementing features that Live has had since it came out. You find it ridiculous to pay, I find it reasonable. Engineers and infrastructure costs money, that is why MMOs make you pay monthly, and for only one game, and you also have to pay $50 for the game. Dedicated servers are good for some things, but Bungie has stated why they would rather have p2p online and I seem to agree with their viewpoint. To play WoW for a year it is like $150. Why not make them free? Because developers and engineers need to get paid and where do you suppose that money comes from. If Microsoft were to use the money from games for infrastructure, developers, and engineers then they would either have to use less staff or cut into their profits. This is probably the reason why Home is taking so long to come out. They do not want to put too many people on the project because there is no real profit associated with it. Even Hondas and Toyotas breakdown, but they do tend to have excellent warranties with their cars. Warranties are the only guarantees associated with buying a car and even then it can be a hassle. People pay for satellite radio, people pay for more channels, people will pay for services they want, and I want Live AND I already play games on pc. It is not an exclusive thing. One can enjoy pc online gaming and enjoy playing on Live. They are two completely different beasts.
And you would pick a car based on free radio? Interesting.
