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Seece said:
zzamaro said:
MonstaMack said:
zzamaro said:

can M$ be more greedy?

I don't understand how some X360 fans can defend Micro$oft kn this one.


Nothing really to defend but the two execuses I can see are inflation and ESPN. The price hasn't changed in seven years so it was either gonna go up or down sooner or later (obviously up now) and inflation has increased a bit since then. Do grocery prices ever stay the same? When they go up do you get more content? Not normally.

This will also help if Kinect bombs and/or they are losing money on Kinect they can use their subscribers to subsidize the cost (along with all the stuff they download, MS gets 30% cut on everything right?)

Lastly anyone who visits cheapassgamer or any deal website knows they could of had XBL year cards for $30 or less. Unless your a teen who depends on your parents to buy you Live, chances are you have a credit card and a brain to find deals out there. Playstation users will continue to laugh at this of course.

Why do they add worthless stuff in the first place? I use my gaming consoles for GAMES. I don't care about ESPN or whatever on my X360. If they want to charge us for that, at least they should have a different subscription or make ONLINE FREE. I don't need that worthless stuff.

 

Read: me me me me me me. YOU may not like it, a heck of a lot of others do.

You just come across as someone that doesn't even own a X360, gamertag in your sig or not.



That's it. You are trolling. STOP!



Sorry for bad English.

 

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zzamaro said:
Seece said:
zzamaro said:
MonstaMack said:
zzamaro said:

can M$ be more greedy?

I don't understand how some X360 fans can defend Micro$oft kn this one.


Nothing really to defend but the two execuses I can see are inflation and ESPN. The price hasn't changed in seven years so it was either gonna go up or down sooner or later (obviously up now) and inflation has increased a bit since then. Do grocery prices ever stay the same? When they go up do you get more content? Not normally.

This will also help if Kinect bombs and/or they are losing money on Kinect they can use their subscribers to subsidize the cost (along with all the stuff they download, MS gets 30% cut on everything right?)

Lastly anyone who visits cheapassgamer or any deal website knows they could of had XBL year cards for $30 or less. Unless your a teen who depends on your parents to buy you Live, chances are you have a credit card and a brain to find deals out there. Playstation users will continue to laugh at this of course.

Why do they add worthless stuff in the first place? I use my gaming consoles for GAMES. I don't care about ESPN or whatever on my X360. If they want to charge us for that, at least they should have a different subscription or make ONLINE FREE. I don't need that worthless stuff.

 

Read: me me me me me me. YOU may not like it, a heck of a lot of others do.

You just come across as someone that doesn't even own a X360, gamertag in your sig or not.



That's it. You are trolling. STOP!

Do you even know what trolling means? rofl



 

Why are PS3 fans so angry at this anyway? They better get used to it, Sony will be charging next gen for sure IMO.



 

My only problem with this is the possible effect it will have on Sony's service down the line. Be it in a few years or next gen, if MS can get away with raising prices for their subscription and still retain their fanbase, I see no reason why Sony will keep the PSN service completely free next time around.



 

Meanwhile, the XBL fanboys continue to mutter 'you got what you paid for' ^^.

If you pay now, you'll be charged more in the future. What about a controller with a slot for the credit card ???? 



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Seece said:

Why are PS3 fans so angry at this anyway? They better get used to it, Sony will be charging next gen for sure IMO.



gives more of a reason for sony to start charging, i don't know



sully1311 said:
Seece said:

Why are PS3 fans so angry at this anyway? They better get used to it, Sony will be charging next gen for sure IMO.



gives more of a reason for sony to start charging, i don't know

Oh at least it'll stop all the crap about "Sony caring about their customers" hence why they offer free online.



 

Ehhh. Well I never planned on ever getting the service anyways because in my eyes it isn't worth it. But I do feel bad for those who like the service. Like Microsoft REALLY needs to price gouge for peoples internet more than they already are.



KylieDog said:
nightsurge said:

You let me know when you find a free service on PC that integrates all your games both offline and online with a single profile, integrates cross game chat, party chat up to 8 people, includes matchmaking services for fair and balanced gaming experiences, also offers services like full game downloads, demos, videos, netflix, facebook, last.fm, ESPN, achievements, etc.


You mean like X-fire?  Which is free, btw.

I said ONE free service that integrates ALL of those things.



This thread is hilarious.

People are getting overly pissed about this. "Oh no, $2, MS is greedy, the economy isn't collapsing at all and they won't need any money."

Then there come MS fans who feel righteous anger at those people getting pissed and get extremely defensive over nothing at all.

I will just laugh at a good few of you while you quarrel. Honestly, it's a bit pathetic.

Too many of you just want to have something to attack MS with, even if it is just a minor price rise, and others just want to have something to attack other users with.



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