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darthdevidem01 on 30 August 2010
KylieDog said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:

12 months in the UK stays the same from the looks of things. Bend over and take your medicine, US.

I don't think it will, I expect a £10 rise yearly for the UK.


Ugh, that would make £50 a year just to play Halo: Reach. It's the only reason I renew XBL now.

It's a big enough increase to piss people off but not big enough to stop a large chunk of the XBL userbase from renewing. Shrewd buggers.

It shouldn't piss anyone off with a shred of logic in their brain.


Because they wouldn't be paying for Gold in the first place?

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ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 30 August 2010

i have gold account and i dont mind paying this fee every year, its well worth it for everything u get from xbl and i will always continue to pay for xbl as long as m$ is in the console business. 



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Seece on 30 August 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
KylieDog said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:

12 months in the UK stays the same from the looks of things. Bend over and take your medicine, US.

I don't think it will, I expect a £10 rise yearly for the UK.


Ugh, that would make £50 a year just to play Halo: Reach. It's the only reason I renew XBL now.

It's a big enough increase to piss people off but not big enough to stop a large chunk of the XBL userbase from renewing. Shrewd buggers.

It shouldn't piss anyone off with a shred of logic in their brain.


Because they wouldn't be paying for Gold in the first place?

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themanwithnoname on 30 August 2010
nightsurge said:
Boutros said:

So Xbox Live gets to increase in price because of infaltion but not video games?

Video games have been 60$ for as long as I can remember here. I won't complain though :/

Weren't games last gen a max of $50 brand new?  Now this gen they are $60 brand new?  I can't really remember what I paid last gen, to be honest, but I could have sworn all game prices increased by $10 this gen.

That is correct.

This thread is pretty freaking hysterical though. Do either Kyliedog or leatherhat have an Xbox 360 or an Xbox Live account? I don't get why people would argue so passionately over something that has no effect on them at all.



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KillerMan on 30 August 2010

I don't know about usa but at least here N64 games costed more than games nowadays...



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Boutros on 30 August 2010
themanwithnoname said:
nightsurge said:
Boutros said:

So Xbox Live gets to increase in price because of infaltion but not video games?

Video games have been 60$ for as long as I can remember here. I won't complain though :/

Weren't games last gen a max of $50 brand new?  Now this gen they are $60 brand new?  I can't really remember what I paid last gen, to be honest, but I could have sworn all game prices increased by $10 this gen.

That is correct.

This thread is pretty freaking hysterical though. Do either Kyliedog or leatherhat have an Xbox 360 or an Xbox Live account? I don't get why people would argue so passionately over something that has no effect on them at all.

I still have bills from PS2 games and all of them that I bought day one or so were 59,99$. But then again, like I said, I'm in Canada so that's probably different.



Ldn.se on 30 August 2010
sully1311 said:
Seece said:
KylieDog said:
Seece said:
Boutros said:

So Xbox Live gets to increase in price because of infaltion but not video games?

Video games have been 60$ for as long as I can remember here. I won't complain though :/


Correct e if I'm wrong, but when did they got $50 to $60?

I know as of late some prices in the uk are above the standard £40.


You mean Modern Warfare 2 last year and Black Ops this year?   Yeah prices are rocketing all over!

Those were actually £55 IIRC, no I'm talking about other games ...

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5737684/c_1/1|category_root|Video games|14419738/c_2/3|cat_15701470|Xbox 360|14419847.htm - Fifa £50

You've gotta be stupid to pay more than £40 for a game in the UK though

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MrBubbles on 30 August 2010

us definitely needs to pay more since they get more than everyone else.



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darthdevidem01 on 30 August 2010
Seece said:
darthdevidem01 said:
KylieDog said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:
Seece said:
The_God_of_War said:

12 months in the UK stays the same from the looks of things. Bend over and take your medicine, US.

I don't think it will, I expect a £10 rise yearly for the UK.


Ugh, that would make £50 a year just to play Halo: Reach. It's the only reason I renew XBL now.

It's a big enough increase to piss people off but not big enough to stop a large chunk of the XBL userbase from renewing. Shrewd buggers.

It shouldn't piss anyone off with a shred of logic in their brain.


Because they wouldn't be paying for Gold in the first place?

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MrBubbles on 30 August 2010
Boutros said:
Seece said:
Boutros said:

So Xbox Live gets to increase in price because of infaltion but not video games?

Video games have been 60$ for as long as I can remember here. I won't complain though :/


Correct e if I'm wrong, but when did they got $50 to $60?

I know as of late some prices in the uk are above the standard £40.

Well I live in Canada so that might be different for the US but I haven't witness a change for a long time (actually forever in my life). 59,99$ is the common price.

almost every new game is $70 where are you from?



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