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@d21lewis, I got the same deal thankfully, but I'm farily positive it was "33 percent off"  not 33 dollars, it told me it would be 39.99.  Before that they had where you could get a month for a $1.  Kinda funny to be hiking up the price amidst all these promotions to lower it.



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So looks like they are giving me more reason to either get PC/PS3 games over XB360 games. 



 

For all those complaining - look for deals online. I've never *Chris Jericho* EVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR spent more then $30 a year for Live because of deals.

Though I am surprised prices are going up. One would think bandwith would be getting cheaper not more expensive.



It's just that simple.

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.

Tell that to those posting on Major Nelson's blog. I'm more exasperated than pissed.



  

Seriosuly if you have ever paid full price for live, your not looking for deals. They are always out there.



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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?

No. because it's inflation, whether or not you think it's worth it is irrelevent, keep your trolling to yourself.



 

How can they justify this price hike?  PSN still free and it is extremely similar to live.



Taking inflation into account, the new price of Live costs the same as when it was first released.



Seems in line with inflation, still going to get booed though I suspect.  I'm more interested, if this gen does last longer, how people might view the higher Live vs ever cheaper console prices and whether Live might start to seem expensive in ratio to the initial console investment as a result.

I doubt it'll see more than a few actually quit the sevice myself.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

deskpro2k3 said:

How can they justify this price hike?  PSN still free and it is extremely similar to live.



LOL

 even with psn plus XBL is still tons better.