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PizzaFaceGamer on 16 October 2010

 To some extent, the wii is being backhand by Balmer and Co as well. First of all Microsoft has more money than nintendo and sony. MS DOES NOT NEED to charge for online, but they do. I once asked my uncle why a dog licks his balls, his response "because he can." Same thing goes for MS. Yes, xbox live offers unparralleled, unmatched, and unrivaled features. But is it really worth $50-60 a year? Well, it doesn't matter what I think because MS IS GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT. And let me tell you right now, MS is NOT scared of sony or nintendo. PROOF: They have the balls to INCREASE the price of something their competition is GIVING AWAY FOR FREE. Brazenly, MS rolls ahead with price increases in an economic depression. Patcher said a few years back that if the PSN takes off, xbox live will go free. Faced with increased competition, the opposite has happened. Microsoft is saying to ninty and sony, we don't care what you give away or do with your online networks, we aren't scared of losing customers to you, and we will do what we want. Why??? Because they can

Before anyone tries to get cute and say "well actually it's a slap in the face to xbox owners" I will politely tell you that you are wrong.  Why??  Because xbox liver is the best, most integrated online COMMUNITY!!  And the enormous amount of people playing online prove this beyond the shadow of a doubt.



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thranx on 16 October 2010

I think you may forget that Microsoft isn't a charity, if they aren't making money on a product it will be discontinued. And as a whole since the inception of the xbox I do not know if they are in the black yet. It took a lot of cash to get the xbox brand going they have to recoup that and keep reinvesting in themselves.



NiKKoM on 16 October 2010

I think Sony and Nintendo are hitting their heads for making it free... they could have earned so much more money..



 

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4k1x3r on 16 October 2010

It only proves that there's still people that love having huge things shoved up their.... That's all, I'm happy with PS3's and Wii's online, go back to your uselessly expensive feature and don't bother people down here.



Cthulhu on 16 October 2010

So now free is bad?



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Diablerie on 16 October 2010
PizzaFaceGamer said:

 To some extent, the wii is being backhand by Balmer and Co as well. First of all Microsoft has more money than nintendo and sony. MS DOES NOT NEED to charge for online, but they do. I once asked my uncle why a dog licks his balls, his response "because he can." Same thing goes for MS. Yes, xbox live offers unparralleled, unmatched, and unrivaled features. But is it really worth $50-60 a year? Well, it doesn't matter what I think because MS IS GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT. And let me tell you right now, MS is NOT scared of sony or nintendo. PROOF: They have the balls to INCREASE the price of something their competition is GIVING AWAY FOR FREE. Brazenly, MS rolls ahead with price increases in an economic depression. Patcher said a few years back that if the PSN takes off, xbox live will go free. Faced with increased competition, the opposite has happened. Microsoft is saying to ninty and sony, we don't care what you give away or do with your online networks, we aren't scared of losing customers to you, and we will do what we want. Why??? Because they can

Before anyone tries to get cute and say "well actually it's a slap in the face to xbox owners" I will politely tell you that you are wrong.  Why??  Because xbox liver is the best, most integrated online COMMUNITY!!  And the enormous amount of people playing online prove this beyond the shadow of a doubt.

My PC says hello.



thranx on 16 October 2010
Diablerie said:
PizzaFaceGamer said:

 To some extent, the wii is being backhand by Balmer and Co as well. First of all Microsoft has more money than nintendo and sony. MS DOES NOT NEED to charge for online, but they do. I once asked my uncle why a dog licks his balls, his response "because he can." Same thing goes for MS. Yes, xbox live offers unparralleled, unmatched, and unrivaled features. But is it really worth $50-60 a year? Well, it doesn't matter what I think because MS IS GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT. And let me tell you right now, MS is NOT scared of sony or nintendo. PROOF: They have the balls to INCREASE the price of something their competition is GIVING AWAY FOR FREE. Brazenly, MS rolls ahead with price increases in an economic depression. Patcher said a few years back that if the PSN takes off, xbox live will go free. Faced with increased competition, the opposite has happened. Microsoft is saying to ninty and sony, we don't care what you give away or do with your online networks, we aren't scared of losing customers to you, and we will do what we want. Why??? Because they can

Before anyone tries to get cute and say "well actually it's a slap in the face to xbox owners" I will politely tell you that you are wrong.  Why??  Because xbox liver is the best, most integrated online COMMUNITY!!  And the enormous amount of people playing online prove this beyond the shadow of a doubt.

My PC says hello.

I have yet to find this integrated pc community. I do use steam, but its not quit the same as live. Other than that it seems like each game has its own very active and involved community, but live seems to bridge game to game better.



Attoyou on 16 October 2010
Diablerie said:
PizzaFaceGamer said:

 To some extent, the wii is being backhand by Balmer and Co as well. First of all Microsoft has more money than nintendo and sony. MS DOES NOT NEED to charge for online, but they do. I once asked my uncle why a dog licks his balls, his response "because he can." Same thing goes for MS. Yes, xbox live offers unparralleled, unmatched, and unrivaled features. But is it really worth $50-60 a year? Well, it doesn't matter what I think because MS IS GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT. And let me tell you right now, MS is NOT scared of sony or nintendo. PROOF: They have the balls to INCREASE the price of something their competition is GIVING AWAY FOR FREE. Brazenly, MS rolls ahead with price increases in an economic depression. Patcher said a few years back that if the PSN takes off, xbox live will go free. Faced with increased competition, the opposite has happened. Microsoft is saying to ninty and sony, we don't care what you give away or do with your online networks, we aren't scared of losing customers to you, and we will do what we want. Why??? Because they can

Before anyone tries to get cute and say "well actually it's a slap in the face to xbox owners" I will politely tell you that you are wrong.  Why??  Because xbox liver is the best, most integrated online COMMUNITY!!  And the enormous amount of people playing online prove this beyond the shadow of a doubt.

My PC says hello.

Strange..Mine says hello too..



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snfr on 16 October 2010

*looks at thread title*

 

Can somebody please explain me how this is a slap in the face to Sony?? I don't get it...



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thranx on 16 October 2010
snfr said:

*looks at thread title*

 

Can somebody please explain me how this is a slap in the face to Sony?? I don't get it...

its a slap in the face because not only can MS charge for what should be free( according to some people), but they can increase the fee for it and people will still pay. Of course that is because its such a great service (at least in my opinion, worth every penny even after the increase.