that works really easy lol everyone with an average brain know how that works...

I don't think a lot of people will buy an X360 for 99$ without thinking about some sort of extra costs, and most of all, I don't think that anybody will buy product without knowing the deal that they're taking.

oh please. can you show us how you would like it? it seems nothing pleases you here. First it was that it used an asterik, now it explains it and you complain it may be misunderstood. Please show me some examples of how it should be. This is like any other ad. Its not under handed in any way.

You may read it as that, no one else seems too.

Wow, so everyone else lacks the knowledge to figure out this ad? it seems like its the other way around.

Maybe you should read all the text. "with new 2 year xbox live gold contract at $14.99/month"

Really whats the ssue here?

Are you guys incapable of actually reading what I say?

I actually spelled out, in detail, the way that it works. I'm a mathematician, I know this stuff pretty damn well. If you guys aren't capable of reading my posts and thinking about them before responding, then there's no point continuing the argument.

How are you people capable of actually responding without first trying to understand what I'm saying? I just don't get it.

Read what I said again. I didn't say that it literally says it. I said that it carries that nuance - that is, it can be read in multiple ways, and a strict interpretation (that is, technical) favours the one that isn't actually what is going on. And it's made worse if you only read it casually.

But hey, why bother actually thinking about what I say, when it's so much easier to just call me an idiot and anti-MS? In case you didn't notice, I went into a fair amount of detail on the "with new 2 year xbox live gold contract at $14.99/month".

Have you ever heard of Crash Blossoms? They're what happens when a news headline is written in such a way that the intended meaning isn't the first one you see when you read it. Sometimes, it's so bad that they end up having to change the headline. And sometimes, the resulting meaning is the exact opposite of the intended one. That is how this reads - it's vague, and two different meanings are there depending on how you fill in the blanks.

I really do love how you are all calling me stupid and completely ignoring what I have to say. Wonderfully inclusive and mature, guys. Keep it up.

You may be a mathematician, yet you seem to know little about the concept of paying with interest in the long run in exchange for affordable monthly payments.

Car industry, House industry, and phone industry all do this. Now MS is trying this with consoles. Simple. 

OK, I'm going to say this in bold.

I described the process of paying with interest. If you don't realise that, then I can comfortably say that you didn't take ANY time to read what I was actually saying - you clearly just skimmed and decided to draw your own conclusions. Kind of like what I fear that advertising is intended to cause, really.

And as I said, none of the others try to hide that you'll be paying interest - they're quite upfront about it.

Well that's not true in the least. Every company that tries to sell you something with a contract will try and hide as many fees and charges from you as long as possible and/or put things in the fine print that will cost you later.

This Xbox contract is no different than any other contract. It's as simple as that.

Interest is neither a fee nor a charge. You'll be hard-pressed to find instances where they don't tell you the interest rate or the repayment rate, one or the other. They might hide some of the extra stuff, and I abhor that, too. But it's still made clear that you're going to be paying interest.

... So ... If you cant read properly. This is a contract that allows you to buy a product in a very cheap upfront price but gives you a 24 month term in a fixed rate. 

I honestly dont see what your problem.... Theres not interest there. FIXED rate??? Duh.