The funny part is that most  fans of either networks yourself included have let the entire Op float over their heads and couldn't resist posting why x is better than y, which is exactly what makes the article so amusing.

killerX said:

although i do enjoy xbox live, and i do think its every bit as good as psn, i still think it should be free. but i pay the fee because i pretty much have to in order to play the games i already bought. its a great service, but it should be free,

That my friend is the basic of every discussion. Arguing about opinions. I still think XBL is the best service out there, if you think another service is better, we can discuss that.

cool you found one. Gratz!

My point still stands for 95% of the users.

Lets say someone spends $80 a month on gas. Which is actually less than the average person spends. That's still $960 a year. 8 years of Xbox Live is significantly cheaper than 1 year of gas. And that fact a lone makes your car analogy bad.

If you are in any denial that most people who use XBL Gold gladly pay for it, let me tell you are wrong straight away.

You are a rare group. Most people who pay for it don't like that fact, especially from my experience most people who pay for XBL just do it to unlock the online component. Otherwise they wouldn't care to subscribe.

The reason why it seems that most XBL "users" don't have a problem with it is because this site doesn't have many of them. The ones who are here are not the usual gamers at all. Either that or they don't understand what people mean when the others say that they don't find it worth $60.

Ultimately Xbox is popular in US where CoD is popular as well. And other online titles like battlefield and halo, and for all of these you need an online subscription, no wonder such a huge portion of the xbox community has those subscriptions. Those are the games for which the console is primarily purchased for.

Those are the games both consoles are purchased for, not just the 360. So if this would really be an issue for most gamers, they would buy the other console and the software for the other console. Yet, these titles sell better on Xbox 360.

My point is that the 360 sells extraordinary well in the countries, where online multiplayer gaming is big and it sells less in countries where singleplayer games still dominate. That makes zero sense if paying for XBL is an issue for the consumers.

i have i problem with it, i hate that i have to pay it to play my games. but i do it anyway.

you seem overly sensitive, no one is claiming xbl lacks quality, but simply that it should be free, especially since there are are other services that offer the exact same thing for FREE.

No.

It's one of the reasons I'm considering selling my Xbox right now, not that I need to save money, I'm just not paying for something that I don't think is worth it. I would just keep it and not pay for Xbox Live but it locks me out of certain features, most importantly leaderboards.

I prove you wrong. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/06/xbox-by-the-numbers-20m-xbox-live-users-10m-nongaming-39m-xbo/

Your 95% just droped to 50% oooops. This is 2010 ofc, but its well representative of the proportion.

Next gen im just goin all the way and ditching microsoft altogether for Sony or Nintendo because of this. I am sick of having online gaming blocked when its not worth what its beeing asked.

Also for the people saying its only 20 cents a day, feel free to msg me and offer me those 20cents a day since its obviously of no importance to you, but for me its good enough to buy a brand new game by christmas.

Serisouly, some people seem to enjoy having their wallet raped for no reason.