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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 13, 2009 04:36)

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Gold should be free anyway....

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I agree

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If they want a subscription setup make it worth while give out 3K worth of non roll over points a month, 8k for 25$ a month and for 50 bucks a month make it a simple 50% discount on anything through Xbox live, hell they would roll in money doing this because there are plenty of morons who would pay for the privilege...

Comment by: Paladore (Feb 13, 2009 06:00)

I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 13, 2009 06:04)

Originally posted by Paladore:

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I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P

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But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*

:P

Comment by: ripxrush (Feb 13, 2009 06:34)

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I wonder how many people will have to buy the downloadable game for Microsoft to make a profit off the 50 million they spent on this crap.

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well 160 XBL Points cost Aprox. $20 (depending where you get them) so:


50,000,000/20=2,500,000

50 Million
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that would be the break even point! I am sure that FREE XBL for a week has a price on their servers & upgrades but i am sure they are hoping a certain % or new users of Purchased XBL service just to use the online content after that week!

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 13, 2009 06:40)

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I wonder how many people will have to buy the downloadable game for Microsoft to make a profit off the 50 million they spent on this crap.

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well 160 XBL Points cost Aprox. $20 (depending where you get them) so:


50,000,000/20=2,500,000

50 Million
Divided by
20
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2.5 million

that would be the break even point! I am sure that FREE XBL for a week has a price on their servers & upgrades but i am sure they are hoping a certain % or new users of Purchased XBL service just to use the online content after that week!

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Wait 160 points is 20$?

WTF?!?!

Comment by: Se7ven (Feb 13, 2009 13:56)

I think he mean 1,600.

Comment by: DXR88 (Feb 13, 2009 16:28)

It was a joke people, i know that it hasn't been down for a while, but you all are hot to jump in the flames.

its just when it does happen thats what i think.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 13, 2009 18:10)

Originally posted by Se7ven:

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I think he mean 1,600.

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that should be closer to 20K...10K at least...... points to buy games with should never be more than 100 a buck or 2.......

Comment by: r3d2tango (Feb 14, 2009 00:10)

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Originally posted by Paladore:

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I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P

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But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*

:P

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what good games?

my XBL ran out this month and i have no plans on renewing it.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 14, 2009 00:12)

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Originally posted by Paladore:

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I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P

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But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*

:P

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what good games?

my XBL ran out this month and i have no plans on renewing it.

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I was kidding :P
They all have practically the same games.. but for the WII.

Comment by: madpappi (Feb 14, 2009 03:48)

wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 14, 2009 03:55)

Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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its become that cheap now?

Comment by: scorpNZ (Feb 14, 2009 05:45)

Perhaps if you're states side but not all countries have the same exchange rate,how much you pay & whether it's a rip off is relative anyway,the more hours you game the more you get you're money's worth,tho personally there ought'a be a system like prepay mobile phones where you only pay for what you use & as for having to pay for bloody themes,icons etc or maps,they can piss off

Comment by: DXR88 (Feb 14, 2009 05:45)

Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 14, 2009 05:47)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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so you can;t use live points to pay for gold?

Comment by: DXR88 (Feb 14, 2009 05:53)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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so you can;t use live points to pay for gold?

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? thats confusing, you purchase live points to download games or content from XBL which is additional and is separate from the subscription plan.

This allows XBL silver users to obtain downloadable content too.

Comment by: redux79 (Feb 14, 2009 23:18)

As far as I know newegg has the lowest price for 12 month gold subscriptions, $39 with free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103030

Comment by: madpappi (Feb 15, 2009 04:48)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 15, 2009 05:10)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

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So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....

Comment by: Se7ven (Feb 15, 2009 17:16)

$300.00 where did that come from?

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 15, 2009 17:20)

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$300.00 where did that come from?

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A hand full of games and crap can hit 100+ easily.

Comment by: madpappi (Feb 16, 2009 04:45)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

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So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....

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huh? where did $300 come from? or the 3 years part.confused

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 16, 2009 06:02)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

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So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....

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huh? where did $300 come from? or the 3 years part.confused

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Oh 5 years not 3, sorry. LOL

What I am saying how much crap did you buy to get 5 years of live?

Comment by: madpappi (Feb 16, 2009 06:07)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

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So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....

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huh? where did $300 come from? or the 3 years part.confused

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Oh 5 years not 3, sorry. LOL

What I am saying how much crap did you buy to get 5 years of live?

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i said that at the start i paid around $45 but that doesnt include all the other stuff i got with it also that only counts the 1 year cards i also picked up 1 month cards for $1.50.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Feb 16, 2009 06:21)

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Originally posted by madpappi:

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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .

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WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.

Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.

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i never said direct from xbl

as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.

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So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....

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huh? where did $300 come from? or the 3 years part.confused

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Oh 5 years not 3, sorry. LOL

What I am saying how much crap did you buy to get 5 years of live?

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i said that at the start i paid around $45 but that doesnt include all the other stuff i got with it also that only counts the 1 year cards i also picked up 1 month cards for $1.50.

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... ZOMG!!!

/B mode got the better of me >>