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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Dec 28, 2009 07:12)

Not 100$ yet......

Comment by: KSib (Dec 28, 2009 11:46)

I didn't realize how cheap Live subscriptions were.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Dec 28, 2009 11:54)

Originally posted by KSib:

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I didn't realize how cheap Live subscriptions were.

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you can find them for about 20-30 a year if you look really hard.

Comment by: BTFan (Dec 28, 2009 18:22)

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Originally posted by KSib:

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I didn't realize how cheap Live subscriptions were.

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you can find them for about 20-30 a year if you look really hard.

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ZippyDSM, can you tell me where I could find a year of Live for that price?

Comment by: H08 (Dec 28, 2009 21:06)

amazon sometimes drops the live price to around 35.00. You just have to look everyday :P

Comment by: KillerBug (Dec 29, 2009 05:05)

Wow...that puts the price of an Elite at less than $200 if you figure the price of the games, the giftcard, and the extra controller. I guess Xbox360 is now slightly cheaper than PS3...at least for the first year.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Dec 29, 2009 05:25)

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Originally posted by KSib:

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I didn't realize how cheap Live subscriptions were.

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you can find them for about 20-30 a year if you look really hard.

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ZippyDSM, can you tell me where I could find a year of Live for that price?

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Troll the net google shop,amazon and ebay it can be done but its more rare than it should be, I swear if I am a business and buy 1000 cards/keys I should get a 30% or more discount then when you resale to liquidate them in a timely manner you sale them for 25-30$ making sure the majority make you even with what I bought the rest bring a profit it works with OEM discs/keys MS should do the same...

Comment by: atomicxl (Dec 29, 2009 17:10)

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Wow...that puts the price of an Elite at less than $200 if you figure the price of the games, the giftcard, and the extra controller. I guess Xbox360 is now slightly cheaper than PS3...at least for the first year.

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An Elite costing $200 is kinda irrelevant if that Elite is only sold in a $345 ($45 Controller + $300 System). I doubt they'll let you apply the gift card to the current purchase so the only way to say it's $50 off is if you sold that Gift Card to someone for face value. If you use it to buy something else, that doesn't change the fact that you laid out $345 for the system... which is $45 more than a PS3.

On top of that the bundled games are Lego Batman and a mediocre racer and you didn't get a free Blu-Ray Player like the PS3 "bundle" includes.

$20 off the Arcade is a good deal though. That legitimately lowers the price you have to pay to own the system and play games. You could take that extra $120 and buy some games that are actually good or at least games that you want.