Not Renewing XBox Live Gold

[Inconspicuous Trenchcoat]

I've only spent $2 on Xbox Live across the original behemoth and the 360 (although, I just had long-term access to my brother's, never owned a 360). I played a lot of Halo 2 online with about 3 or 4 different trial account codes. Once, on the 360, I did their one month for $2 deal. I watched some Netflix on it (cause why not, while I'm subbed xD) and played Trials: Evolution online. It was so incredibly laggy. Didn't renew.

PC has party chat too (it goes by several different names ) and free online almost-everything, not to mention better online everything, so I'll stick with that, thanks. @OP: good on ya!

What was the point of my post? Yeah, sorry, I'll leave now.

 

[The White Hunter]

So, my XBox Live Gold membership expires tomorrow, and I've decided not to renew. The only time I ever actually use the service is for a very rare game of Halo, which only occurs when the planets align and my buddies are all free on the same evening.

I know I lose some perks for bumping on down to Silver, goodbye party chat, but is this even stuff I should actively be paying for in the first place, especially considering what PSN offers for free? I'm seriously considering getting a PS3 simply for beat em ups and other online multiplayer titles because, frankly, screw XBL.

I use my PS3 for multiplayer because it's what all my friends use, the xbox never even managed to appeal to me in the first place. My PC (soon to be vastly upgraded - to a point of actually being future proof for a few weeks) is for most single player games or games where I don't intend to use the multiplayer (I'm looking at you Spec Ops: The Line).

Anyway, PSN is decent enough, sometimes updates can take a while but they aren't that frequent to me, Steam seems to update more often as of late, and you can always tell it to automatically update at like 2am when you're asleep. It's functional and it's free, though I've known people have difficulty with certain games online but not others. I for one have trouble with COD and finding a stable connection to a match, but never had an issue with any other shooter, a friend of mine has the opposite, think it's to do with the connection setup but oh well.

If you dont want XBL Gold, don't pay for it, if you want a PS3, get one, if nothing else it's a staggeringly good DVD player and you can get them well priced if they're used.

EDIT!: Also, fuck party chat, use Skype like real men. PSN doesn't have cross game sadly but none the less I have skype and a PC that is never off.

 

[razer17]

Good job, you have just proved that you have a functioning brain.

Okay, are you saying that because it makes sense to cancel a service you don't use, or because paying for Xbox live means you have no brain?