It's worth it because it's how I can play games with my friends. If my friends get XBoxes next gen, I will buy an XBox and get gold and it will be worth it.
Otherwise, not a chance.
Otherwise, not a chance.
Poll: Honestly, was Xbox Live worth it this gen? Will you pay for it next gen?
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No, I don't tolerate it. I pay a good chunk of money into video gaming since it's close to the only thing I do (or can do) anymore, but this is one thing I won't pay for. Charging me extra money on top of my internet connection for multiplayer features is just wrong. On top of that I found the functionality of their multiplayer to be absolutly ridiculous. I bought time for XBL like twice when it came to fighting games I wanted to do online, however I found the community to be horrible, with a complete lack of any kind of policing complaints, so you had people routinely reporting each other for "unsportsmanlike conduct" whenever they would lose.TheLycanKing144 said:
I eventually just stopped buying fighting games for the 360 and played them on my PS-3 where the multiplayer is free, and I haven't gotten one bogus complaint yet when I've played them. It has been a while though because my reflexs have gotten worse and worse over time and I keep messing up the tendons in my hand if I get too active. A big part of why I more or less stopped raiding/dungeoneering seriously in MMOs as well. I managed to render my left hand almost unusable for about a week while binging on nightmare modes in The Secret World (ie move and dodge roll constantly while popping off your damage rotation and occasional CC breaker or heal).
I always used to be a sucker for the xbox live gold because that's how I play Halo with my friends. But now that me and my friends have more or less moved on to PC's I find it difficult to justify paying for live. I used Netflix on it and didn't realize that was a gold only feature. The service I pay for can only be used by another service... that I pay for. Plus it is hidden by all that ad bullshit (excuse the language but it basically is). Why do I have to surf through menus were one of those many boxes that are used to push ads that I don't pay attention can easily fit my needs. If xbox live isn't free for next gen I may just skip it. I prefer the Sony exclusives anyway.
Nope.
The Halo games were an absolute blast and I have a ton of great memories from playing those games on Live, but I'm sick of the bullshit. The service is getting worse while the subscription fee goes up. And now I have that I have a PS3 also, why pay for something that I can get for free from them?
The only reason I paid for it in the first place was Halo and the many friends I have who play Halo. Now that the franchise is out of Bungie's capable hands (and 343's first attempt at a Halo game was lackluster, to put it kindly) I'm done with Live.
Of course, they still have to sell me on getting a next-gen console. Right now, I'm almost ready to join the PC Master Race.
The Halo games were an absolute blast and I have a ton of great memories from playing those games on Live, but I'm sick of the bullshit. The service is getting worse while the subscription fee goes up. And now I have that I have a PS3 also, why pay for something that I can get for free from them?
The only reason I paid for it in the first place was Halo and the many friends I have who play Halo. Now that the franchise is out of Bungie's capable hands (and 343's first attempt at a Halo game was lackluster, to put it kindly) I'm done with Live.
Of course, they still have to sell me on getting a next-gen console. Right now, I'm almost ready to join the PC Master Race.
I would never pay for XBL. I don't play enough online for it anyway, as I don't like competitive multiplayer in general, plus I despise the business practice. They not only lock out game features I already paid for by buying the game, they also hold Netflix et al. (i.e. paid third-party services) to ransom if I want to use them on Xbox. AND to add insult to injury, they force ads down their paying users' throats? Fuck that shit.
The threads poll is flawed, It should be polling Xbox owners or would be buyers. Playstation or PC loyalists who have no intention of buying a xbox have no bearing on this poll.
I consider myself foremost a "gamer" I own a PS3 Nintendo 3DS PC and Xbox 360 and play them all. I also buy yearly subscriptions for xbox live as I have for the past 7 years.
I really dont give the cost much thought. Xbox live has proven to be a good service with very little for me to complain about. Ive never logged in and seen that the service were unavailable or had issues with it of any kind.
So I plan to continue to pay for xbox live (provided the cost doesnt go up dramatically)when the xbox 720 or w/e they call it comes out.
btw I believe I have heard rumors that the PSN will be changing to a subscription based service akin to xbox live.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Xbox live is blushing.
I consider myself foremost a "gamer" I own a PS3 Nintendo 3DS PC and Xbox 360 and play them all. I also buy yearly subscriptions for xbox live as I have for the past 7 years.
I really dont give the cost much thought. Xbox live has proven to be a good service with very little for me to complain about. Ive never logged in and seen that the service were unavailable or had issues with it of any kind.
So I plan to continue to pay for xbox live (provided the cost doesnt go up dramatically)when the xbox 720 or w/e they call it comes out.
btw I believe I have heard rumors that the PSN will be changing to a subscription based service akin to xbox live.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Xbox live is blushing.
Yes, because I use it to maintain contact with friends who I have moved away from. I play with them at least twice a week and I would gladly pay the same price to be able to play with and talk to my friends hundreds of miles away.
PSN would be imitating XBL why? PSN gives you free games instead of just allowing you to play online, which it does for free anyway. If you mean they'll imitate by changing that, I sure hope not. This is not a rumor I've heard anywhere though.Apackof12Ninjas said:
OT: As an owner a 360 who has been paying for XBL for 3 or 4 years now, I must say that when my subscription expires at the end of this month, I won't likely be renewing it. I've started to play online games on PC as of late, although to be honest I haven't played many at all these days... I never purchase DLC, so their discounts don't matter to me either. I kept buying XBL because my friends were, but some have switched to PS3, while others just don't really play anymore.
I recently purchased PS+ with the money I'd normally have spent on XBL, because I think paying $50 a year for 12+ retail games, 12+ Downloadable only titles, and a bunch of other random things (including some good discounts) is a much better deal than paying $60 a year for just the ability to play online.
There aren't any ads on PS+ either (aside from game ads), so I'm not paying to be advertised to either.
We shall see if the switch pays off, but so far I've already downloaded and played Infamous 2 and Spec Ops: The Line from it. They've been great fun.
Xbox live is probably my best spent money. Depending on if next gen is as good as this gens was then yes I will buy it. Without Halo 3 on Xbox live I probably would have stopped playing games a fair while before I really got into them.
Nope. Not worth it now, and I doubt it will be much better next generation. I used to have gold, because they used to actually run decent deals with it, where you'd get it for a massively reduced rate, or with free games or microsoft points or something. They appear to have completely stopped doing deals for it now, so I'm completely done paying them for it. I don't really play multiplayer, and certainly not if I have to pay for the privilege, and any of the other features that would interest me (Netflix, 4od, iPlayer) I can access for free on my computer and just hook that up to the TV. For me, there is not a single compelling reason to spend money on it.
Of course, if anyone else does pay money for it and they enjoy the service, fair play to you. I'm not going to try and convince anyone that they're wrong. I'm just saying that for me, xbox live gold isn't worth it.
Of course, if anyone else does pay money for it and they enjoy the service, fair play to you. I'm not going to try and convince anyone that they're wrong. I'm just saying that for me, xbox live gold isn't worth it.
PSN has been imitating XBL features for a long time (cross game voice chat, trophies, micro transactions etc etc).SonicKaos said:
This is a good thing, as PlayStation Network when it launched was pretty terrible.
PSN+ was started because nothing in this world is free and Sony needs a buck or two to keep their services going.
Sony also announced that PSN titles and Im assuming PS+ games will not be transferable to the PS4. Which is a bitchslap move to its fanbase of which Im pissed about.
Keep in mind those "free" games you get from PS+ are only "free" so long as you keep paying for PS+. The moment you cancel your PS+ service, all of those "free" games they give you are no longer playable.
They warn you of this before you purchase the service.
Xbox live is a service offered to me at a price. I determine whether or not its a acceptable one by either paying or not paying. If you dont think the quality of service it offers is worth the 6$ a month then by all means dont pay for it.
I guess I am just confused as to why people think "it should be free". The only reason Sony's service is free is because of Xbox live. I guarntee you that if XBL did not exist, Sonys PSN would not be free. Its called being competitive.
Fans of all sides should embrace the competition. Because competition breeds innovation.
Xbox live is a service that charges money to access services that are free or that you are already paying for.
Want to watch Netflix? Yeah, that's going to cost you more than just the price for Netflix. Want to go to Facebook? Yeah, we're going to charge money to do that. Want to check a basic website? Yup, we're charging you for that too.
Valve, Nintendo and Sony all offer free online services and I while Nintendo's service can deal with some criticism I have never had problem with Sony and Valve delivers a better service completely free.
Xbox Live Gold charges me for a service that is just as good or not as good as free services.
Want to watch Netflix? Yeah, that's going to cost you more than just the price for Netflix. Want to go to Facebook? Yeah, we're going to charge money to do that. Want to check a basic website? Yup, we're charging you for that too.
Valve, Nintendo and Sony all offer free online services and I while Nintendo's service can deal with some criticism I have never had problem with Sony and Valve delivers a better service completely free.
Xbox Live Gold charges me for a service that is just as good or not as good as free services.
The first few years of this gen i would have said yes. Then it sloped downa for a few years. The past few weeks they have been doing some GREAT deals on live arcade and games on demand, which is nice. Still not as good a deals as steam or psplus yet though.
So... not sure. If i do ever get around to buying a nextbox i would pay for it, because i enjoy playing games online.
Its a solid service, they just trip up on actually rewarding the customers :/ Hopefully sales like the ones i mentioned continue to crop up and get better.
So... not sure. If i do ever get around to buying a nextbox i would pay for it, because i enjoy playing games online.
Its a solid service, they just trip up on actually rewarding the customers :/ Hopefully sales like the ones i mentioned continue to crop up and get better.
Yes, unless the XBox 720 convinces me not to buy it, which is a possibility, I suppose. But even so, I would probably keep XBL for my 360. I've had lots of fun, met some great people who have become real-life friends, and have easy access to tons of video content.
Certainly, the same could be said of every other online service. But XBL hasn't had the same outage issues the PSN has. And unlike Steam, it's never sold me a game which it then rendered unplayable due to interference from its own chat protocols.
Yes, you have to pay a monthly fee. It's 4 bucks. Which is about the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks. And about a third of what a member of the PC Master Race would pay every month for World of Warcraft.
Certainly, the same could be said of every other online service. But XBL hasn't had the same outage issues the PSN has. And unlike Steam, it's never sold me a game which it then rendered unplayable due to interference from its own chat protocols.
Yes, you have to pay a monthly fee. It's 4 bucks. Which is about the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks. And about a third of what a member of the PC Master Race would pay every month for World of Warcraft.
The ability to take part in multiplayer should be a free fucking service. End of discussion.I bought your console, I play the games on it. What's the point in charging me? It doesn't improve matchmaking, connection, or security. It's extortion that should not be tolerated.
I pay because if I don't, I may as well smash my 360 with a hammer and shoot what's left of it, because that's about as useful as it's going to be.
I pay because if I don't, I may as well smash my 360 with a hammer and shoot what's left of it, because that's about as useful as it's going to be.
Does Valve offer Netflix and Facebook too?Yopaz said:
See there, I can nitpick too.
Its roughly 3.40$ a month if you can find the 13 month subscription cards. Closer to 5$ a month if you cant. Your paying for quality multiplayer service. Netflix facebook and its webbrowser are merely perks.
My point is, if your a xbox live silver member, who doesnt pay for the service because they dont feel like they should (or cant). Odds are that they have other means (easier means if you ask me) to access Netflix facebook and webbrowsing.