Poll: Should Xbox Live Be Free?
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We don't get every video, but XBL has a pretty good selection. That, and if you have to use music videos as a selling point, I'm just going to one-up that by saying if you want music, use your PC.
But just because the PSN has it, doesn't mean its good. And Home is a joke - even more so than Avatars and the Themes/Gamerpics of XBL - at least the XBL system is simple. Home can't be used in-game either.
Further, PSN is notorious for having a poorer online gaming experience than XBL, being harder to set-up, and generally less reliable than XBL gaming. Further, as many college students can tell you, PSN isn't network friendly at all (neither is Wii Online for that matter.). Its a btich to set up, hard to keep going, and going to your IT Department and mentioning the words "Playstation Network" or "Wii Online" are pretty good ways to be on the recieving end of a large, heavy, flying object.
But just because the PSN has it, doesn't mean its good. And Home is a joke - even more so than Avatars and the Themes/Gamerpics of XBL - at least the XBL system is simple. Home can't be used in-game either.
Further, PSN is notorious for having a poorer online gaming experience than XBL, being harder to set-up, and generally less reliable than XBL gaming. Further, as many college students can tell you, PSN isn't network friendly at all (neither is Wii Online for that matter.). Its a btich to set up, hard to keep going, and going to your IT Department and mentioning the words "Playstation Network" or "Wii Online" are pretty good ways to be on the recieving end of a large, heavy, flying object.
Well I can say I've heard of any of my friends having a hard time setting it up, but ok, I'll admit that Live is practically foolproof to set up, though I know a lot of people who've had matchmaking issues due to their NAT type with Live, something that doesn't happen with PSN.Paragon Fury said:
We don't just have PSN to compare to of course, what about the good old fashioned internet? PC gamers don't have any fees to play online and they get the best service of all.
I do think live should be free since it's laggy as hell and your paying for something that isn't really worth it. But really I don't care that much since I just sold my 360 for a PS3. But I acually don't play online that much so I could care less, I don't see why ofline play is hated by so many people, maybe not on the escapist, but everywhere I go I see people playing a mediocor multiplayer einsted of a great singleplayer.
I play games like Oblivion (not Fallout 3, can't stand it), Gran Turismo 5 Prolouge, inFamous, and the Orange Box. And frankly I really only play Team Fortress 2 and Burnout Paradice online so it doesnt matter much. Online play seems to be way to overrated.
A game without online play seems to get scrutinized while online only games seem to be "the best in the world" (although that does sum up TF2). Would you rather have a really good singleplayer and no multiplayer, or a decent single payer with a mediorcor multiplayer. That seems to be the problem that no one seems to see.
I play games like Oblivion (not Fallout 3, can't stand it), Gran Turismo 5 Prolouge, inFamous, and the Orange Box. And frankly I really only play Team Fortress 2 and Burnout Paradice online so it doesnt matter much. Online play seems to be way to overrated.
A game without online play seems to get scrutinized while online only games seem to be "the best in the world" (although that does sum up TF2). Would you rather have a really good singleplayer and no multiplayer, or a decent single payer with a mediorcor multiplayer. That seems to be the problem that no one seems to see.
Lies. Foy many games, such as the Battlefield series, WoW, LOTR, etc. you (or someone with a lot of money for a server) has to pay for it. In other cases where you don't have to pay, you have to have a rather inane amunt of computer knowledge and scritping in order to set-up a half decent server or match, and honestly, how many people can actually just do that? Not many, if PC gaming is anything to go by.Eagle Est1986 said:
XBL still wins for ease of use, reliabilty, effectiveness, community extras, overall content, and not costing more than $50 a year.
Quite simply, unless they want people to realise that playing PC games online is free and abandon XBox en masse, yes they should.
It's been my theory for a while now that Microsoft is trying to make a console so terrible people will buy more PCs, but failed when people actually liked it.
It's been my theory for a while now that Microsoft is trying to make a console so terrible people will buy more PCs, but failed when people actually liked it.
You do know of course that Microsoft has a step-by-step guide to setting up XBL right? Seriously, XBL is basically: Turn 360 on. Connect to XBL. Inpuit required info. Wait for a few minutes. Play Online.
PSN has another 6 steps or so, depending on if you even have a network, much less what kind it is.
PSN has another 6 steps or so, depending on if you even have a network, much less what kind it is.
The playstation network is free, so why isn't xbox live? Mind you I have never play on the psn so I dont know how fast it is or what the connection quality is like. However I still think its should be free or atleast a reduced price.
I say it should be because they get a lot of money just from the things you can buy at the marketplaces.
After using the online capabilities of all three consoles of this generation, I've found Xbox LIVE to provide the best experience for me. It's been consistently reliable while I've been playing so I don't really mind paying a couple dollars a month to keep it going.
Yes, but it is unrealistic the way it is structured now (right now I am assuming that all servers are owned and operated by Microsoft). The service should be more akin to Steam, in that Microsoft just acts as a portal into privately owned servers. Maybe have a paid service to access "Microsoft only" servers.
Seeing how playing online is free on every other platform i think it should.
(yeah i know, MMO's but thats not just servers, it's also lots of content)
Having to pay not only for your connection, but also for using it is one of the main reasons i won't get an 360.
(yeah i know, MMO's but thats not just servers, it's also lots of content)
Having to pay not only for your connection, but also for using it is one of the main reasons i won't get an 360.
I think it should be free because everything in the store costs Gamerpoints, which in my world is called a second job. I really don't want to play games to earn games because it gets too competitive and that's how you stay a social reject and bow down to the 4th coming of a Germany uprising, controlled by Microsoft.
Which brings me to my next point, everything in the store should be free or have to pay for, because Microsoft has enough to buy a country, why should we pay when either way it ends that they are rich enough to fix the economic crisis.
Soon Microsoft will control everything.
Which brings me to my next point, everything in the store should be free or have to pay for, because Microsoft has enough to buy a country, why should we pay when either way it ends that they are rich enough to fix the economic crisis.
Soon Microsoft will control everything.