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Quad08

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So nice to see the trolls and flamers come out to play :)

OT: What I'm paying for must be working because I rarelly] experienced a laggy match in an online game, and when I do, its usually due to a person quiting or having a low bandwidth connection
 

brucelee13245

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thats a shame that sony is going to start charging.that was one of the main reasons i got a ps3 originally!
 

brunothepig

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Because Microsoft hates you. I hear the PSN network is totally free (confirmation anyone?) so I think I shall be getting that before a 360.
 

tmujir955

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MMMowman said:
Reuq said:
thiosk said:
Three cheers for PC!

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Three cheers for PC!

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Um, isn't it hooray? Oh, I forgot that PC gamers are dumbasses.

Please don't kill me. I was being sarcastic! See!? SEE!?

 

stone0042

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A.) Because they can, and we can't do anything about it. It's a capitalistic business, it's kinda what they do. Not condoning it, but it's true
B.) One could say that the cost is to cover the price to maintain and set up the network and the cost of new developments, but we all know that the revenue vastly outweighs this.
 

Virulain

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Also, keep in mind that consoles are sold at a loss, as demonstrated by the Escapist's story on the Pentagon buying a crapload of PS3s because buying a PS3 is cheaper than buying the equivalent computing part they wanted. Here's the story at Popular Mechanics, too. [http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/4267979.html]

In essence, they have to make up the cost of the hardware, MAINTENANCE, the console's software, the network's software, and the storage and bandwidth which allows you to retrieve data (including downloading games, downloading demos, and checking out others' user profiles). And probably some other things which I don't know about, and may have been covered above. I'm only listing what I know without needing to go source, because this is common sense stuff. Sony is trying to recoup on the PS3 through game sales, licensing, and peripheral sales, but is still taking a loss (and as of Dec. 14, according to Gamasutra [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26498/iSuppli_PS3_Rapidly_Approaching_Profitability_As_Costs_Decline.php]) they still haven't begun to break even.

Meanwhile, Microsoft only started profiting from the 360 in, I believe, the 2nd fiscal quarter of 2008 (Joystiq does a lame blurb [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/the-xbox-turns-a-profit/]), though the console was released in late November of 2005.

But the more notable thing here is that we consumers complain as though we have a right to not pay for entertainment services... There's no such thing as a free lunch.
 

phar

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ITT people justifying that XBL cheap to have and that its fine to pay



this forums changed a bit, like 6-12 months ago you said anything about how bad paying for xbl is you got flamed.
 

ejb626

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They call it Micro$oft for a reason

In all honesty though only $50 a year is pretty reasonable for multiplayer that is pretty reliable sure you'll still suffer through a night of throat-scarring yelling and tears of frustration after going 0-7 on a game of MW2, not me...of couse but other people.
 

Manhattan2112

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internetzealot1 said:
You know the updates that XBL gets periodically? Someone had to make those.
Oh yeah, you mean the updates that never seem to do anything, and only take up my time? Yeah I know those.
 

Firia

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WanderFreak said:
It's less a question of "why is Microsoft charging" and more a question of why isn't Sony.
Since the topic is focused on Microsoft, perhaps the better question is "where is that money going?" Sony is another topic altogether. Why is easy to answer. But specificly how that money is being spent in connection with the service would be nice to know.
 

HeartlessHero

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It's a profitting plan where they get exclusive games on the 360 and yeah you get the point they just want money. I have a 360 but no online because I'm broke.
 

Mcupobob

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Because Bill Gates need enough money to fill his soild gold swimming pool.

Jeez when will people think about the less forturnit.
 

Laxman9292

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Knight Templar said:
It has more features, party chat for example. Well thats the excuse, I don't know how true it is.

I wish it didn't cost as much as it did, but I think it's worth the money. I've played on both Wii online and PSN and XboxLive is just the easiest one to use.
That is because the Wii online is a joke in itself. It is quite possibly the most unintuitive thingI have ever had the misfortune to use. I have not used PSN but I am assuming it is not as good because it is free.