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Xbox Live subscription reduced to $30 USD

by Stevie Smith - Jan 19 2009, 06:17

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Cha0s216Jan 19th, 2009 - 06:45:55

Figured i would go by my xbox handle seeing as it pertains, but Microsoft sure pulled a fast one waited for the rush of live sales after the holidays then cut the prices, Great going Microsoft just got my subscription no more the two weeks ago and now you lower the prices. Where is my refund!!

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SteveR - TTHJan 19th, 2009 - 06:57:22

@Cha0s216

Have you contacted them for one? I'd say you have a hell of a case. If you do contact them, let us know what they tell you.

-Steve

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packratt64Jan 19th, 2009 - 07:09:35

Umm, hello, XBOX Live's attractiveness to consumers doesn't have anything to do with price. It has to do with the fact that there are 17 million registered members. This is why Playstation Network, or Home, or whatever the hell they're calling it now, has been a colossal failure. Sony still can't deliver exclusive good games (good games tuned for online play), and it won't match Microsoft's user base until the console price falls.

This is rather like Microsoft Office as the killer app for Microsoft Windows. M$ makes a killing on Office, which in turn funds Windows development--people are willing to pay for Office because everyone uses it. A similar system is in place with the XBox and XBox 360. Why do you think Microsoft was willing to sell the original XBox at a loss? They were making a killing on Xbox Live, which people are willing to pay for because everyone uses it.

I'm all for the price cut, though I won't be able to take advantage of it for a few months yet. Please, though, don't pretend that Sony has a competitive online offering. It doesn't.

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XXXMonkeyJan 19th, 2009 - 07:18:48

@Chaos... It's not an official Microsoft price cut, it's an Amazon sale reduction. The article makes that clear.

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XXXMonkeyJan 19th, 2009 - 07:23:26

Also, @packratt... Sony's PlayStation Network is already matching Xbox Live when it comes to registered users (on a free service that's many years younger than Xbox Live), which certainly makes it a competitive platform in my eyes -- and probably in Microsoft's too.

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JonJan 19th, 2009 - 07:37:33

I have a subscription too, I rarely am online anymore though. Whats funny is the silver membership allows you to go online so you can be bombarded by micro trying to sell something. I look at is as downloading demos saves me a lot of money not buying a crappy game until i have tried it. Thats were the money saved spend money saved is.

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DavidJan 19th, 2009 - 16:47:21

Great news, I just ordered three, my sons and mine expire in March, and my wifes new arcade 360 (Xmas gift this year) only had a one month trial which expires in two weeks.

great timing for me, thanks Amazon

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badboyJan 20th, 2009 - 01:51:01

lmao....looks like Microsoft ship is start sinking..

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Matthew DoucetteJan 23rd, 2009 - 11:16:55

Where's the link? Where do we go to buy it? I am on Amazon.com and do not see the deal.

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