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Subject: So Has Microsoft Justified the $10 bump up to Xbox Live?

Recon Number 54 -
If they are still looking, then while holding the snarl, I let drool start to drip from my mouth, I stand, curl my fingers into claws and with a hunched over crouch, I then make slow and deliberate steps towards them. When I get close enough, I let them hear my agonized and gasping growls and then, if they continue to stare, when I get within arm's reach? I kiss them on the nose, and run away giggling.


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Posted by: culexus
Good thing I bought another year before this increase because it is looking less and less likely that I'll be buying an XBL membership for 2014...


They increased the price about a year ago... maybe even longer.


Well Dollars to Pounds is not easy to convert on the spot. Either way it is losing value with every spammy advert and timed dlc.

(Even though I get the DLC early it still sucks not being able to get it on PC for a month)

  • 01.03.2013 4:07 PM PDT

Meepzoid


Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: tsujen
Hasn't it been $60 for a while?
At least a year, maybe two. OP is just a little slow.


No, I just never really hear how no one thinks it's an outrage, I reckon you wouldn't care, you named yourself after a retired employee of Microsoft...

  • 01.03.2013 4:07 PM PDT

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash

Did you stop and think that maybe they increased the price to help pay for funding of a new project, OP? You know, like possibly a new console that's been rumored to have been in production for quite some time now?

  • 01.03.2013 4:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: tha man

Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: tsujen
Hasn't it been $60 for a while?
At least a year, maybe two. OP is just a little slow.


No, I just never really hear how no one thinks it's an outrage, I reckon you wouldn't care, you named yourself after a retired employee of Microsoft...
there are threads on this all the time. And bill gates is still at Microsoft, he's the chairman

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  • 01.03.2013 4:10 PM PDT


Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: tha man
It's not worth the investment, but alas, I pay for it because I want to play with my friends online.
These two sentences contradict each other. You obviously enjoy playing with your friends online, so it's worth the investment to you.

And you can always find better deals than the list price. Target and Best Buy sold 3 month cards for $10 during their Black Friday sales ($40 for 12 months). Only a fool pays the list price.


What he's trying to say is that he is willing to pay the extra price, but that the extra price isn't justifiable. He's still willing to pay it but it's unjustified.

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Hence why I moved to pc gaming cheaper in the long run

  • 01.03.2013 4:10 PM PDT


Posted by: tha man
I reckon you wouldn't care, you named yourself after a retired employee of Microsoft...
The name is coincidental. I don't pay for LIVE because (just as you "claim") it's not worth the money to me. I do most of my gaming on my PS3.

  • 01.03.2013 4:10 PM PDT


Posted by: ScottishSniper
Hence why I moved to pc gaming cheaper in the long run


Move to PS3 gaming. Cheapest of them all.

  • 01.03.2013 4:10 PM PDT

Price didn't go up here in Canada. Everywhere but America had the higher prices. On top of that, a lot of the services "we pay for" can't even be accessed outside of the US.

  • 01.03.2013 4:12 PM PDT

Meepzoid


Posted by: Mitochondrion


What he's trying to say is that he is willing to pay the extra price, but that the extra price isn't justifiable. He's still willing to pay it but it's unjustified.


THANK YOU!

I could hug you right now.

  • 01.03.2013 4:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Mitochondrion
What he's trying to say is that he is willing to pay the extra price, but that the extra price isn't justifiable. He's still willing to pay it but it's unjustified.
If he's willing to pay the money, it doesn't matter whether it's justifiable to him or not. Because people are still paying for the service, Microsoft sees it as justifiable in their eyes.

  • 01.03.2013 4:13 PM PDT

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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
What house has a rocket pod, has legs, and has a long narrow barrel that probably shoots something powerful?

Sounds like you're describing the lower half of my body, actually.


Posted by: Mitochondrion

Posted by: ScottishSniper
Hence why I moved to pc gaming cheaper in the long run


Move to PS3 gaming. Cheapest of them all.

Actually, PC gaming is.

  • 01.03.2013 4:13 PM PDT

Guide to immortality : Sleep with Life

I had a pretty big time thread once.

Here's me bragging about it.

Go to amazon

Get it for $35.

Mow some lawns to make the money back.


Is it a rip off? Yeah, but it sure is manageable.

  • 01.03.2013 4:14 PM PDT
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Inheritor #156 :p

Just go to costco, it's still $50 there. It's where I always buy my membership.

here ya go

  • 01.03.2013 4:15 PM PDT

Please stop complaining about the 'death of a loved one' it's my job. They probably deserved it anyways. Here's a warning, if you keep making pentagrams out of the neighbors livestock I will personally come to your house and kill everyone you love. Now leave me alone, I got to get back to work.
~M.D~

I bought it anyways, it's only 10$?

  • 01.03.2013 4:15 PM PDT

On the Left

Godshatter: I can go all the way with someone without being attracted to them.
CamCamm: How does that work?
Godshatter: I'm easily aroused by anything that moves. It's a curse.
Brain says 'No, that's ugly', body says 'ugly is fine with me'.


Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: tha man
It's not worth the investment, but alas, I pay for it because I want to play with my friends online.
These two sentences contradict each other. You obviously enjoy playing with your friends online, so it's worth the investment to you.

And you can always find better deals than the list price. Target and Best Buy sold 3 month cards for $10 during their Black Friday sales ($40 for 12 months). Only a fool pays the list price.

Agreed. The codes are always on sale. Miss the old price? Go to Amazon like the link

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  • 01.03.2013 4:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: BiII Gates
What's best for corporations is what is best for customers
That's what I just read.

  • 01.03.2013 4:16 PM PDT


Posted by: King Dutchy

Posted by: BiII Gates
What's best for corporations is what is best for customers
That's what I just read.
Let your money speak for you. Willingly paying for a service you feel is a rip off is a silly thing to do, and does nothing for your cause.

  • 01.03.2013 4:18 PM PDT


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Posted by: Mitochondrion

Posted by: ScottishSniper
Hence why I moved to pc gaming cheaper in the long run


Move to PS3 gaming. Cheapest of them all.

Actually, PC gaming is.

Why?

  • 01.03.2013 4:20 PM PDT


Posted by: BiII Gates
Posted by: Mitochondrion
What he's trying to say is that he is willing to pay the extra price, but that the extra price isn't justifiable. He's still willing to pay it but it's unjustified.
If he's willing to pay the money, it doesn't matter whether it's justifiable to him or not. Because people are still paying for the service, Microsoft sees it as justifiable in their eyes.


No they don't, they just don't much care is all...

Money matters, not justifying prices...

  • 01.03.2013 4:20 PM PDT


Posted by: tha man

Posted by: Mitochondrion


What he's trying to say is that he is willing to pay the extra price, but that the extra price isn't justifiable. He's still willing to pay it but it's unjustified.


THANK YOU!

I could hug you right now.


Okay *Hug*

  • 01.03.2013 4:21 PM PDT

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"Team shoot the wraith!"
"What's a team shoot and what's a wraith?!"
"It means we all shoot at the big blue thing together!"
"Okay!"
*starts betraying blue teammate*

Because they're a business.

  • 01.03.2013 4:22 PM PDT

One last goodbye before I take my .45
Shoot a hole in the sky, rip it open
And climb inside.

Nope. Give me free online and maybe I'll consider even plugging in my xbox again. Haven't touched it since I switched to PC.

  • 01.03.2013 4:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: King Dutchy

Posted by: BiII Gates
What's best for corporations is what is best for customers
That's what I just read.
Let your money speak for you. Willingly paying for a service you feel is a rip off is a silly thing to do, and does nothing for your cause.
I never said it was a rip-off.

  • 01.03.2013 4:24 PM PDT
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Inheritor #156 :p


Posted by: The Chiodos Bros
Nope. Give me free online and maybe I'll consider even plugging in my xbox again. Haven't touched it since I switched to PC.

You're paying monthly for your PC as well.... "Online" isn't free.

  • 01.03.2013 4:24 PM PDT