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Posted by: tha man
Posted by: SweetTRIX
Posted by: tha man
Microsoft has no no reason to spike up the price, none.
And you know this how exactly? You have access to MS overhead/operational costs concerning XBL do you? You know just what they sink into it, and that it does't necessitate a subcriptions fee to maintain? The fact of the matter is that you know -blam!- aside from it costs an amount of money that you don't feel it should.*
Yea, it comes off as rather stupid that a paid service also has ads, but once again we don't know if the ads may be there to off-set another possible raise. Despite fanboy logic, Sony and Nintendo offering a free service (at a loss, I might add) is not an indicator that MS is ripping people off.
Ahhh, the "WHY DON'T YOU STEP IN THEIR SHOES!" statement. . . I love how people/fanboys use that to sympathize with anything. I don't know much but I know Activision/EA/Ubisoft/WheteverPublisher Inc give enough ($40,000) for a single update. Oh, I also know the fact Microsoft is one of the biggest corporations in the world. Infact with all the crap they are willing to develop, (Kinect/Windows Phone/Surface or whatever their tablet is). I'm pretty sure their original $50 met demands.
You should really take a look at the quarterly earning reports, for all three manufacturers. It may give you an idea as to why certain things cost what they do.
By the way, I never did say MS is ripping people off. A rip off is The War Z.
There's a difference between a reasonable increase compared to a "rip off".
You stated they had no reason to bump the price, so what were you implying? My statement actually has no fanboy sentiment in it whatsoever, i'm just annoyed at these type of comments that show strong ignorance of how product costing works.