Some good news for our gamers out there: Microsoft has dropped the yearly fee of the "Live Gold Subscription Card" to $29.97 yearly (from $49.99). And back in July ’08 the Live service was made free to PC users.
For those of you out there that think paying for gaming on an Xbox (or any console) is a bit ridiculous, it isn’t. This is a natural progression of gaming where the "replayability" of games these days heavily depends on the ability to play with friends. This is part of the reason why older games like Counter-Strike (where the stats speak for themselves), Starcraft and Diablo II still command a huge audience. Without the team-play ability from the internet, none of these games would be played as much as they are now. The fact you can connect up to the internet and have team-play is a huge attraction.
$30 yearly is a good sweet spot for this type of gaming (i.e. console gaming). It translates to $2.50 monthly and that’s a bargain.
If the subscription cost was a source of concern for you concerning the Xbox console, that’s definitely not the case any longer.
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Awesome! I already have the $60 Live card, but I haven’t activated it yet. My brother’s been wanting to get one for himself, but didn’t want to spend that much on it (and therefore, kept bugging me to activate my card, but I don’t want to yet, for various reasons).
Thanks for posting this, Rich. Otherwise, I likely never would have noticed.
PS3 is still free and it should stay free. The games are expensive as it is.
I think the title is miss leading, I think the price drop is only on amazon and is not a price drop my Microsoft.
This is from what I have read so Im not trying to flame.
Where is the deal on Amazon? I cannot find it.