Thread: $100/Year for Live?

Quote: Originally Posted by Dragun I wasn't suggesting they do that...I was just saying I can see another more premium tier than Gold being added to make extra money. Sorry about that, must have misread it.

I know it's Pachter who is crazy. But his predictions make for entertaining and interesting conversations. Plus at this point, I really wouldn't put it passed MS to raise the price of Live. Especially since they are adding more and more features to Gold accounts.

Quote: Originally Posted by hittman782 I have to disagree with the "platinum" subscription idea, I already pay netflix extra to stream it to my home, i shouldnt have to pay microsoft extra to do it through my box. If microsoft does jump the cost up to $100, i will build myself a new PC with an HDMI out, hook it up to my plasma, and game from that. I wasn't suggesting they do that...I was just saying I can see another...

The thing is, Microsoft doesn't have to raise the price. They already did. It now costs money to play dress up with new Barbie clothes. Is everyone paying that money? No. But it doesn't cost them any existing subscribers that a rate hike might. The revenue stream is in the funny money, not the subscription. (And anyone paying the going rate for Live and complains about it isn't really interested in lowering their expense. There...

If they had a 'premium' tier, then it better come with a hot chick that comes to my house at least once a-week for blowjob and sex.

Quote: Originally Posted by SilverFireshot Other than playing online obviously, Netflix is the only other Gold feature I really use and I can use PlayOn to stream that. So, I'm not really sure I could justify $100 a year just to play online. I'd probably go back to playing online games on the PC if this turns out to be true. If this turns out to be true I will be hanging up my controller and pulling a CrazyUncleDave and quitting...

Xbox Live's major competition is "free". They are not going to raise the price of Live for no reason. Patcher is a goon as usual. He made this prediction simply because people would notice his name.

Great Jebus, I hope they don't. I'd probably end up keeping it so I can keep the chat function (Much better than AIM and Skype...), GTA:IV, and ODST with my bud. But I would certainly mourn the money lost...

Quote: Originally Posted by Twilight_Miasma If MS raised the price for Live $100/year, then I'm done with gold membership. I'd definitely consider doing so myself if this happened.

I always just find a way to weasel my way out of paying full price for live every year (winning contests, buying that useless camera, etc). But yeah, $100 is really steep and I don't see it happening. Microtransactions really are their way of subliminally charging more.