Sell me Xbox Live - what will it do for me?

oldschool, for the record, my persona on the forums is usually idiotic at best. you can check my history an see how stupid my posts are, you may get some lulz out of them.

nothing personal, just trying to make light through something dark.

btw, welcome to the overly defensive and angry xbox 360 owner's club?...

Owning all 3 systems I think i can comment on any and all of the above statements. Before I do i'll say that getting a Gold account without decent access to an online component is pointless; Gold is simply multiplayer. If you cannot play multiplayer due toyour connection then Gold is a waste and you should stick to silver until you can find a better connection.

Speaking on the whole Microsoft brainwashing campaign I'll say I disagree i much perfer microsofts online capabilities then that of sony or nintendo's. Being free doesnt always mean good and with microsoft i feel im paying for qualit services i rarely have slowdowns while playing my xbox but my  ps3 is totally different story as is my wii. I feel 50$ a month, just recently reduced to 39.99, is a small price to pay for a yearlong subscription to QUALITY service plus all the additional features related to it. Although the ps3 is free i find mines continiously collecting dust unless i want to stream videos. In no way am i outright bashing any system I use them all for different purposes I just enjoy my GAMING on my 360.

yes, even the Wii Wankers aren't safe.

Yeah, people should never exagerate even when they obviously already acknowledge exceptions exist, and they're simply against them, otherwise they get attacked by douches. Don't exagerate on teh internetz plx.

Yeah, it is an exageration, and XBL is an acknowledged exception. Always contradicts that if you take it so literally after all. Fact is, Microsoft brought online gaming to consoles in a big way (yeah, SEGA did it first etc, didn't catch on outside PSO and a few other games and the console failed anyway etc) and by asking for pay, they made it appear like standard practice, and many people consider it so when the truth is there are far more examples of companies offering such services for free, even if there's the odd one that's charged for it in the past, or even the present.

"Yeah, it is an exageration, and XBL is an acknowledged exception. Always contradicts that if you take it so literally after all. Fact is, Microsoft brought online gaming to consoles in a big way (yeah, SEGA did it first etc, didn't catch on outside PSO and a few other games and the console failed anyway etc) and by asking for pay, they made it appear like standard practice, and many people consider it so when the truth is there are far more examples of companies offering such services for free, even if there's the odd one that's charged for it in the past, or even the present."

It's as simple as this, unless you plan on playing games online (or have that option available to you) or if you need to get demos the week they are released instead of a week or so later, then there is no reason for you to get XBL.  Microsoft knows that not everyone needs Live which is why silver accounts exist. You can still download games, updates and patches but you don't need to pay the $80 for an unnecessary service for your needs.  You'd be better served purchasing a bunch of Arcade titles than tossing your money away on XBL.  Microsoft would love you just as much.

PenguinDust, why are you paying $80 for Live?

"PenguinDust, why are you paying $80 for Live?"

Yikes.

"Yeah, it is an exageration, and XBL is an acknowledged exception. Always contradicts that if you take it so literally after all. Fact is, Microsoft brought online gaming to consoles in a big way (yeah, SEGA did it first etc, didn't catch on outside PSO and a few other games and the console failed anyway etc) and by asking for pay, they made it appear like standard practice, and many people consider it so when the truth is there are far more examples of companies offering such services for free, even if there's the odd one that's charged for it in the past, or even the present."

"its obvious oldschool has never had any intention on geting xbox live and i doubt any of us will change his mind since hes still debating with people about it."

It's only obvious in your twisted mind, his question was valid, genuine, and several people responded decently to help him decide, or were otherwise helpful for any future possibilities if his situation changes, like the post above this one. And without making a fuss over him being a little snarky or because he wasn't 1000% satisfied with the offered features and the price of the available options.

Find a 1 year subscription card somewhere for shit cheap. Or save your dollas.

Uh, I think some of those are single player only and just have the live icon for other features. But I may be wrong. I had Mass Effect on PC and didn't notice any MP options, lol. Maybe they list it for the available DLC, which I guess you can get with just silver.

Xbox Live Gold lets you...play games online...with friends. So if you don't want to do that, don't buy it. You know what you should try? Buy a month, or even 3 months of Xbox Live (with a prepaid card), and try it out. Obviously if you don't like it, don't renew your membership after the expiration date.

"Karmum said:

"Xbox Live Gold lets you...play games online...with friends. So if you don't want to do that, don't buy it. You know what you should try? Buy a month, or even 3 months of Xbox Live (with a prepaid card), and try it out. Obviously if you don't like it, don't renew your membership after the expiration date."

True.  Which is exactly why I should see just how multiplayer games actually work with my internet connection, whilst I have the one month trial.

I am getting the feeling though, that because I don't play shooting games, most of the 'good' multiplayer games are not part of my games life.  Looking at my games, the ones that have online multiplayer are:

Star Trek Legacy (are there still enough trekker geeks out the to play?)

PGR3 (it's old, will there be anyone still playing it?)

Naruto Rise of a Ninja (surely there are 12 year old Naruto fans out there to kick my arse?)

Enchanted Arms (seems fairly limited and does anyone still play it?)

Halo Wars (surely there people playing this?)

Not a great range of choices for online.

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Nothing that isn't free somewhere else.  Sure there is the marketplace but all other consoles have a similar function.