The True Australian Xbox Experience
By DarkArmada 3 Comments
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Do Microsoft offer any real value for Australians?
As a foreword to this little rant of mine, let me say that Xbox LIVE has been my service of choice since its meek beginning in Australia some years ago. I have had special online time with my PC and although free to access and is provided with a lot more customization than a typical console based online service, I’ve always preferred the “plug and play” mentality of Xbox LIVE, it’s excellent end-to-end feeling has always made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
You get what you pay for.
It’s a fairly straight forward concept, one that is utilized by sales people the world over and is a common explanation for “is this really worth the money” type questions. In Australia we pay $AUD79.95 per year (RRP) for access to Xbox LIVE. For reference, that is about $6.66 per month (spooky) and just under $1.54 per week. This year, we’ll have paid just 0.22 per day to access Xbox LIVE. Why does this matter? For starters, let’s remember that Xbox LIVE is not considered an “item” or a real-world-goods we can hold in our hands, it is simply a service. Secondly, we do not have local access to Xbox LIVE, we run off of the US Marketplace servers.