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Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions 29.97 Amazon

Can it be true? Has Amazon and team Xbox combined forces and headed the call that so many Silver members have been baying for since the inception of Sony's [very free service] PSN? Matt Peckham at PCWorld think that this could be a stay of execution for paid subscription fee as a whole. The big argument is whether this is a 'come-to-Jesus' moment for Microsoft Xbox. Are they getting a smidge nervous waiting for PS3 to drop their console price or is this just a means to entice those Silver members?

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Bob Dole6358d ago

"The big argument is whether this is a 'come-to-Jesus' moment for Microsoft Xbox."

No argument, it still costs so it's not.

ACEMANWISE6358d ago

It's good to see competition from both the PS3 and 360. It's probably the only driving force to keep us gamers happier as the days go by.

Kushan6358d ago

It keeps some of us happier, yeah, but it seems to stress out others!

IdleLeeSiuLung6358d ago

The $30 Xbox Live Gold annual membership has been going on at numerous etailers numerous times at buy.com and walmart.com. I think this is an effort from MS to bolster their Gold subscription numbers. After all the investments into Live, the rest is pure profit with an extremely high profit margin.

BRG90006358d ago

I think it's more likely that these retailers are selling the cards at zero profit to attract gamers to their sites, where they'll be likely to buy games which have a pretty high profit margin for retailers.

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Captain Tuttle6358d ago

Hopefully this becomes a trend.

Smudge26266358d ago

It's already back to $42.79, they didn't last long at that price.

TheROsingleB6358d ago

Glad I picked up two of them yesterday! :)

Captain Tuttle6358d ago

Yeah, I got mine through Wal-Mart for $30 a couple of weeks ago.

ActionBastard6358d ago

How much do they have a PSN membership for? :p

crck6358d ago

I can afford Gold easy but I think its wrong for MS to charge for the "privilege" to play the games I've already purchased. Not to mention making Silver members wait an extra week for demos now. Stripping things away from Silver members has pushed me further away from Gold if anything.

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer59d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde57d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy57d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12557d ago (Edited 57d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

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Cockney61d ago

Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

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Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

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