If these words ring True, here me out. We Have Been DUPED!
Microsoft No! Stop This! No more Bull Shit! No more Fees for Us being gamers!

This is getting so old.

You can tell who the xbl subscribers are here.

Pfft...suckers

When will people learn and simply stop paying? Just stop paying for it send a message that the gaming community has a limit.

lol psn still freee. GT5 ATW

You know what would help..if they'd just have a different version of some games w/o including online and reducing the price of the game by [X] amount for those people who don't play online.I mean that is the only fair way seeing that people are forced to pay $60 MSRP for the game itself yet they are unable to access part of the game unless they are forced to give M$ more money on top of paying for the game.

Well I'd seen this coming a year ago ! So I bought a bunch of cards from eBay and amazon for $30 and paid up to 2018 ! I know it's over kill but I couldn't pass up those deals ! So i don't care what MS does

How is Mass Effect going multiplat and a new controller bad news? Did you honestly lose sleep over either of those? Get the $40 discount and stock up on a few cards now and you'll never pay 60 bucks for Live. Get over yourself fanboy!!!

just how many people would switch to the 10$ a year online enabled xbl lite package if they released it....One without the non gaming perks like netflix, sky plus all the other stuff thats free everywhere else. MS's revenue would take a hit and that is why they will NEVER allow that...MS will use the fact that they added a whole load of other things just to mask the fact that you are paying extra to play the online components of the games you've already paid for.

@ murderdolls

Yes this is tired and old but it has to be said. Im not sure if MS will ever fold like they did with L4w on PC but keeping quiet about it or brushing it under the rug definitely wont make them take note. They'll keep telling the masses that the two services aren't comparable and that the things you get that everybody else and their dogs get for free are actually bonuses because of their ......integration. This is then backed up by the fanboys and some fans with an occasional 'but but x game chat'...like that somehow makes the service 60$ better *sigh* we all should just go to major nelsons website and demand dedicated servers on the few 1st/2nd party games they have as there's not that many or not too many for MS to cover the bill with the revenue gained by gold members myself included.

Sigh, it's a MS online gaming tax, the most BS tax amongst all the platforms.

u guys bitch and complain about way too much if u cant afford the measly extra 10 dollars then dont renew your subscription dont write a blog about it showing the world what kind of fuck tard you are extra 10 dollars is well worth the espn the hulu and the new video chat coming plus if u have media center u can record tv watch tv and do countless other things so get your panties out of a knot

"Xbox live fees only gain members access to pay for other items"

if the fools see that my AV n her ugly sisters p2p gaming and advertising hoe are gonna starve...

Because that must be the only reason the pricing for a service has changed only once in 8 years.

Funny how they announce the yearly fee to go up in price before the launch of the new Halo Reach game.

oh no ten dollars the world is gonna end........get a life its only ten dollars who really cares

its like gas....gas always goes up people cry about it but i still see them driving cars

... And people buy bottled water when they can get it free from the tap. To each their own, the value is subjective.

The way i see it

$8.99 1 Month / $107 a year
$19.99 3 Months / $80 a year
$59.99 12 Months / $59.99 a year

Now you cry babies feel stupid.

If it wouldn't be for what Sony offers, people wouldn't have such an outcry... personally I don't like paying another subscription ($60 or $25) on top of all the other subscriptions I have (especially since I pay for access to the internet) to game online, this is free on Sony's system, their paid service (PS+) allows some things earlier, and some extra content, the value of PS+ can be debated, and that's not what my point is... but we wouldnt have all these articles about how the price of XBOX is unjustified, since what most people use their XBOX for are free services on sony's system (Gaming, Netflix, last.fm, facebook, ETC)...

I think it just boils down to the Japanese business model vs the American one and the differences between them.

"some people wants to abuse you, some people like to be abused"

:)

You wanted to buy a system but didn't want wi-fi at the time for price reasons or need...no problem they can sell that to you later. You wanted to buy a system without a hard drive because you're a shithead...no problem they made a shithead version to hold the industry back and sold it cheaper. You wanted to play online but didn't want to pay just to be able to play online...well they decided after you chose the shithead version of the system that you really don't deserve choice because you'll end up making the wrong choice as always so you are forced to pay.