Xbox LIVE – should we pay for online gaming?

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The most ironic thing here is that the free console service (PSN) offers a significant number of games with dedicated servers (MAG, Warhawk, Killzone2, SOCOM), whereas the charged service (XBL) is predominantly peer-to-peer. So depending on what you play, you can actually have a better online gaming experience on the free network than on the charged one. I’d have no issues if the XBL charge guaranteed dedicated servers for games, but charging for what is provided for free (and sometimes better) on other platforms (PC, PS3, **** online gaming is free on PSP as well, lol!) is just fleecing customers because they’re locked into the 360 through achievements and their mates being on there.

The online experience is part of the game and I shouldn’t have to pay for it .

I’m more than happy with my sub-par free PSN account.

Sure it’s not as reliable as some competitors, but all i need is here, and in the right amounts.

People keep bringing up “how unreliable the PSN is” yet I have never experienced lag or other issues with it (except for schedule server maintenance times). IT’S FREE and it works great! The PS3 and PSN rule!

I pay for XBL, and i’ll gladly keep paying.
Look were PSN has got you, lockdown and possibly had all your credit info stolen.

Am I right in saying that MS actually employs people to monitor their systems 24/7 so this would be unlikly to happen on there.

Good luck playing anything online guy’s.

Do you have to pay to play games online using the PC? No, excluding MMOs which rightly occur a monthly cost because they do host large servers. Counterstrike, UT, Left4Dead, TF2, starcraft.. for decades PC gamers have played games online using privately hosted and public servers hosted and advertised in multiple different ways.

A fee to log in to windows live and use it’s pretty useless features.. fine.. but you should still be able to direct join servers without paying a fee to microsoft. Microsoft should be providing the hardware (ie the console) and the operating system on it. It should be capable of using any number of none proprietory protocols and allow games to connect to servers hosting a game.

Its pathetic and exemplifies why consoles are inferior to gaming on the PC.. proprietory, expensive, rubbish. Paying a console manufacturer for the ability to connect to a 3rd party, or friend’s server? Absurd! Its like paying a monthly fee to netgear because they built your lan port or router.

I would also like to point out: console games and peripherals are significantly more expensive than PC.. ergo; you are paying more to then have to pay monthly to do less than a PC offers with reduced graphics because console hardware is quickly outdated.

I think Xbox live should be free or at least a little bit cheap because i just spent £200 on an Xbox 360 S and £90 on a hard drive so in total i have spent £50 more than my brother (who has a PS3) and he also gets Internet for free when Xbox you have to pay and extra £30 a year not just £30 but £30 a year which adds up. We have to pay to have internet access anyway ( £5 a month) so we are basically paying for something we already have and this is just another way for Xbox to squeeze money out of us. If Microsoft want to make money from Internet then why don’t they just make their own broadband.
If Xbox live was like £10 or cheaper a year then you would have a whole load more people getting an Xbox. I have loads of friends that had Gold membership but it has just expired and now they are sticking with silver because they are not prepared to pay anymore money for something they already have!!!!!

I think when playing online it should be free you should not have to pay online for a game that you purchased I mean you buy the console you buy the game you’ve done your duties as a customer it should only be fair and reasonable to at least be able to have free access to play online and free things are just as good as paid and sometimes even better I think Microsoft does this because they do not have any other console in their video game department and do this to earn more money which would result in them making profits and therefore they would not need another console to out perform their rivals in revenue I think they’re really smart and this idea is sly and ingenious but in the end it all depends on the person whether if he wants to pay of have free access to the online content

Take the ‘Call of Duty’ Modern Warfare series – Has anyone actually bought any of these games Not for online play? I serious doubt it as the game in comparision to the online gaming has little similarity.Technically it’s just the same as buying an online game but having the boot disc in your system then connecting online – I personally am waiting for Wii U and praying they do not go down the route of charging for online stuff – on the Wii they have a good system already in play – and if someone is hacking or scamming the game – (you get people camping on all systems!) just logg out and log back in – join a clan and hunt down the campers.. he he he

Just take the xbox controller… Worst ever. That’s enough. I dont buy that **** . and pay for online gaming. oh jesus crist.

BUY PS3 – BE A PRO – LOOK FORWARD TO BIG LIVE EVENTS.

i dont get why ppl buy that xbox ****…

I been paying for gold for a while now and don’t see what I’m paying for,plus my bro has a ps3 and doesn’t have to pay , hearing these stories about xbox I think I’m going ps3 cause microsoft is ripping people off , what should happen is there should be free with basics and gold with all the other options Good bye xb0x.

The business name is Xbox 360… John Xbox. ROFL

Yes, I believe to play online should be free. However I think the reason it is not free, is so they can have quality games and quality online gamin. They also put ads where as some of ther money comes from,so gold is just another way for then to get more money in their pokets.

why should you pay for xbox live when you allready pay for sky netflix lovefilm and your internet porvider its about time we had it for free like ps3 and wii now

why not just go PC. you can buy your games in one of the many steam sales, download the game and then play it online with your friends. it has easy access to all of your games and there are many other features like steam workshop where you can share your own mods or download ones other people have made. maybe you want to chat to someone, you can use skype, or better yet use teamspeak where 32 people can talk with each-other over the internet whilst playing games, completely free. everything xbox live has for £40 a year is free on a PC.

If online gaming is going to be compulsory in the near future, I’m going to destroy my 360 soon! Why should I pay a subscription to Microsoft for the privilege of playing their game AFTER I have paid good money buying their newest games? I am a casual gamer as time is limited for me to play, but I used to always buy the latest games, but not any more thanks to your stupid online only policy! And I almost bought an Xbox one lately, phew that would have been a mistake! This is just another con to see how much the corporate monsters can squeeze from us, well as the saying goes ‘ I’ve had enough and I’m not going to take it any more!’ lol. Goodbye Microsoft, it was fun while it lasted.

My argument is the fact they force you to pay yet still allow aimbot and wallhack etc to thrive, reporting does nothing even with evidence so in effect they are not offering you a 100% service for the money

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