Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Xbox Live Goes Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-what-are-the-games dept.

abhikhurana writes " Internetnews is reporting that Microsoft has launched Xbox Live broadband gaming service. To access Microsoft's service, Xbox gamers have to buy a $49.99 starter kit, which includes 12 month's worth of access to the Xbox Live service and a headset kit for voice communications. Microsoft said that about 16 games with online play capabilities will be available by the end of the year. So has anyone already tried it? If so, what do you think about it?"

2 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. It will be $13/Mo after 1st year. XBox Live = DEAD by Viewsonic · · Score: 1, Troll

    And that doesn't even include the MONTHLY fee's to play games like Phantasy Star online, or any other large RPGs that will be charging a monthly fee! Talk about a great way to lose money and kill your console!

  2. You paid to play PC games on your TV on a PC... by Viewsonic · · Score: 1, Troll

    You sir are hilarious.. Just play these on your home PC instead of your slow Celeron PC called the XBox.. Next year the service is going to cost $13/month... Have fun.. PC games are free unless yer playing RPGs.