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Xbox Live Pricing Revealed

Posted by simoniker on from the pay-to-play dept.

Xs writes "For those of you wondering how much it will cost to play online when your year of free Xbox Live runs out, listen up. Microsoft has just unveiled their pricing plan for Xbox Live. Pretty cheap, too! You will be given two options: one is to pay for a full year of service, that will cost you $49.99. Second option is to pay by the month, that will set you back $5.99 a month. The Xbox Live starter kit is also getting a new price of $69.99. Plus, MS will also start selling the voice communicators by themselves - they'll retail for $29.99." Sounds like a pretty good deal.

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  1. Re:Communicators by Babbster · · Score: 2, Informative
    The headset that comes with the Xbox Communicator has a standard 2.5-mm "stereo" (in/out channels instead of left/right) plug. IMO, the headset that comes with Xbox Live is a piece of garbage. Fortunately, I have a couple of much nicer headsets that work just fine with the Communicator module.

    To answer your question more directly, no, the headset won't work out of the box with a standard PC sound card where you need two 1/8" connectors. I'm sure there are adapters that could make it work but you can get much better headsets and cheaper.

    The primary reason to buy the Xbox Live Communicator hardware is to get the adapter that plugs into the controller. I suppose the headset works for some people, but the fact that it uses a standard jack means that you don't have to settle.