New Xbox Live Pricing Revealed

NiteStar writes "The new packages and pricing of the Xbox LIVE Gold service have been leaked. The 'Premium Gold' 12 month pack, retailing at 70USD, will include the Gold Xbox LIVE subscription, a communicator headset, "Billiards" Xbox LIVE Arcade game, $20 discount on a games purchase and 200 points in the Xbox LIVE marketplace. The 'Gold' 12months will just include the subscription and an extra free month for 60USD/year. Packages for 3months and 1month will also be available."

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Re:MOD PARENT UP

[CurtDogg]

Actually, all you can do for free is keep a friends list, voice chat, and WATCH the online games. You won't be able to play online without getting the Gold package.

Re:MOD PARENT UP

[XenoRyet]

From the Xbox 360 Fact Sheet:

Connect your Xbox 360 to your broadband connection and get instant access to Xbox Live Silver. Express your digital identity through your Gamertag and gamer card, talk with others using voice chat, and access Xbox Live Marketplace--all right out of the box, at no extra cost. Upgrade to Xbox Live Gold and enter the exciting world of multiplayer online gaming.

So your 360 will technicaly be online out of the box, however you will still need to pay to be able to play online.

Mod parent DOWN

[Anonymous Coward]

(Posting anonymously since I already moderated in this topic.)

From: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/onlinespecs.htm

Xbox Live Silver level

Create an online Gamer Profile
Access the Xbox Live Marketplace
Engage in voice and text messaging
Talk to a single friend at a time using voice chat
Receive video messages from Gold level members
Access massively multiplayer online games (additional fees may apply)

Xbox Live Gold level

Paid level of service
All the features of Silver level, and additionally:
o Play multiplayer games online
o Video chat
o Multiplayer online tournaments
o Participate in Xbox Live online programming, such as Game with Fame, Play and Win, and Prime Time activities

Re:God some people are stupid.

[Delphiki]

All this adds up, i could build you a 800 dollar computer that would put any online console game into the 'shit' category.

For about a year, at which point it's just an average computer, and after another year new games start to run sluggishly. A console on the other hand tends to get better over the life of the console, because the games for it tend to get better but run just as smoothly.

But hey, here's a thought. Let's use some logic before we even get to that quest. Let's take the $500 console. Wait, it's $400. So let's buy a memory card. Wait, don't need one. Already got a HDD in the $400 package. Ok, let's buy a hard drive. Wait, already got one in the $400 package. Need more controllers. Wait, PC games require an extra PC for each additional player, so the $50 more for an extra wireless controller is going to cost less than the price of an extra PC, so there isn't much point in factoring that in for comparison purposes. So what's next? Overpriced games? $60 for a Xbox360 game, $55 for HL2 and Doom 3 at launch, wasn't it? Yes, those console games sure are a rip off. A network adapter! Oh wait, built in. A television... wait, already have one of those, along with everyone else in America. A video adapter (I'm assuming you mean the cables). Cables for HDTV and regular TV are included in the $400 package. So, what's our total price so far? $400 plus the cost of games. And you can build a gaming PC for what was that again? $800 plus the price of games?

So how about I buy an Xbox 360 and build a $300 PC that can do everything but play games just as well as your $800 PC?