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Xbox Live Pricing To Go Up To $60 Per Year

Posted by Soulskill on from the nickles-and-dimes dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Microsoft has raised the annual price of Xbox Live Gold to $60, which is a price hike of $10. The new price goes into effect on November 1, but gamers can lock in the current Xbox Live price by renewing now. EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich is not surprised by the move, nor does he think it will really have much impact on the Xbox momentum."

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  1. Makes Sense by chazchaz101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, with the price of gold these days...

    1. Re:Makes Sense by rainmouse · · Score: 2, Funny

      Its like they say. Girlfriends are for people who cannot afford Xbox live memberships.

  2. Re:deh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    And that sir, is why you didn't make FP.

  3. Re:Perhaps you've never heard of saturation by stagg · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are only so many people that want game consoles. The idea that their sales will go up and up forever is silly.

    Although they did try to address this with a 50%+ failure rate in the first year...

  4. Re:One of the reasons I bought a PS3 by arkane1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Add in that the Nintendo Wii does the same as the PS3, and this makes the XBox Live price increase ludicrously laughable. I just shake my head and laugh whenever someone asks me why I don't have an XBox after I tell them I don't.

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