WHAT THE ****!? Xbox Live costing MORE in November!?

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Segatron Genesis... call me the wizard.
Besides launching the new features and titles, we will also be increasing the price of Gold membership on November 1, 2010. The new prices are as follows:

Old Price New Price
1-Month Gold Subscription $7.99 $9.99
3-Month Gold Subscription $19.99 $24.99
12-Month Gold Subscription $49.99 $59.99

:help :help :help :help

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/30/xbox-live-subscription-prices-to-rise-60-for-1-year-beginning/
 
Saw this through an email this morning.

My subscription was going to end on the 8th of September. So I bought a card from Amazon (even I don't pay the full $50.) Had I known this before I bought it, I would've let my subscription run out. Not paying for Live anymore out of principle. If I could get a refund for my current subscription, I would. But for now I have Live until next September.
 
Strubes said:
They'll bump it up again before you know it.
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That's the precedent I'm worried about. I was willing to stick up for $50 since that number hasn't really changed for years, but now, I can't condone paying more than that.

Sticking to Steam, and in the future a PS3, for my online needs.


UPDATE: Can't believe I missed this, but the 360 will have live streaming sports from ESPN. If I can watch my football and baseball games without having to pay for cable (and no local blackouts,) then this might not actually be a bad deal. I'd rather pay $60 a year than $60 a month for cable. Ugh, so torn right now!!! :(

Of course, for those of you who don't watch sports, it probably won't matter.
 
CreepinDeth said:
That's the precedent I'm worried about. I was willing to stick up for $50 since that number hasn't really changed for years, but now, I can't condone paying more than that.

Sticking to Steam, and in the future a PS3, for my online needs.


UPDATE: Can't believe I missed this, but the 360 will have live streaming sports from ESPN. If I can watch my football and baseball games without having to pay for cable (and no local blackouts,) then this might not actually be a bad deal. I'd rather pay $60 a year than $60 a month for cable. Ugh, so torn right now!!! :(

Of course, for those of you who don't watch sports, it probably won't matter.
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I'm pretty sure it's not ESPN or even ESPN 2 it's some other channel of ESPN that doesn't have major football or baseball games. I could be wrong.
 
Fr0dus Maximus said:
I'm pretty sure it's not ESPN or even ESPN 2 it's some other channel of ESPN that doesn't have major football or baseball games. I could be wrong.
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that's what I'm trying to find out. It's ESPN3.com programming. I'm also trying to figure out if you need a compatible ISP, since I believe that's required for ESPN3.com and it's essentially the same service.


UPDATE: You do need a compatible ISP and mine isn't on there. Guess no renewal for me.
 
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect/entertainment.htm

And this is what you're paying for $10 more a year. Something we didn't want.
 
To be fair they are offering $20 off renewal for a limited time (at least they still were this afternoon). Still, I believe kinect is probably going to fail so good thing i just got XBL last month :lol
 
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