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360 Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription Getting Price Hike

Right so this thread went from XBL price hikes to life lessons from rianchio23.

I don't think I'll ever understand the whole "companies aren't allowed to make money" argument.
 
rianchio23 said:
when people think this way..."If they want to raise prices, let them. They aren't a charity." they can do what they want and they do. so if they charged 100$ you would pay it because its not a charity? at what point as a consumer do u draw the line or is the world nothing but consumer whores that only know buy buy buy? i look forward to reading all ur childish remarks about how i dont know what im talking about even though ive designed games u probably play lol let the fun begin
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What do I do when they raise prices? Stop buying. I don't pay for XBL (mainly because I don't have a 360, though I do want another) but I'd be fine with paying $60 a year for things like ESPN.

The market isn't filled with sheep. Some people may be dumb in the general sense, but everyone cares about their money.

By the way, you sound like a ten year old.
 
Pretty sure he is.

I personally think that the price raise is stupid and wouldn't ever pay for something like xbox live to allow me to be able to play online with it. I agree with what someone said on the other page though, they need an option for people who just want to be able to connect to online games and that's it. I'm sure half of the basement dwelling nerds could care less about ESPN or being able to see each other with kinect. They shouldn't be forced to pay more money for random ass features they never wanted, have no use for, and will never be using just to support some people who might.
 
rianchio23 said:
if more people asked questions instead of just buying then these companies would be forced to change their strategies...but alas americans's have lost the ability to think for themselves and just eat what they are force fed. if people complained enough about the increase then microsoft wouldnt do it. plain and simple...but people as a whole are too lazy to care. they just go with the flow like the rest of the puppets.
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What planet do you live on? The xbox 360 has a huge market share. Micrsoft know that a small (and in my opinion justifiable) price increase isn't going to lose them a fraction of subscribers, people have paid for the console, paid for their games and I very much doubt that they're going to stop playing online when it's roughly the added cost of a pack of cigarettes for the year. It has nothing to do with people being lazy, it's just to most of us $10 isn't a big deal, surely if you have had a full time job you would know this?
 
El Diablo said:
Pretty sure he is.

I personally think that the price raise is stupid and wouldn't ever pay for something like xbox live to allow me to be able to play online with it. I agree with what someone said on the other page though, they need an option for people who just want to be able to connect to online games and that's it. I'm sure half of the basement dwelling nerds could care less about ESPN or being able to see each other with kinect. They shouldn't be forced to pay more money for random ass features they never wanted, have no use for, and will never be using just to support some people who might.
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meh, i'd have to disagree, i'm sure the cost for the servers, r&d, labor, and deals with company's like espn, and such are very high, raising the sub cost probably was one of the alternatives to cover the cost's of everything(although this is only speculation on my part, perhaps microsoft is already turning a high profit)
 
I'd imagine they are as bandwidth costs can't possibly be that high per person, but there's nothing wrong with making more profit.
 
Adiuvo said:
I'd imagine they are as bandwidth costs can't possibly be that high per person, but there's nothing wrong with making more profit.
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of course not, i'd imagine bandwidth cost is only around 10-20k a month(that may be a bit high, but i wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility), but the cost of labor(tech support, repair centers, r&d groups, etc), are quite high i'd imagine
 
How much have Live subscription numbers increased anyways? That's the only conceivable way I can see them needing more tech support, and repair center use should have lessened with the new models too.

R&D probably is going up though since they really have been churning out new things as of late.
 
Adiuvo said:
How much have Live subscription numbers increased anyways? That's the only conceivable way I can see them needing more tech support, and repair center use should have lessened with the new models too.
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valid point, but you'd be surprised at how often people call tech support for the littlest problems, however i'd hope gamers would be a bit more competent, as the repair center, the new models have only been out for a short time, their's plenty of old consoles that still get the rrod=-), but yes, i'd agree that the cost for the two are most likly going down.
 
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