xbox live

[jamiecfc]

Should xbox live be free

[Innes]

No

[jamiecfc]

me to but i think we should get some free stuff

[ROBZ]

ye it should be free microsoft are robbin basturds

[Roadpog]

no the service u get is better than Playstation look how quick xbox got there servers up and running again a few hiccups yea but fast as hell playstation probs would of said 2 months maybe more

Xbox have a quality service that i am more than happy to pay for if it went free it would just go down plus u do get free stuff :p free demos trailers and themes so u do get a few free stuff haha :p

[Wicked_Slim_Shady]

What would you rather do?

Pay for a good service, or have a crap service for free?

?40 is expensive up front, but if you work it out over 12 months, its only just under ?4 a month, and you do get a lot for that ?40.

[Roadpog]

works out at 9p a day LOL very boring day so i got a calculator out in school oh the days :p

[KONSPIRACY]

Theres another thread floating around about this but I cant find it! lol :D

To answer your question: NO

Unless you want a service similar to what we have experienced over Xmas at all times then I would rather pay a small fee. However, the very least they should provide is dedicated servers so we can choose whether we wish to play laggy americans or not.

[Roadpog]

haha yea but that probably might mean more money on membership or somet but the amount of people that play live and pay for that membership they should afford it

But the should still have matchmaking but it should go on where ur from on ur profile like united kingdom or what ever

[kHz HaVoK]

NO! NO! NO!

Best online service out imo and for onli 40quid its a bargin imo, they could charge up to 70/80 and most ppl would still pay for it tbh

[Bonzo]

Want free online? sell your 360 and buy a PS3.
/Thread.

[Crosso]

sigh, why do such people demand free xboxlive? ?40 a year is good for its service

[EduTech]

I had a feeling it was going to be a short while before one of these threads popped up on here.

Xbox Live should not be free, it is a paid service for a reason. allot of people are saying all this about the xbox live service should be free and i be honest with you it will never happen. if you want me to go on i can do :) lol.

If you dont want to pay for the service that go to a free service, and i garantee you will be back and you will pay for it.

I dont mean to sound blunt but there are reasons for it, otherwise it would be free.

I be honest with you yh, Microsoft Xbox are planning to release Items on the marketplace for free but what you have to think about its not just MS that make the decission its also the game studios such as Ubisoft, EA etc that have to say yes to there content been free

Hope that makes sence

Kind Regards

James

[jamiecfc]

i have always said is SHOULD NOT be free i just wanted to see wot everyone else had to say about it

[Fuelled]

what about an idea of a loyalty scheme, similar to mobile phone contracts! so when u've been apart of xbox live for say 5 years maybe! u get a reduction in price and so on...

[quickshot89]

what about an idea of a loyalty scheme, similar to mobile phone contracts! so when u've been apart of xbox live for say 5 years maybe! u get a reduction in price and so on...

yeah, they already did that

[Bonzo]

what about an idea of a loyalty scheme, similar to mobile phone contracts! so when u've been apart of xbox live for say 5 years maybe! u get a reduction in price and so on...
Live is Five remember?

[Fuelled]

wasn't Live is Five a celebration of xbox live being 5 years old? im on about reward us with discount on the membership (£40). if you stay loyal to xbox live!!

[quickshot89]

. if you stay loyal to xbox live!!

they got M$ points

[village sniper]

yea xbox live should not be free i used to say it should then i read wot use had to say and it should not be free but we should get something out of paying for it :):)

[ROBZ]

only to compete with the ps3

[DinnyHoon]

i got my appreciation for the Live service after I bought a PS3 and tried to play some online games on it. I'd happily pay £60 a year for XBL, just don't tell Microsoft (because it might actually happen).

[Bushmouseone]

I hate Gypsy n00bs whom say they cant afford 9p a day, as Roadpog kindly points out

(even if he is as UBER N00b)

[Renegade]

I hate Gypsy n00bs whom say they cant afford 9p a day, as Roadpog kindly points out

(even if he is as UBER N00b)

The problem with that argument is that it comes out of your bank account as one £40 lump, not 9p a day.

I don't want Live to be free, but that 9p a day argument is so retarded it's painful.

[Pirate Balloon]

And to add insult to injury, most of the people that use that argument have it paid for by their parents, or by tax payers money in the form of "education" benefits.

[Roadpog]

i work thank you? havea full time job and people that need education benefits!
what £30 a month really gets u far?
if u gonna bring up a arguement about work at least say it to me instead of posting on a board?

[Retro]

How do you work full time when you go to school?

[Bushmouseone]

He doesnt ... he's 17 ^^^

[Roadpog]

How do you work full time when you go to school?

I dont go to school/college i quit that and im not 17 im 18!!! and plus whats school left that nearly 2 -3 years ago thank you very much

[Renegade]

I dont go to school/college i quit that and im not 17 im 18!!! and plus whats school left that nearly 2 -3 years ago thank you very much

Finally, and for the first time since you joined, your posts make absolute sense.

Think about it.

[Pirate Balloon]

i work thank you? havea full time job and people that need education benefits!
what £30 a month really gets u far?
if u gonna bring up a arguement about work at least say it to me instead of posting on a board?
what

[Bushmouseone]

Liam, just nod politley and agree.
Then he usually goes away - much like a woman

: ]

[Retro]

works out at 9p a day LOL very boring day so i got a calculator out in school oh the days :p

?


Sorry im bored.

[Fuelled]

my xbox live was up november! didn't pay it as my card expired and never changed the details, im waiting to here from them but they still haven't been in touch!

[Fuelled]

hey i work an go to college, both full time. its called nights!

[Retro]

So you do 40 hours a week for work and go to college full time?

[Fuelled]

well 36 hours at work, an college for about 24!

[carocat]

works out at 9p a day LOL very boring day so i got a calculator out in school oh the days :p
Eh?

haha yea but that probably might mean more money on membership or somet but the amount of people that play live and pay for that membership they should afford it

But the should still have matchmaking but it should go on where ur from on ur profile like united kingdom or what ever
?

I hate Gypsy n00bs whom say they cant afford 9p a day, as Roadpog kindly points out

(even if he is as UBER N00b)
So it's about not affording it if you're against it?

i work thank you? havea full time job and people that need education benefits!
what £30 a month really gets u far?
if u gonna bring up a arguement about work at least say it to me instead of posting on a board?
£30/month? I don't know what you're paying for..

This is a forum. It's for debate...

I dont go to school/college i quit that and im not 17 im 18!!! and plus whats school left that nearly 2 -3 years ago thank you very much
For the love of God, please read your posts before posting. Even though you've left school I'm sure you're able to string together a coherent sentence with punctuation that people are actually able to understand.

Fwiw if I wouldn't have my Live membership until April 2009 I would've had it reduced to a Silver one. The crap over the holidays, the slow downloads and the fact I'm still trying to get a refund for a film I could never download due to the shitty service means that I am no longer willing to pay for it. Yes, I have the money, but I just don't feel like I'm getting my monies worth.

[Bushmouseone]

So go buy a PS3 ... and pay a huge ammount for a non-worth it bluray player, and some gay games that look better on 360 anyway

*Fight Night 3*

[carocat]

So you're not only unable to use proper grammar but also a fanboy. Excellent.

And I am looking forward to getting my PS3 in the next few weeks and a Gamecube next month thank you very much.

[Bushmouseone]

Fanboy = me

Yay me

But i do still play on a snes when i go to my mum's ... good times, good times

[Pirate Balloon]

So go buy a PS3 ... and pay a huge ammount for a non-worth it bluray player, and some gay games that look better on 360 anyway
Non-worth it blueray player? Blue-ray has effectively won the format war and is the next/current gen disc standard so you'll have to use it like DVD. The PS3 costs the same as a blueray player and plays games too. How is that not worth it? Sounds like a bargain to me. No multi-format games look better on the 360, they're the same gen and technically PS3 is more powerful.

I dont know what you mean by gay games but the only ps3 exclusive games look really good; MGS4 and GT5?

Where you get your information from?

[carocat]

Not to forget about Uncharted and Resistance: Fall of Men.

[Bushmouseone]

The fact that Bill Gates is spend a large amount of money to supprt new films, and by doing this coaxing the films to be a HDD film, so it will not be a Blu-Ray film

Same happened a couple of years ago with VHS and BetaMax.

BetaMax was clearly a better product, but sony had supported the films so they were put on VHS.

[carocat]

So I gather you missed on how many of the big studios are going Blu-Ray exclusive these days?

And ever considered that people may not be interested in Blu-Ray/HD but buy consoles fo the original IP games? But, I forgot, they're all gay..

[Bushmouseone]

Can you please continue to name theese and i will retract my former statement

[carocat]

Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, RFOM, RFOM 2, Afrika, Haze, LA Noire, Wipeout HD, Getaway 3, Warhawk, MGS4, GT5, They..

[Bushmouseone]

I think it cut you out when you tried to use the pound sign


Another week, another unsubstantiated series of boasts from HD format makers.

This week it's the turn of HD DVD to do a bit of claiming about how well its doing, with the group saying European HD movie fans buy more discs on HD DVD format than on "other" HD formats. Apparently, owners of HD DVD players have bought an average of 3.8 movies each, compared to an abysmal 0.7 attach rate for Blu-ray.

At this point we always have to point out that these figures count Sony's PlayStation3 as a Blu-ray player, which has sold sort of well
http://www.techdigest.tv/2007/11/hd_dvd_owners_b.html

[Roadpog]

I can spell and use my grammar in a applicable way. I just decide not to in such a manner on a forum board. Unless we are all english teachers and we are having our GCSE's?

[Bushmouseone]

Im having my G.C.S.E's but i have decieded that i want to become something to do with I.T

I already have several offers, as my mum has alot of freinds in this particular area

[carocat]

To simply 'decide' that you don't post like that on a forum is extremely rude and offensive. Obviously you're not considering there may be people on here who don't have English as their first language and have problems reading fragmented sentences?

[Bushmouseone]

Im sorry to those whom do not have engish as thier primary language

[Roadpog]

Carocat. No Offense To anyone, but to people that can't understand Abbreviated or Fragmented Sentences, Does not mean i have to speak proper english
I'm not being rude its how most people are.
If we dont want to speak full english we wont this is the problem about forums everyone's argument is about one anothers grammar, It's just pointless if u cant read my post DONT READ IT. It's simple as its plain english just sound the words out and it sounds the same when u think it about it.
Doesn't take a genious

[carocat]

Just cause most peopel are like that doesn't make it right, does it, Roadpog? If most people would jump off a building to kill themselves, would that make it ok?

And no, it's not other people's fault. You do realise that many people won't give a **** about you and your posts after a while. Your posts is what represents you over the internet, the content and the way it's written. To expect others to spend more time reading posts cause you're a lazy **** is rude.

But obviously you don't give a ****..

[Bushmouseone]

Just cause most peopel are like that doesn't make it right,


Your sig says that you support good grammer but to talk to one's self in that mannor in the queens english i hasten to say that as a fellow britain whom has trained ones self in school and at my step-fathers formal meeting's as head police chief of north yorkshire i must say that it is Impeccable that one must spell people as peopel and comment in such a rude way in that one must not swear

[Roadpog]

Seriously if u think i should speak like the queen You really need to meet more people.
Or actually learn how people speak and how they act.
A forum represents me in no way whatsoever cause i can be whom i want and im being rude right now cause i want to be or i can be a generous person.
But i aint changing the way i "type" on a forum for other people cause its who i am.
I dont change for No-one except me and my family sorry for some inconvenience but if u cant take it. Learn it.

[carocat]

Your sig says that you support good grammer but to talk to one's self in that mannor in the queens english i hasten to say that as a fellow britain whom has trained ones self in school and at my step-fathers formal meeting's as head police chief of north yorkshire i must say that it is Impeccable that one must spell people as peopel and comment in such a rude way in that one must not swear
Oh please.. You make it almost too easy.

If you choose to criticise someone's spelling/grammar your post shouldn't be riddled with mistakes. For your convenience I have highlighted all the mistakes in your post.

And in the future you might want to read up on this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation).

Seriously if u think i should speak like the queen You really need to meet more people.
Or actually learn how people speak and how they act.
A forum represents me in no way whatsoever cause i can be whom i want and im being rude right now cause i want to be or i can be a generous person.
But i aint changing the way i "type" on a forum for other people cause its who i am.
I dont change for No-one except me and my family sorry for some inconvenience but if u cant take it. Learn it.
LOL. I am speechless..

[Roadpog]

Are u seriously looking up things on wiki?
Well i might aswell stop now i dont argue with people that use wiki its against the law.

[Bushmouseone]

Im not the one saying that we must speak without txt language.

It is now part of the british culture

Get off your high horse and shut up

[carocat]

Are u seriously looking up things on wiki?
Well i might aswell stop now i dont argue with people that use wiki its against the law.
Of course, I forgot that it actually involves reading. My apologies.

Im not the one saying that we must speak without txt language.

It is now part of the british culture

Get off your high horse and shut up
Don't tell me to shut up.

And of course we must all embrace txt spk as it is part of the British culture. Just like knife crimes is or decreasing standards everywhere. It must be used cause everyone does it..

[Roadpog]

Of course, I forgot that it actually involves reading. My apologies.


Don't tell me to shut up.

And of course we must all embrace txt spk as it is part of the British culture. Just like knife crimes is or decreasing standards everywhere. It must be used cause everyone does it..

Yea i can read thank you oh and as for Knife crimes not being racist here but its mainly foreigners in london that have started gangs IN OUR COUNTRY and bring our community down. This is why no1 wants them here they live of our benefits do what they want and dont contribute and i dont care who reads this but i just believe this is wrong.
And not to be racist to anyone here the most crime is in a black orientated area or where mums leave there kids to do what they want so dont bring in ur bullshit here mate


Edit: And if we carry on, on this forum complaining about my ENGLISH when i speak how i want and how i was brought up in england. i think i speak right in my language as i am from england. Also if u check statistics English is the second language in this country as Arabic has over took it.

[carocat]

Oh right, the evil foreigners. Of course all foreigners live on benefits and bring the community down. And the mothers. What about the fathers?

But I guess I better take my knives and go back home.

[Renegade]

It's all the foreigners Cat, remember that ;)

So, on the subject of Xbox Live being made free then - anybody care to get us back onto it again?

[Roadpog]

whats the point Xbox live being free is just stupid and unworthy of a Topic

[carocat]

whats the point Xbox live being free is just stupid and unworthy of a Topic
So you decide to post in a thread about Xbox Live?

[Roadpog]

The topic is about as i stated being free and as i stated once again its stupid and people who say that should have to pay more. then maybe all the nubs will buy ps3's

[Bushmouseone]

So, on the subject of Xbox Live being made free then - anybody care to get us back onto it again?

O.k, i really doubt that xbox live will ever be made free as it is a service that many poeple would gladley pay more for, but in comparrison to PS3 online it is alot better, as one has a freinds list

Also i would like to point out that PS3 has been quoted to have said that they would be charging as of this year (Dont know specific month) because they have been taking an increasing loss over the cost to make a PS3 and sell them for the current prices.

Don't tell me to shut up.

Shut up

[Pirate Balloon]

Get off your high horse and shut upIt's not about being on a high-horse, it's about you two looking like complete ****ing idiots. You write like idiots, so it's hard not to assume the general message of the post is idiotic. That is why you should type properly.Yea i can read thank you oh and as for Knife crimes not being racist here but its mainly foreigners in london that have started gangs IN OUR COUNTRY and bring our community down. This is why no1 wants them here they live of our benefits do what they want and dont contribute and i dont care who reads this but i just believe this is wrong.
And not to be racist to anyone here the most crime is in a black orientated area or where mums leave there kids to do what they want so dont bring in ur bullshit here mateCare to start a disscussion on this in a new thread? I'm up for laying the smackdown upon thy.

[Bushmouseone]

You write like idiots, so it's hard not to assume the general message of the post is idiotic.

I'm up for laying the smackdown upon thy.
I iz gettn sik ov no bossiz on gaymz m8
and these two examples prove that you really write in a non-idiotic tense



And i would also like to point out that i think that i personally dont often use text language in the forums exept; kk

[Pirate Balloon]

You've quoted me replying to an idiotic opinion and using a light-hearted response. The difference here is that with my post, it's obviously meant to be amusing and taken light-heartedly.

You've quoted Liam being overly-sarcastic to the point of amusement, where he is parodying the style of post he was making fun of. He has made it clear that it was intentional, and he has succeeded, it is amusing.

By idiotic i mean your poor grammar, and when you post at least-semi-seriously it's hard to tell whats going on. Spelling is a minor issue, i've just diagnoised your grammar; it has down syndrome.

[Fuelled]

I've played on my mates PS3 an any one who says it sucks, must be a little bit brainwashed by microsoft as its a dam fine machine, with many capabilties. But with concerns to their online service or lack of, i'd stick to xbox live as it's second to none.

[Roadpog]

Pirate Ballon i will lay The smackdown on you Mr. I think a Peoples elbow discussion is upon us

[Bushmouseone]

it's obviously meant to be amusing and taken light-heartedly.

Sorry, mine are meant to be taken light hearted aswell, i was never really i serious type of person, and i apologise to anybody whom has thought otherwise and taken offence to this
:(:(
i've just diagnoised your grammar; it has down syndrome.

Thats a wee harsh, i may have bad grammer, but that is insulting those whom have down syndrome and me :(

I've played on my mates PS3 an any one who says it sucks, must be a little bit brainwashed by microsoft as its a dam fine machine, with many capabilties. But with concerns to their online service or lack of, i'd stick to xbox live as it's second to none.

I do agree with you that the PS3 does have some amazing features, but you are expecting this due to its high cost.
I also agree that Xbox Live is better than PS3 online and in my oppinion Wii online. But due to a few problems over christmass, i think many people whom had just bought/recieved an xbox 360 were appauled at the service. This has lost many a customer and its so-far brilliant reputation

[carocat]

Sorry, mine are meant to be taken light hearted aswell, i was never really i serious type of person, and i apologise to anybody whom has thought otherwise and taken offence to this
:(:(
That is an incorrect statement, you are using bad grammar and spelling because you are too lazy to make an effort, something which is inexcusable.

To compare your posts to those of Mr Balloon's is funny considering most of his use decent grammar/spelling.

I do agree with you that the PS3 does have some amazing features, but you are expecting this due to its high cost.
I also agree that Xbox Live is better than PS3 online and in my oppinion Wii online. But due to a few problems over christmass, i think many people whom had just bought/recieved an xbox 360 were appauled at the service. This has lost many a customer and its so-far brilliant reputation
Do you just randomly change your opinion to suit your post?

[Bushmouseone]

because you are too lazy to make an effort

I do try to make an effort, but this is clearly not up to your high set standards, but after all, it is an online forum. Im sure when you meet me your views will change. I once again apologise to those people whom have taken offense to my posts

To compare your posts to those of Mr Balloon's is funny considering.

I am not comparing my posts with Mr. Balloon's psts, i am merley saying that mine are meant to be taken light hearted and i never mean to offened people by doing so


Do you just randomly change your opinion to suit your post?

No, i was in a rather a bad mood yesterday as i have a really bad headache. I should sleep it off, but the headache persudes to bang, which in turn is not letting me go to sleep.

I have to say that the PS3 is a good product, but i remain a "fanboy" as you so politley called me of the Xbox 360, as i think it is a vastley superiour product

[carocat]

Im sure when you meet me your views will change.
Haha, I doubt I'll ever meet you!

No, i was in a rather a bad mood yesterday as i have a really bad headache. I should sleep it off, but the headache persudes to bang, which in turn is not letting me go to sleep.

Thank you very much for sharing, anything else you'd like to share about your life which has nothing to do with the topic on hand?

I have to say that the PS3 is a good product, but i remain a "fanboy" as you so politley called me of the Xbox 360, as i think it is a vastley superiour product
Have you ever played on a PS3?

[Fuelled]

yam waz gonna get a ps3, like. But keped delayin it, so unluky 4 sony, man. i ended wit a 360, man. so even tho microsoft screwed up wit live for xmas, like. bet the's more peeps like me out there. that did the same. sony lost out, man big time. 360 is de best next gen console wahooo!

[Bushmouseone]

Haha, I doubt I'll ever meet you!
You might if you are going to XL4

Thank you very much for sharing, anything else you'd like to share about your life which has nothing to do with the topic on hand?
Not today, but neither is posting etiquet


Have you ever played on a PS3?
Yes, and i have to say i didnt think much of it. Motorstorm was boring, Resistance was a wannabee Gears Of War, But worse.
FN3 had bad grahics and Xbox 360 had better (we compared them, because we had both)

[Renegade]

I agree with Motorstorm, I hated it - but Resistance is an FPS, how is it trying to be Gears of War? And with FN3, the only difference is the backgrounds, which are 2D on the PS3 and 3D on the 360. It doesn't have bad graphics, just not quite up to the 360. Uncharted however looks absolutely jaw dropping so if you're after graphics there you go.

[Roadpog]

I was talking about power to some1 on the 360 and apparently The processer is much more powerful than that of the PS3

[Fuelled]

yeah the chip is more powerful on the ps3 but what i've heard is that soft developers are having trouble making games for it at the moment, so they wreckon its gonna be at least 6months to a year before we see the ps3's full potential.

[Bushmouseone]

its gonna be at least 6months to a year before we see the ps3's full potential.

Then and ONLY then will i consider buying one

Untill that time, im sitting pretty as an Xbox 360 "Fanboy"

[quickshot89]

yeah the chip is more powerful on the ps3 but what i've heard is that soft developers are having trouble making games for it at the moment, so they wreckon its gonna be at least 6months to a year before we see the ps3's full potential.

do you even know how the chips differ?

[Fuelled]

could't say, just passin on some secondary info, what about your self, would you be able to enlight us with the difference?

[Fuelled]

check out this article from the guardian it puts a little more insight into what i said!!!
yeah the chip is more powerful on the ps3 but what i've heard is that soft developers are having trouble making games for it at the moment, so they wreckon its gonna be at least 6months to a year before we see the ps3's full potential

http://http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/05/18/ps3_and_360_battle_it_out_in_the_specs_department_ what_in_the_world_do_they_mean.html

[Pirate Balloon]

could't say, just passin on some secondary info, what about your self, would you be able to enlight us with the difference?Hhaha wait what, that's not the point.

The point is that you are getting this information, admittedly not knowing what the **** it really means, and are passing it on to back up your argument.

[Fuelled]

it wasn't the first time i've heard wot i said, all that really mattered were that it was more powerful. didn't really take all the details in, why? you ask! beceause i don't need to know and i have no reason why i would want to know, just the fact that it pursuaded me to buy a 360 for the time being, an a little later down the line get a ps3!!!