Thats right I said it. Ive finally took my blinders off to this. Im fed up with it. Xbox Live is nothing but an EXTORTION SCAM.
First of all what in the heck are we paying for? Just having a live membership is expensive enough for some people. But what does that give? what benefits? NONE, other then the fact you can play online. But why? I know im not paying for bandwidth, thats what ISPs are for. and PSN doesnt seem to have any issues with people playing online without a monthly fee, and if you do choose to get a PLUS membership you get free games, beta access to new titles, and tons of benefits, plus their releasing new games for free to PLUS members pretty often. And all my save info and what not is saved on my own hardrive not stored on a server somewhere, other then acheivements and such, but thats probably encoded to a textfile that doesnt take more then 20 Mb max. Then they have the nerve to charge you 10 dollars just to change your gamertag... Really?!?! 10 dollars to change a text file linked to an account?? EXTORTION!!!
Then you have DLC of course. Talk about a rip off. Paying 10-20 bucks to fix a game that got released unfinished oh and here have a couple of new maps, or a nerf here and a revamp there. When if you got the PC version of most those kinds of games, you get Fixes, updates and patches way faster, way more often, and guess what ?? Their absolutly free! I think XBOX has made a habit of releasing unfinished console titles just so they can get another 10 bucks on top of the 60 you just spent to play a game.
I tried that Zune app, 14 day free trial right? Nope instantly charged me 9.95. then after the 14 day trial, it automatically changed the auto renewal to yes, charged me again. so I took my payment info off so it couldnt do that again and steal my money right out from under my nose, then it wouldnt even let me use zune for the month worth of money it stole from me. EXTORTION!
None of the 'Free Apps' even work. Youtube signs me out of live everytime i try to use it. Still havent ever seen what the app looks like cuz i cant open it with out getting disconnected..
And it seems everytime they do a Dashboard update, they make the layout even more horrific, unorganize, non user friendly, and just over complicated for something that could be way more efficient with simplicity, if i could id perfer useing the original dashboard.
and then you got avatars... oh lord. they are awsome dont get me wrong. But they hardly give you any options to choose from as far as custimization goes. and if you want more you gotta buy it... really XBOX? dont you scam people enough. You want people to pay
money for virtual clothing just to get their individuality of their presence on live. isnt microsoft makin enough money as is. I mean bill gates is pouring millions into researching genetical altering innoculations already and microsoft is the closest thing
to a monopoly already, it literally owes its existence to Apple.
So what exactly are we paying for. Answer me that, in detail. "for the bandwith you use and server space" is not a legit answer. If PC games and PSN can run their own servers provided for all the world to access without haveing to pay a dime, you should be able to as well XBOX Live, Especially with all the other extras charges, and fees you scam people with your apps that arent even worth my spit on the ground, and your silly gamertag fee, and virtual clothing, and patches and updates. Even Themes Cost money....
So once again.... WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR???
