Analyst: Prepare to Pay More (A Lot More) for Xbox Live

SOURCE: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/analyst_prepare_pay_more_lot_more_xbox_live

Here's some potentially bad news for Xbox 360 console gamers - according to market analyst Michael Pachter, the price of an Xbox Live Gold subscription will shoot up to $100 per year, perhaps as early as 2011. What the hell?

"You can't hook into Xbox Live Gold if he's playing on a PC," Pachter said on how Microsoft seemingly abandoned the PC as a gaming platform. "That's the other problem - you really want to hook every gamer who has a 360, you want them to buy all their games on 360, play everything multiplayer, pay you 50 bucks a year so that, in a couple of years, it's a 100 bucks a year."

While the numbers might be up for debate, Pachter seems convinced that Gold subscription prices are definitely on the rise. But is he off his rocker?

Current Gold level subs run $50 per year, or half of where Pacther predicts pricing is headed towards. In return, gamers get access to online multiplayer gaming, the ability to stream Netflix movies to your console (provided you're also a Netflix subscriber), and a few other odds and ends. Minus a few proprietary features, it's all stuff you can do on the PC or PS3 for free, so it would be a tough sell to up and double the price of a sub in a 24-month time span.

score another for Playstation Network bitches!

LOL

you get what you pay for. PS3 online is garbage compared to xbox live.

DJ UnReaL wrote:you get what you pay for. PS3 online is garbage compared to xbox live.

::cough::hater::cough::bullshit::cough::

lol we will always agree to disagree on XBox360/PS3

Illuminated One wrote:Minus a few proprietary features, it's all stuff you can do on the PC or PS3 for free, so it would be a tough sell to up and double the price of a sub in a 24-month time span.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

totally disagree...

DJ UnReaL wrote:http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=632079

lol they shitting over this...

lol

this is dumb...

Man now i might just have to get a PS3

Spoiler:

J The Kidd wrote:Man now i might just have to get a PS3

Spoiler:

::cough::hater::cough::

lol