Jacob got an XBox 360 Elite last Christmas. Since then he’s been playing offline, and as far as I can tell, enjoying himself.
Recently he’s been bugging me to get XBox Live. Did some research, and thought why would he need this, I’m not really interested in putting more money in Microsoft’s pockets. He eventually wore me down and I got him the Gold Subscription. Funny the system came with a 1 month trial of XBox Live Gold, but never looked into it.
We went to Best Buy, something new I learned as well, there is a Gold Subscription and Live points. Anyway I ended getting him the 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus.
Boy was I wrong, if you own an XBox 360, you need XBox 360 Live. It would be like skiing on a concrete hill. Sure, it’s doable, but you’re missing out on all the fun. I never thought I’d ever pay for a subscription service for online gaming. But I’m seeing how much fun he has playing with friends and meeting new people from all over the world to play and challenging them to a game.
Microsoft knows how to make money.
