Want to save a little bit of money this year on an Xbox Live Gold subscription? Amazon has temporarily marked down their supply of one-year cards to 60% of the MSRP. That's an entire year of online gaming, Netflix access and whatever other "bonuses" Microsoft decides to make available to paid users for thirty clams. Neato!
Amazon likes to do this sort of thing periodically and with little to no fanfare, which is awesome but does require one to keep an eye out for it. No idea how long this price is going to last and it may be limited to their current supply, so you'll probably want to jump right on this if you want to take advantage.
Xbox 360 Live Subscription Gold Card [Amazon]
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10:00 PM on 01.15.2010
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Still a killer deal.
troll much? No one wants 360's anymore? The holiday sales would indicate that you are full of shit:)
Just wait.
"your fun never ends", until after that 12 months.
I'm good. Got a 360 and a ps3 slim. Just pointing out that the retarded fanboys logic is flawed. The 2009 holiday sales # sugest plenty of people still want 360's:)
@wedge
u should proably sell yours and save up your money for that psn premium service that's in the works. Maybe well finally get cross game chat and be able to listen to custom soundtracks on all games.
How do you know wedge is not another persona of SexualChocolate on this forum?
Anyway, this is extremely meh news. We already know PS3 sold much more than 360 (1.36 million vs 1.31 million!!! that's like .05 more million than 360!!!!!) so it must be the proof that 360 is going down...
30 bux for live? PS3 is free all the way "EVER!"
I actually started out thinking that, but I had to give Wedge some credit until I know for sure. Definately has the fanboyism brewing, thats for sure. But yes, PS3 sold more than 360, finally. I'd say because Sony finally kicked it into gear and put out some really good games. Sure, PSN is free, but XBL is like 5 bucks a month at the yearly rate. That isn't going to bankrupt me. At the rate I use PSN and the lack of a few key features, plus a lot of small user unfriendly design choices, it damn well better be free.
Of course if we delve any further, fanboyism is bound to erupt. Both services have their strong points.
Besides, I think we can all agree the Wii's online service is clearly the best of all 3.
/sarcasam
And I'm referring to how incredibly easy it is to find 360's on Craiglist, generally being sold for dirt cheap, because they are in abundant supply. I'd feel kind of bad if I can't get at least $250 for a 360 with a bunch of controllers and accessories and games.
I can find just as many PS3's and Wii's on Craigslist, does that mean no one wants them? Are you basing your entire 'no one wants this system' on the number of Craglist listings? You also have to realize a good chunk of those are probably deadbeats trying to sell their RROD 360 to some idiot who regularly buys any electronic device off of an online classified ad.
Folks need to chill before this ends up a topic on Fanboy Friday. Come on now, lets all play nice eh?
I use the Wii online quite a lot, Mario Kart and Rock Band especially, and Call of Duty Reflex. All great games online.
*Didn't want to, but I figured what the hell.
Anyway, it looks like the $30 price was for yesterday only. I saw that, too, but I had already bought it a few days ago at $35 minus the remaining $6 video game credit I already had. Even at $35, it's still a significant savings.
nice explanation but doesn't change the fact that your first comment is troll bait:)
fuck the 360 and its pay to play online.
now that's good ole fanboy troll bait.
And btw, I think the best overall console of this generation from a software standpoint is the Wii, so chew on that.