Oh, Come On! 1

by Adam Blue • Editorial

You might have seen Chad’s breaking post below. You might have even been on the internet yesterday. I was actually on an airplane during the whole mess, so I’m a little late to the game. Unfortunately Microsoft has decided to add an extra $10 for a year of XBox Live Gold. I think it’s pretty stupid, but it’s a business decision that went like this:

Microsoft did the research. The number of members that may not renew or start a new account, while being affected by the pricing, will still pull in the money. These gamers have games invested, time invested, and XBL friends. They are, in a sense, stuck. Also, $10 extra is not a lot. It’s just a shit thing to do.

A shit thing to do. Companies do things for business purposes, but sometimes, a company will let certain ideas go for the sake of the customer. Microsoft went from the latter to the former. I also think Sony screwed up. Their PSN Plus service offers me absolutely nothing that I care to spend $50 a year on. I don’t even get any instant gratification from giving them that $50.

The price won’t kill me, or anyone really – Microsoft knows this. The problem here is that they are doing this to us. If they can come out with a good reason for it, I’m all ears. Microsoft is doing less for us and more for them. The opposite of what they did for us when creating the brand (though I’ve heard they turned down making Dreamcast games playable on the XBox, so I’m starting to get even more pissed).

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