 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Re: And from what I've read, no dumb fee $50 year won't break the bank. |
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 R4M0NBrazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
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2 edits | Neither will those "un-fees" on phone bills, but no one likes them either. This will be great for those who already have Netflix and a PS3 and those who love to watch movies and were thinking about getting a Netflix account.
I personally find the PSN more than adequate for my movie-watching lifestyle. But the more options the better. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by R4M0N:Neither will those "un-fees" on phone bills, but no one likes them either. This will be great for those who already have Netflix and a PS3 and those who love to watch movies and were thinking about getting a Netflix account. I personally find the PSN more than adequate for my movie-watching lifestyle. But the more options the better. Right. Would free be better? Sure. But I spend more than $50 in coffee a month and get less. 
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 VanPremium
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I have 360 and love it but if I could save $50, I would |
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 aaronwtPremium
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said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Especially when you can get it for only $25 to $30 a year. I'm good until 2012 and I only paid between $25 and $30 a year but getting it when they are on sale.
Just like I only pay $10 to $14 for every 1600 MS points I get. I buy them when they are on sale. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by aaronwt:said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Especially when you can get it for only $25 to $30 a year. I'm good until 2012 and I only paid between $25 and $30 a year but getting it when they are on sale. Just like I only pay $10 to $14 for every 1600 MS points I get. I buy them when they are on sale. Great arrangement there!
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said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Well lets see Netlfix ofr free or Netflix for $50 which would I rather have? Sure it won't break the bank, but as the old saying goes a fool and his money. You have to be some serious kind of stupid to pay $50 for something you could get for free. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by BF69:said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Well lets see Netlfix ofr free or Netflix for $50 which would I rather have? Sure it won't break the bank, but as the old saying goes a fool and his money. You have to be some serious kind of stupid to pay $50 for something you could get for free. It's not $50 for Netflix. If you find a way to get Netflix for free let me know.
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BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | reply to aaronwt
said by aaronwt:said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Especially when you can get it for only $25 to $30 a year. I'm good until 2012 and I only paid between $25 and $30 a year but getting it when they are on sale. Just like I only pay $10 to $14 for every 1600 MS points I get. I buy them when they are on sale. yes yes check everyday for a sale that may happen once every 3 months. Some people like to buy stuff when they want to buy it. Not make it a hobby.
Also you assume everyone is some single loner living in his basement. Even at $25 of you have one account for the parents and they have 3 kids that's 4 XBL gold accounts and that's $100 year even on your bargain hunt. over 6 years that's $600. I could buy 2 more PS3s with that. |
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kudos:1 | That is a good idea because you will be using those extra PS3s to play with the other people in your household since no one else will be using one. I prefer my highly competitive bigger online gaming crowd.
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 Z801 point 77Premium
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said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Then you can cut me a check. I have no interest in XBL for my X360 but pay for it to get Netflix over my X360. Now I don't have to. |
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said by BF69:said by aaronwt:said by ptrowski:$50 year won't break the bank. Especially when you can get it for only $25 to $30 a year. I'm good until 2012 and I only paid between $25 and $30 a year but getting it when they are on sale. Just like I only pay $10 to $14 for every 1600 MS points I get. I buy them when they are on sale. yes yes check everyday for a sale that may happen once every 3 months. Some people like to buy stuff when they want to buy it. Not make it a hobby. Also you assume everyone is some single loner living in his basement. Even at $25 of you have one account for the parents and they have 3 kids that's 4 XBL gold accounts and that's $100 year even on your bargain hunt. over 6 years that's $600. I could buy 2 more PS3s with that. No I don't assume a loner. Your average family with a 360 is not going to have four gold accounts. Most will have one or possibly two gold accounts and the rest will be silver accounts.
And besides with one gold accout you can play with multiple people online with that machine. I see it everytime I play multiplayer online. Other people have multiple people playing on one machine under the same account.
And I don't sit here and wait for a sale. When I see a sale going on I buy a bunch of the cards to cover me for a while. they have sales several times throughout the year. With XBL I bought enough to cover me for three years and my girlfriend for one. For points I bought enough to cover me for at least 12 months. Since I use XBL points for music with my ZUNE, videos on the Zune and 360, and games on the 360.
By getting them on sale I save up to 50%. And when I'm talking several hundred dollars, I would rather spend $200 on MS points than $400.
Unless you just like paying the retail price for everything you purchase which would be highly unusual.
Like with Windows 7. Why would I wait to pay the full retail price of Home Premium for $120? I preordered mine during the Summer when they were $50. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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Right, you just drop the money for a PS3. That's free, right? |
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Z801 point 77Premium
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1 edit | I already have one. Like the X360, I use it to play single-player titles and Sony doesn't come after me for $50 a year in perpetuity. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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kudos:4 | And that's why there are a few million less people on the PSN. You have a PS3, great. Too bad we have been streaming on the 360 for a while. Here's to catching up to a better online experience and Netflix. |
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Z801 point 77Premium
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1 edit | Here's to not having to pay Microsoft $50 for the privilege of paying Netflix.
And 1 million, 100 million, I don't play online titles on my consoles so I could care less about the "community" of XBL or PSN. I use the network functionality to grab demos and use the consoles as media center extenders, that's it.
For online gaming I stick to PC as console FPSes suck. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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kudos:4 | This will go round and round. Go enjoy your PSN. |
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Z801 point 77Premium
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Amerika | Don't care about PSN, or XBL.
But Ballmer I'm sure appreciates your business. |
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| said by Z80:Don't care about PSN, or XBL. But Ballmer I'm sure appreciates your business. Then why make such a fuss?
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Z801 point 77Premium
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Amerika | Because Microsoft insisted on $50 per year for me to use Netflix on my XBL even if I didn't want to use any online gaming features. That additional fee equates to a 46% increase in monthly Netflix cost.
No fuss now that Sony will allow me to use Netflix over a console without paying $50 per year extra. |
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