QUOTE(g8crapachino @ Jul 23 2008, 12:44 AM)
You also pay more for fuel, food, and alot of imported commodities and electronics. Basically anything that doesn't originate in Europe tends to cost more. ...suppose you want to blame all that on Microsoft too. : rolleyes:
ehh no... did you even read my post?. You seem to have totally missed the point I was making.
QUOTE(g8crapachino @ Jul 23 2008, 12:44 AM)
Did you ever stop to wonder why things cost more and who's tacking on the extra fees/taxes/charges that are raising the prices?
There's no reason Microsoft should be charging £40 a year for a live subscription in the UK. I'm basically paying to use my own bandwidth and my 360 as a server (thats a cost to me not MS). The only thing MS is providing with the gold account is a matchmaking service and I'm pretty sure the cost per member to them is a tiny fraction of that £40. Remember they also like sticking adverts all over the dashboard so they'll no doubt be making big money from selling the ad space on peoples console too. The only reason they charge so much more here is because they know they can get away with it and that there's currently no equivalent alternative.
Personally I don't have a problem paying for Live, I just think its currently over priced and poor value for money. Its also not fair that countries outside the US have to pay more and get less in return (a Netflix equivalent for example). I'm sure your attitude would be completely different if it was the other way around.
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