Xbox Live 360 pricing revealed? News
Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson
French website XboxLive.fr is claiming it has stumbled across the US pricing bundles for the Xbox 360 Live service.
The Premium Gold Pack is priced at $69.99 and will get you a 12 month subscription, an Xbox Live headset, $20 off an Xbox 360 game and 200 Xbox Live marketplace points. Plus you can play Billiards in the Xbox Live Arcade.
If you don't need the extras you can get a 12 Month Gold Card, which offers a year's subscription only, for $59.99.
If that sounds like too much commitment, the 3 Month Premium Gold Pack is just $39.99. It includes - as you might have guessed - a three month subscription, plus a headset, $10 off a game, 100 marketplace points and access to Xbox Live Arcade game Joust. A straight 3 Month Gold subscription is $19.99.
And finally there's the 1 Month Gold Card, priced at just $7.99. Of course, if you're a real cheapskate you can stick with the free Xbox Live Silver subscription - but this'll only let you log on to use the marketplace and chatrooms, and you won't be able to play games online.
Microsoft was unavailable for comment so we've really no idea if this is the real deal or a big fat hoax. But, rather interestingly, the same details have recently appeared on the Electronics Boutique website - only they've priced the 12 Month Gold card at $49.99 instead of $59.99.
Truth or lies? We'll keep you posted...
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Lothar Hex
01/09/05 @ 08:27
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Darledge, they haven't announced the UK prices yet, so what are you on about us being screwed over the live service? At least wait until we are/aren't being screwed.
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That's without a game
'60 comes with some games, regardless of the package type or is it u.s. only?! |
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Spin Dr Wolf
01/09/05 @ 10:42
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So what does my exisiting Live account rollover as when i get a 360 ?
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andrewfromdoncaster
01/09/05 @ 11:14
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"the 12 month gold card also comes with a month free, so it's really a 13 month gold card"
Will that not be like most contracts where it's actually an 11month one then? i.e. one month of the 12 is free |
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So, how much is one of those Marketplace Points worth? 1 MPP = 0.10 €? And if one already has a 'premium' (worth a year) xbl account now, does he also get the 200 MPP when he transfers to the xb2 xbl service? If not, it would be worth considering terminating your xbl account and getting the new package instead of transferring (with the obvious name problems).
Again, EG, this is all speculation and now news. |
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It says in this link http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=60737 that:
"Transferring your Xbox Live account to Xbox 360 will be part of the initial set-up procedure when you first plug in your console, and existing users have "Gold" membership. " So why not just buy a current Xbox live 1 subscription from say Amazon for £30 or so and transfer it to the 360. Job done! |
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