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"Why am I not interested in Xbox Live?"

I'm not bothered about it, but I'm beginning to question why not.

I truly don't like first person shooter frag fests - running around in circles blasting, blasting, blasting - gives me a headache.
I'm not that bothered about racing cars around circuits and coming first, coming last, whatever.

So I'm not interested. Should I be? Am I missing out?
Do I have a blinkered view of the whole online gaming thing?

I don't think I'll ever sign up. Maybe a massive online RPG will sway me like Star Wars Galaxies....? - but it probably won't.

Shooting and racing - that's all I see, and that's not enough to get me interested.

The actual main focus and story of the game doesn't kick in until around the 8 - 9 hour mark. I have played it a bit more today and I have been playing 15 hours now. Absolutley loving every minute of it.

Well, I've got SOAL.

I can't see what's so amazing about it, though.

Skies of Arcadia: Legends. The finest RPG ever made.

Except you need a live sub on top of that - unlike PC Gamers - hence it's £8 a month plus £40-£50 a year. Plus broadband, plus the numerous extension for it which you can bet most will be charged for, plus the fact a small number will spend like every waking hour on the thing and become the digital versions of Darth Vader, plus it'll be full of people playing 'in character', people having a go at those people, people going on at other people, hacking attempts etc.

Far better to make a decent RPG for offline play.

Dull? It sounds bloody amazing from what I've read. Even if the fighting system turns out to be shoddy, the sheer depth and experience of it will be enough to warrant £8 a month.

Thats just for one game. £8 a month is crazy just to play one game online.

The game looks really dull though, you'd have to be insane to pay £8 to play it a month.

I've just been reading through the site Practical Magic linked to, and it looks like there's a whole team of people at Lucas Arts not just running the servers, but controlling characters, creating quests, and maintaining the game world in the most efficient way possible.

If we did pay the regulatory £8 a month, then these people wouldn't be able to do their jobs, and we'd get a much lesser gaming experience - something along the lines of Phantasy Star Online, I expect. I assume they need a team of people to keep each server fresh and exciting, as well as keeping it going, so I'm not fussed about a small, £8 charge.

To be honest I think £8 is appauling considering the amount of money gamers plow into companies. When I can play Counter Strike offline for free I can't see why anyone would go out and pay that much.

Ok, on that information then..

Say you signed up for a year, that'd be $143.99. Converted to £88.66.

88.66 / 12 = £7.39 a month.

No doubt they'll make that up to £8 a month for dedicated subscribers. End of the day, that isn't too bad really, is it?