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"The gamecube has finally online.... and it's an outrage!"

Finally the Gamecube has gone online,
but have you seen the prices? Phantasy star online 1 and 2 is the first Gamecube online game, hooray! However, in order to feel the true experience of online gaming, you must pay between £30 and £40 for the game, round about £40 for the broadband adapter, round about £30 for a keyboard and then after all this, the company still have the cheek to ask for £5.99 a month to play the game plus you have to pay for the internet line itself. So in my case £13.99 a month for the internet and £5.99 for Phantasy online internet then I still have to buy the adapter, keyboard and game itself. I was really looking forward to this game, but at this price no way! A lot of online games are now asking customers to pay extra to play the game online. Take the Sims Online for example, £35 for the game, and then an extra £5 or £6 a month I think it is. Will this really attract customers? If you buy an online game, then I feel you should only pay to use the internet, after all that is all you are doing. Perhaps in the future, this problem will be sorted. Right now though, I refuse to buy Phantasy Star online for the gamecube. I am also sorry to say, but I pity all those Nintendoids that are actually going to accept this outrage! Please discuss this with me, I would really like to hear your opinions on the subject.
Thank you for taking your time to read this,
Johnny.

Sega will actually be charging the same £6 monthly fee to play Phantasy Star Online on Xbox live.

I'm sure a lot of other games will adopt this procedure as well.

Dr Gonzo wrote:
> But there are subs for some Xbox games

Those are for the optional downloads.

But there are subs for some Xbox games as well as the £40 a year charge... aren't there?

I meant there were no seperate fees for seperate games, there is a >£40 per year charge

No. Subscription to the service is different to paying individual subscription fees for each game. A lot cheaper too...

but also one year subscription and no
subcription fees for any games.


slight contradiction there!

Untitled wrote:
> hmmm well £6 a month works out at about 20p a day, , wow so
> expensive, at least you get a full game for that, not just demos like
> with x box live, also u need to buy a modem or broadband adapter, well
> the x box has one built in but u still need to pay £40 for a
> gimicky headset and 2 demos

Get your facts right, the £40 goes towards not only the 2 demos and the rather good headset, but also one year subscription and no subcription fees for any games.

Hello by the way Updated.

Anything wrong with this tagline, or should I have something more politically correct, just for you?

Outrage?

What, you thought you were just going to plug the phone line into the Cube and everything would just happen?

*shakes*

Online games = games for the rich people.