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...Taken from www.xbox.com/live
10. Japan is a day ahead so you can actually play a game tomorrow before you go to bed tonight.
9. You can find games 24/7. That's 8760 hours per year. (8784 in leap years, but who's counting?)
8. You can pick your own world-wide screen name. Sign up before Spleenmuncher is taken!
7. You can play someone across the country without laying 3,000 miles of ethernet cable through sewer pipes.
6. You can learn foreign languages while you play. (Well, you can learn to curse and cheer in other languages, anyway.) Sacre Bleu!
5. Xbox Live finds your friends online. It helps you make friends online. Just keep repeating, "Xbox Live is my friend... Xbox Live is my friend..."
4. Your scores will be on display for the whole world. Whether you want your scores on display is probably a matter of skill -- better start practicing!
3. People are more fun to play than game AI. People can come up with quirky strategies and emotional responses. And, in a tight spot, people choke!
2. You can talk with other players during the game. Is that you, Grandma?
1. You could be the best player in the world, but you just don't know it... yet.
10. Japan is a day ahead so you can actually play a game tomorrow before you go to bed tonight.
9. You can find games 24/7. That's 8760 hours per year. (8784 in leap years, but who's counting?)
8. You can pick your own world-wide screen name. Sign up before Spleenmuncher is taken!
7. You can play someone across the country without laying 3,000 miles of ethernet cable through sewer pipes.
6. You can learn foreign languages while you play. (Well, you can learn to curse and cheer in other languages, anyway.) Sacre Bleu!
5. Xbox Live finds your friends online. It helps you make friends online. Just keep repeating, "Xbox Live is my friend... Xbox Live is my friend..."
4. Your scores will be on display for the whole world. Whether you want your scores on display is probably a matter of skill -- better start practicing!
3. People are more fun to play than game AI. People can come up with quirky strategies and emotional responses. And, in a tight spot, people choke!
2. You can talk with other players during the game. Is that you, Grandma?
1. You could be the best player in the world, but you just don't know it... yet.
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adrian wrote:
> Yes there will be a charge. The American price is $50 for a year, and
> that includes the head set and a game.
You would get a free game if they charged that price here. It will probably be about £50 a year then for us...
I suppose it isn't ~that~ bad, it's just that adding a subscription fee on top of the £360 most people have to pay to get broadband could put a lot of people off.
By the way, I'm really not too sure about an online driving game, I know that you need to be mega accurate when playing normally but even the smallest lag can be a problem for people. You need to turn there and then, not a split second later...
> Yes there will be a charge. The American price is $50 for a year, and
> that includes the head set and a game.
You would get a free game if they charged that price here. It will probably be about £50 a year then for us...
I suppose it isn't ~that~ bad, it's just that adding a subscription fee on top of the £360 most people have to pay to get broadband could put a lot of people off.
By the way, I'm really not too sure about an online driving game, I know that you need to be mega accurate when playing normally but even the smallest lag can be a problem for people. You need to turn there and then, not a split second later...
½pint wrote:
> X-box live sounds pretty cool. Many people say that they think that
> online gaming is pointless, but I think this is only because they
> play/have played on a PC format.
>
> With consoles where everyone has the same spec PC and - maybe even - a
> broadband connection gaming should be taken to a whole new level... I
> hope.
Whole new dimension in gaming. I am really looking forward to it.
> X-box live sounds pretty cool. Many people say that they think that
> online gaming is pointless, but I think this is only because they
> play/have played on a PC format.
>
> With consoles where everyone has the same spec PC and - maybe even - a
> broadband connection gaming should be taken to a whole new level... I
> hope.
Whole new dimension in gaming. I am really looking forward to it.
X-box live sounds pretty cool. Many people say that they think that online gaming is pointless, but I think this is only because they play/have played on a PC format.
With consoles where everyone has the same spec PC and - maybe even - a broadband connection gaming should be taken to a whole new level... I hope.
With consoles where everyone has the same spec PC and - maybe even - a broadband connection gaming should be taken to a whole new level... I hope.
$50 is about £30-35 I think.
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phi11ip wrote:
> I'm just wondering, will there be a subscription charge to the
> service?
>
> That will just kill most people off if the do!
Its around $50 in Maerica, which is around £40-45 over here so about the price of a game for, 12 months Subscription, A voice Communicator Headset and a free game.
> I'm just wondering, will there be a subscription charge to the
> service?
>
> That will just kill most people off if the do!
Its around $50 in Maerica, which is around £40-45 over here so about the price of a game for, 12 months Subscription, A voice Communicator Headset and a free game.
phi11ip wrote:
> I'm just wondering, will there be a subscription charge to the
> service?
>
> That will just kill most people off if the do!
Yes there will be a charge. The American price is $50 for a year, and that includes the head set and a game.
> I'm just wondering, will there be a subscription charge to the
> service?
>
> That will just kill most people off if the do!
Yes there will be a charge. The American price is $50 for a year, and that includes the head set and a game.
I'm just wondering, will there be a subscription charge to the service?
That will just kill most people off if the do!
That will just kill most people off if the do!
...Taken from www.xbox.com/live
10. Japan is a day ahead so you can actually play a game tomorrow before you go to bed tonight.
9. You can find games 24/7. That's 8760 hours per year. (8784 in leap years, but who's counting?)
8. You can pick your own world-wide screen name. Sign up before Spleenmuncher is taken!
7. You can play someone across the country without laying 3,000 miles of ethernet cable through sewer pipes.
6. You can learn foreign languages while you play. (Well, you can learn to curse and cheer in other languages, anyway.) Sacre Bleu!
5. Xbox Live finds your friends online. It helps you make friends online. Just keep repeating, "Xbox Live is my friend... Xbox Live is my friend..."
4. Your scores will be on display for the whole world. Whether you want your scores on display is probably a matter of skill -- better start practicing!
3. People are more fun to play than game AI. People can come up with quirky strategies and emotional responses. And, in a tight spot, people choke!
2. You can talk with other players during the game. Is that you, Grandma?
1. You could be the best player in the world, but you just don't know it... yet.
10. Japan is a day ahead so you can actually play a game tomorrow before you go to bed tonight.
9. You can find games 24/7. That's 8760 hours per year. (8784 in leap years, but who's counting?)
8. You can pick your own world-wide screen name. Sign up before Spleenmuncher is taken!
7. You can play someone across the country without laying 3,000 miles of ethernet cable through sewer pipes.
6. You can learn foreign languages while you play. (Well, you can learn to curse and cheer in other languages, anyway.) Sacre Bleu!
5. Xbox Live finds your friends online. It helps you make friends online. Just keep repeating, "Xbox Live is my friend... Xbox Live is my friend..."
4. Your scores will be on display for the whole world. Whether you want your scores on display is probably a matter of skill -- better start practicing!
3. People are more fun to play than game AI. People can come up with quirky strategies and emotional responses. And, in a tight spot, people choke!
2. You can talk with other players during the game. Is that you, Grandma?
1. You could be the best player in the world, but you just don't know it... yet.
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