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Price rise for Xbox Live subscribers

by Steven Williamson on 1 November 2010, 15:34

Tags: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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In conjunction with the new Xbox 360 dashboard update, Microsoft has brought into effect a new pricing system for Xbox Live subscribers that kicks in today.

In the U.K. we get off quite lightly, with the subscription price hike only affecting those who buy monthly subscriptions. This will now cost £5.99 rather than £4.99. In the U.S. the price has changed across all three subscription models. One month subs are now $9.99 rather than $7.99, three month subs are now $24.99 instead of $19.99 and yearly subs are $59.99 rather than $49.99.

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson spoke of the price increases: "We're confident that when the new pricing takes effect, an Xbox Live Gold membership will continue to offer the best value in the industry."

You can read more about the dashboard update here.


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Posted by Boon72 - Mon 01 Nov 2010 17:33
i signed up for the 2 year deal recently advertised on XBL as a yearly subscriber it will next cost £65 for 2yrs instead of £40 for 1yr.

looks like it was a good deal :)
Posted by cheesemp - Mon 01 Nov 2010 21:22
Well I was recently thinking about not renewing my live. Looks like MS have made the decision easy. I can't remember the last time I used Live!
Posted by Russ - Tue 02 Nov 2010 09:32
i got the Halo offer, was something like £24 for additional 12 months, dont pay until your current is up
Posted by crossy - Tue 02 Nov 2010 09:38
Boon72
i signed up for the 2 year deal recently advertised on XBL as a yearly subscriber it will next cost £65 for 2yrs instead of £40 for 1yr.

looks like it was a good deal :)
I'd agree that this was a good deal - I'm a bit annoyed that I managed to miss out on it. :'(
Posted by Grey M@a - Tue 02 Nov 2010 10:12
I use xboxlivecodes.co.uk I think it is, if not something similar, I managed to get 24 months of live for £38, every so often they throw out good deals on live code cards etc. Codes normally emailed through within a matter of minutes.

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