$100/year isn't bad if it allows access to all the online games on the network. One year of Everquest alone costs more than that...
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, December 30, 2002, 12:33:34 PM, you wrote: HM> Yeah, its not bad this year. Next year it becomes $69.95 a year, and then HM> $99.99 a year the next year, and then... HM> The cost of that subscription will continue to rise until they charge the HM> maximum amount the greatest number of people are willing to pay. HM> PS2's model of free online gaming is much superior. Think about it, you pay HM> for your cable modem, you pay for your console, you pay for your game. Why HM> pay Microsoft for the right to play with what you paid for? Oh, the costs of HM> running all those servers must be SOOOO expensive... HM> They could charge $.50 a license and still make a profit. This is just HM> robbery. HM> M HM> -----Original Message----- HM> From: Shawn Regan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] HM> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:18 PM HM> To: CF-Community HM> Subject: RE: Bitten by the Console Bug.. HM> I think xbox live will help XBox also. I think $49.95 for a year HM> subscription is not bad at all! HM> Shawn Regan HM> pacifictechnologysolutions HM> 15530-B Rockfield Blvd. Suite 4 HM> Irvine, CA 92618 HM> 949.830.1623 HM> w w w . p t s 1 . c o m HM> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5