FleshEatingZipper writes: We hardcore gamers sure are an insatiable bunch. We sink hundreds or thousands of dollars into our habit, show up in lines dozens of hours before our favorite products even launch, and we ask for a little bit more than an avatar helmet when Xbox Live turns ten years old. Is it too much to ask?
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But hey, at least they gave you something.
MS was supposed to refund repair fees back when the warranty was extended but after god knows how many hours I spent on the phone I finally had a supervisor tell me they didn't track repairs previously, had no record of my repairs and so couldn't confirm if I gave them money or not. I finally ended up having to fax them copies of my Visa statement to prove that yes, they had taken my money and 3 years after incurring the costs, they eventually cut me a check and gave me a free month of XBL.
But hey, an avatar helmet is nice too. :)
Edit: stealth edit from leroy
and all i got was 10 years of live. Make that 11 as i just re-upped my sub.
They pulled a similar stunt with me. I had bought the extended warranty through MS and they said I never bought it and wanted me to pay full price for the repair. I almost did too until I was looking through my bank statements and found it on there. I had to fax it in as well. D%&$'s
Ah forget you immature fanboys and this s#1@. I'm in Valencia. Need to be enjoying the craziness.
By the way, sorry for the off topic but can anyone recommend some crazy clubs on here. Went to superclub which, well, wasn't so super. PM me. No one speaks English here!
LOL I signed in jut to give u a like.nothing against xbox.I own only ps3 & Vita.I go through any article ps3 xbox wii etc just to pass some time having fun reading comments while I have pop corn.have a nice day.
Forgot to say something-plz dont disagree with me cause I wont sleep all night /s
in fact the whole notion of the rrod situation was blown way out of proportion by the internet.
I mean can we all agree that not all of us had the problem just like not everyone who bout a ps2 had that problem or those who bought a ps3 had the ylod.
For those that did, yeah it sucks but we should not over exaggerate things. Yes the problem existed. it has since been fixed. Just like there was a problem with the ps2 and had since been fixed. YLOD on the ps3 has since been fixed.
Stop dwelling on the negative and look at the positive like the amount of games that have been released over the course of that 10 years. Some good, some bad but overall there have been a bunch of games that appeal to different people.
Oh and to point out, yeah i have had my issue with the 360 but I dont dwell on it or let it stop me from playing games. Any gamer can tell you that if its worth playing, its worth paying. And by that it isnt monetary, it also refers to time spent. spent playing and spent waiting but ultimately no-one ever said this was a cheap hobby.
*Has an image in his head* lol.
oh and I use bing all the time and get a bunch of free MS points to use on xbox live - pretty cool too me!
Absolutely FREE!
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and from the way it has evolved it certainly looks to have taken many ideas of improvement from live.
I think it's the other way around buddy. If it wasn't Steam would be full of ads, with paid online, expensive games and pretty much just a platform for watching tv programs and stuff.
I'm mainly a PC gamer, but I also own all the consoles. So without any bias I can say, paying 30-60 dollars for a service inferior to steam just to play exclusives is BS. And no, cross game chat isn't worth it you can get it on PS3 just by making a skype group with your friends on your phone/PC.
It is more of a mutual involvement if you really look at it. I know many may not remember Steam in its infancy just like many do not remember live when it first came out.
Most would say their experience with both has been of recent times. So going back to steam, it was the part of half life 2 that you had to have in order to get updates to the game but it was nothing like it is now. Similar to how live has grown over the years.
Not sure who did the achievement thing first but I can honestly say that I never played much with steam except my time with counter strike and half life 2. I turned my attention more to consoles so you can see how my interpretation might be a bit off.
If anything it has been a mutual improvement of the services. Ideas from one to the other and so forth. Steam is now this community with an achievement system that didnt exist in my early days. Just like how the 360 and live was an achievement and community type of system and yet on the original xbox it was strictly the online and live arcade.
So no disrespect but both services have aged pretty well and look like they will continue to improve.
People just need to grow up and simply enjoy being a gamer rather than fighting amongst themselves over something as pointless as allegiance to a company that you have no connection to other than buying something of theirs.
Good one! /s
But seriously, all these ridiculous fanboys and trolls have turned this site into little more than a joke.
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"But seriously, all these ridiculous fanboys and trolls have turned this site into little more than a joke."
well said too
Secondly, yes there is way more PS3 fanboys than xbox, it comes with the branding of Sony. Sony has always been about image, just like apple. there is nothing wrong with that from a company POV, in fact, it is good marketing. a side effect for gamers is their image and rep are threatened so they defend it. this is why the term Sony Defence Force exists on this site. if your console of choice is no way image related, you are less likely too defend like a blind fanboy. of course there are still plenty (read:too many) annoying xbox fanboys as well.
I got a the new Samsung windows 8 tablet on monday and i had people telling me there ipad 3 was better and half the price. They did nor get that i got a new 11.6" windows 8 pro tablet powered by an i5 4gb of ram and 64gb of storage with usb3 hdmi out sd card slot and dock keyboard base for £979. and they still tell me there ipad is better because it has thousands of apps yet mine is a fully working pc that will do everything a pc will do yet they still need a pc to carry out there day to day jobs as the ipad wont do it.
Half the problem is lack of knowledge and the other half is the mins the best frame of mind.
Ive been gaming since the 80s and owned alot lf consoles even still have my Amiga 32 and when ive had my 15 year old cod playing bro round and ive said lets have a go on the amiga he says its a crap console because the graphics are crap.
To me games and consoles are how they make you feel when you use them and how the game makes you feel as games are supposed to be fun not something you fight over.
As for this guy posting he only got a hat for being with xbox live for 10 years come on get over it haw many companies give you something for using there services for 10 years? I cant think of any i have used that have given me anything and why should they you pay them for a service and you get that service why should you expect more? If you get more its a bonus but nota minus if you dont.
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"It’s the thought that counts."
Stop paying for Live=half your gaming, gone.
Good job.
Boo hoo :(.. This is like a kid that crys at christmas because he didn't get the gifts he wanted.
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i honestly would like something for the time&money i spent on xbox, but then again why hold my breath
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I got a good laugh out of my message from MS yesterday. Saw I had a message from MS in my inbox...got a little excited in anticipation after hearing about "free consoles" for members on LIVE for 10yrs as I will turn 10 on XBL tomorrow 11/17. I scrolled down and just started to laugh at the let down.
As of now, a avatar prop is pretty sad but great stable/ evolving service with many XBL games, upcoming F2P games, third and 1st party games to play and with so much to do with friends makes it worth it to me.
You know what I got? A free downloadable poster. Chances are MS will save those consoles for their "Xbox MVP's" and possibly some industry people with a decent Klout score and high number of followers to Tweet out how awesome they are.