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The Xbox Live con, how to save $26 with a phone call

The process of canceling, or even turning the auto-renewal off, is painful in this day and age. You can’t just login to your account and untick the box or just go to xbox.com, it requires a phone call to Xbox Support. So I called and after a 10 minute wait I got through to someone who then proceeded to ask me lots of security questions. When the Gold account auto-renews it does so at the full price you paid the year before. But the act of me attempting to cancel allowed the support person to offer me the same 12 month subscription for just £24 ($39). That’s a saving of $26 just for phoning up support.

aviator1895155d ago

Wow, I've never had Xbox live for that cheap before. Seeing as how my live ends in about a month, I should try this out.

Solid_Malone5155d ago

yeah i did exactly what this article mentioned but 2 months ago and the guy on the phone offered me this deal plus 400 micro points and it was an offer i couldn't refuse. I'll do the same next year :)

NobleGamer5155d ago

Well I think Xbox Live should be free anyways for people who just want to play online, and not that whole load of trash that they promote and say its worth it with useless features.

Xbox Live should be free, MS just scamming gamers.

gamingdroid5155d ago (Edited 5155d ago )

Personally, I think the jerk down the street should sell me his beach front property for $100k without all the extra things I think is cr@p. Asking price of 2 million is ridiculous.

It's good for you there are other options then... That is what the seller is offering, take it or leave it!

banditgoon5155d ago

that is a pretty good deal, but MS should not have their customers jump through rings of fire just to cancel their account

Johnny Jiron5155d ago

True. Maybe MS tried taking note of online porn and figured people would be embarrassed to cancel their sub if having to deal with a real person...not that'd is know anything bout canceling porn o.O'

Johnny Jiron5155d ago

I'm covered for this and next year. Paying only $29 when the Halo reach promo showed up on the dash. I clicked it got an error. Clicked again, and it worked. My recent renewel went through in January. Then I looked and noticed I'm due next Jan for the same price of $29. Even tho that offer was for one time I ended up with two.

These offers and deals are everywhere if you scout around.

ChronosRaikou5155d ago

I did this weeks ago this is old news.

Danielmccue5155d ago

Guys just buy your membership on EBAY, thats what i do. i have literally never payed full price for Xbox live.

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OG Xbox Live Replacement 'Insignia' Continues To Grow With 11 New Supported Games

Online multiplayer is back for 11 more games thanks to Insignia's XBL 1.0 replacement service running on Original Xbox consoles and the Xemu emulator on PC. Multiplayer, voice chat, leaderboards, etc. have been a monthly addition for many games from Xbox's past library thank to the team at Insignia.live! The 11 new games are now playable online once again after 13+ years.

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XiNatsuDragnel829d ago

Yes yes now bring x360 xbox live then we're golden for life.

Asplundh827d ago

?? Xbox 360 servers are still online, they haven't been taken down yet.

XiNatsuDragnel827d ago

Nah they will be tho look at rscs3 they have psn made in there emulator why not xenia bro?

Blashted827d ago

Service still in beta form, sign up/player counts here: https://insignia.live/

slayereddy827d ago (Edited 827d ago )

Booo!! I was hoping that was Rainbow Six: Black Arrow...Boo!! again. I thought this coming to Xbox. I don't even read it I was so excited.

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7 Abandoned Xbox Series We Probably Won't Get Back

Has everyone completely forgotten Blinx?

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WickedLester2934d ago

You forgot to add "thank God" at the end of the headline.

tomr29922934d ago

Indeed... Praise the Lord!

V0MIT_M0NSTER2934d ago

So glad that they won't mess with Banjo anymore.

-Foxtrot2933d ago

So you wouldn't want a proper Banjo-Threeie, Jade Empire or Kameo 2...really?

AZRoboto2933d ago

Or Crimson Skies. That was the shiz

FallenAngel19842934d ago

It's a shame we can't get another Banjo-Kazooie game

-Foxtrot2933d ago

Literally one that's called Banjo-Threeie and they start the game with Kazooie waking up in distress telling Banjo of a hardly nightmare while recapping Nuts and Bolts.

PhoenixUp2934d ago

Microsoft never could maintain a longrunning decent 3D platformers series of their own

AZRoboto2933d ago

I don't think "longrunning" is really necessary... Isn't Blinx the only one that got a sequel?

darthv722933d ago

Blinx needs to return if at least to show up Bubsy.

ninsigma2933d ago

Not sure if it was Xbox only back in the day but I'd love a current gen jet set radio!

Paytaa2933d ago

Jet Set Radio Future was only on Xbox. Fantastic game. Even better than Jet Set Radio for the Dreamcast in my opinion. Such a good soundtrack too

ninsigma2933d ago

Game was beast and deserves to come back on current gen. And hell yeah plus one for that soundtrack!

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Review: Table Top Racing: World Tour (Xbox One) by The Gamerscore Whores

Without a doubt, one of our highlights from EGX Rezzed 2016 was Table Top Racing. It was almost a classic love tale…”As soon as we locked eyes… (enter mushy crap here…)” – We think you get the picture. It just reminded us of a time where gaming was much less complicated and way more colourful, however at the time the game was only due to be released on the PS4… That’s not a bad thing. It just mean’t that being my primary console of choice is Xbox One, we wouldn’t get to play this any time soon as the majority of my games and friends reside in the Microsoft ecosystem – so when we got word this was getting a release on Xbox One, we immediately put our hands up and said “Yes, Please!”.

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