Live and let Live.

Advantages: Online multiplayer, priviledges downloads
Disadvantages: Price a little daunting at first, additional hardware required, PS3 online is free

...What is Xbox Live: Xbox Live is the online service for players of the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. Xbox Live Silver is free to all users and gives some limited facilities. With a Silver account you can accumulate a reputation by achieving goals within games. These are own on your Gamercard and allow other users to see how experienced a gamer you are. With a Silver account, you can also download game demos, trailers, and event videos. Some games have the ability to upload performance based stats like lap times etc. to online leaderboards. Xbox Live Gold is a pay-for subscription, approx £35 to £40 pound a year. Gold gives you all the benefits of Silver, however you have access to marketplace items days, and sometimes weeks before the rest. The biggest benefit of purchasing a Gold subscription is that it opens up the full...

Danneey 11.03.2008 · Read review
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Live Review

Advantages: Play with friends all around the world.
Disadvantages: Only lasts for 1 year.

...The live 12 month gold card enables the player to play online for a year. When i first received it i accessed it very quickly and was surprised to see how easily i was able to get online and play with millions of people all around the world. All i needed to do was enter the code and i could start playing. The benefits of going live is mainly playing against people all around the world and making new friends. But if you are a hardcore gamer, this is the perfect place to be as you get to challenge the best around the world and you even get ranked. What's more is that you can even download exclusive things only from the xbox live marketplace where you can't get from anywhere else. Overall: A must get for all xbox 360 owners. It completes the console and makes the xbxo 360 that much better....

silvercut 03.08.2007 · Read review
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Xbox live

Advantages: Online gaming, good value, networking
Disadvantages: Some lag, temptation to spend more money on extras

...Xbox Live is good value compared to some other online subscriptions e.g. World of Warcradt or Everquest as with these you pay everymonth just for one game, whereas with xbox live you only pay once to go online with pretty much all your games. You then get tempted, however, to pay for extra online contect such as extra levels, characters, backdrops for your xbox live dashboard, arcade games etc. etc. So it's never as cheap as it seems! The service on xbox live is good and it's rare to have connection issues so gameplat online tends to be smooth. Occasionally you may shoot at someone only to find they already moved- lag is rare but does happen and can be annoying. The range of games that can be played online is excellent, and isn't just shooting and fighting! Guitar hero plays online brilliantly with options for guitar battles...

Platti 30.07.2008 · Read review
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Xbox Live is all Gold!

Advantages: the best online community ever!
Disadvantages: the playstation 3 is free for online play

...On purchasing an xbox 360 console you are given a free months xbox live gold membership which can be used once for each xbox live account that is created. However this of course only lasts for a month and after that initial month I was hooked and since then have bought and year's membership and love to play online with my friends over xbox live all the time! What is Gold Membership?: When you create an xbox live account on your xbox 360 there are several different things you have to do. You at first have to input your email address and password in order to verify the account. You then get to choose a gamertag to have - this is your special unique gaming name that you will be recognised as while playing on xbox live - mine is magicman142. The final section on signing up is to choose the type of membership you want: - Silver...

shamis4 07.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Official Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Gold Membership Card

Xbox Live - It's another world

Advantages: Superb experience
Disadvantages: Its not free

...Introduction Xbox live is the name of the Microsofts online service for the Xbox 360. This service gives you access to a vast array of content, some of it free, and some of it at a price. There are 2 types of membership available, namely Gold and Silver. Silver is a free membership which is available to all Xbox owners. Silver allows you access to most promotional video and feature content via the 360 dashboard but does not allow you to play games online. So what is so special then about Xbox live? The Playstation Network is free, the Wii gives free access to its limited catalogue of online games and seeing as the Silver Xbox Live is also free, why bother paying what seems like a high amount for the Gold membership. These were my own personal sentiments when I first bought my Xbox. Coming from the Wii, I was horrified when...

craggybuk 11.11.2009 (09.12.2009) · Read review
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Xbox live super fun.

Advantages: Great fun
Disadvantages: Expensive

...If you have a Xbox 360, chances are youll be wanting to purchase one of these! Xbox Live is the leading service for online experiences on gaming consoles, there are tons of arcade games you can purchase, films to rent, tv episodes to buy - the fun is endless. It should be noted that in order to use this code you need to be able to connect to the internet with your xbox, either by wireless or ethernet. This 'card' contains a code which you enter on the xbox to enable you to play online with thousands of other gamers. It costs around £35, unlike the PS3 which is free to play online. But as I and many others agree Xbox Live is far superior and worth every penny. A word of advice, go careful when scratching the code, scratch too hard and code becomes unreadable (There is no way to get your money back!) This card is for gold membership...

cricketfan1 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Xbox Live is a definite YES.

Advantages: play against realtime opposition
Disadvantages: none.

...Xbox live is undeniably the main reason to own an Xbox, I would go as far as saying that you might as well not bother owning one if you have never gamed online! I went with the gold version, which gives you full access to online gaming, and also offers gamer feedback, online leaderboards and probably most importantly, the ability to talk (abuse jokingly) your opponents live via the headset. I also like the way that you can see what games your friends are playing online from your PC! However, if you do prefer to play single player games, rather than against realtime opponents, the downloadable content on Xbox Live is a great place for enhancing the experience of games you own via new levels, items, tracks, vehicles, weapons, characters- anything you want really. Three words - Get Xbox Live....

chriswilcox1980 08.09.2008 · Read review
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Enables full use of Xbox Live

Advantages: Play games online over xbox live with thousands of other players
Disadvantages: annual fee

...This card will upgrade your xbox live account to a Gold account for 12 months Giving you access to lots of extras which are unavailable to Silver members. Contents: 1 piece of card containing a code which must be entered from the Xbox 360 console. This card may only be used for Xbox 360 and not the original Xbox. Gold Membership Features: * Play your Xbox 360 multiplayer games online with the premiere online gaming service. * Use the brand new TrueSkill? Matchmaking system to play against opponents with similar skills, personalities, and gaming tastes. * Give player feedback to rate your teammates and opponents on their sportsmanship, abilities, and conduct to influence matchmaking. * Play select original Xbox® games online (the Xbox 360 Hard Drive is required). * Get access to exclusive Gold...

rmarshall1 20.11.2006 · Read review
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Xbox Live Gold Overview/Review

Advantages: Many Features! Cheap
Disadvantages: Needs Broadband Connetction

...If you have an xbox 360 i'm pretty sure you have at least tried Xbox Live Gold. If not I'll give you a run through. Xbox Live is a place where the gaming community can get together. They can play nearly every game online with each other and communicate even if not on the same game. There are two levels of xbox live. Xbox live gold (which averages out to £3.33 a month) and Xbox Live Silver (averages out about 0p a billion years!) I'll simply give you the differences available: Xbox Gold: You can play online on any game You can download everything from the xbox live marketplace With silver you can talk to friends, use MSN messenger, download but not play online whenever you want. Xbox Live has plenty of features I will now tell you what these our. The Xbox Live Marketplace: The xbox live market place is basicly...

JackCanning 11.04.2008 · Read review
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Xbox Live Membership - A Must Have

Advantages: Many new features, as well as playing online with your friends
Disadvantages: none

...This is an exellent product that has great value. If you own an xbox 360, this is a must have. It increases the xbox's abilities by two. You can download game demos, xbox live arcade games, and most importantly play online. Online mode is included in most games, and its really fun to play. You can invite your friends to play with you as well. I currently own Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3 (be sure to look at those reviews) and most of the time that I play those, I play online. In both of those games, you can join in a party with your added friends on the friends list and discuss your plans of how to eliminate the other team. Also, if you are interested in getting a larger gamerscore, some games have badges that are only available on online....

olekg 29.08.2008 · Read review
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