Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
You pay to play on their servers in a persistent game world. When you play on xbl, you pay to connect directly to some other guy's xb360s and have the games hosted on some end user's troutty connection.
Early on, I was of the opinion that the cost of Xbox Live was easily worth it. They had loads of decent shows, and some other great features, that justified the price tag (along with the whole "playing the smurfing games" part). Now, however, it's just a mess of adverts and troutty features, so they can just smurf right off. I cannot stand advertising on a paid service.